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Corpus Christi Drum2738/59

Small drum with painted scenes of Corpus Christi celebrations. Light coloured skins are stretched around a circular-shaped twig frame, which are fitted over each end of the central wood piece, secured with another bent twig and bound with green plastic twine and leather fastenings that zigzag between the two. On one end is depicted a priest, an elaborately costumed dance figure and an official, on the other, a red spotted wolf and a yellow jaguar stand beside a rounded harp-like object.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, leather skin, skin, synthetic fibre and paint
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/2

Round, two-part, red and white painted bull mask with natural horns and cow hide at top has foam lining attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with painted white cow hide stare upwards and there is a long rectangular opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, others emerge from inside through nostrils and holes in the head, one of which has a fibre bundle toggle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, glass, cow horn, cow skin, grass, synthetic fibre, metal and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/3

Round, two-part, white, black and red painted bull mask with natural horns and cow hide at top has foam lining attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with cow hide (painted white in places) stare upwards, a piece of hair is attached at the backof the head between the ears, and there is a square opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, others emerge from inside through nostrils and holes in the head, ot one of which is attached a piece of lead, a stick and a grass bundle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
glass, metal, lead metal, synthetic fibre, sisal fibre, polyurethane foam, grass, wood, paint, cow horn and cow skin
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/1

Round, two-part, black and dark brown (stain or paint?) bull mask, with natural horns bound with cow hide and black woven band, has foam at bottom edge attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with cow hide stare out to the side and there is square opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, white rope and more of the green are knotted inside the head and emerge through nostrils and holes, one has a fibre and wood toggle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, cow horn, cow skin, metal, polyurethane foam, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Headdress2736/8

Realistic representation of shark head is painted white and black with carved black eyes and red gill lines. Worn with nose pointing upwards, the beard and the mout,h made up of the jaw and teeth of a shark, are therefore facing forward. The headdress has long strands of grass fibres hanging from the sides and a foam lining around the interior rim. The jaw is held in with nails and two strands of woven synthetic rope are knotted and pulled through holes in the wood.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, grass, shark tooth, shark bone, shark skin, metal, synthetic fibre, paint, cotton fibre and polyurethane foam
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer BootsNa1694 g-h

Outer boots (also see boots a-b, and inner boots c-d and e-f) that have skin soles and uppers. Bands of purple ribbon are sewn around the ankle and the top of the upper. Each has a fabric cuff with orange and black wool drawstring that threads through loops of skin on the sides of boots a-b, and ties at the front of the ankle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, dye, sheep skin ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsNa1694 a-b

Skin boots (also see inner boots c-d and e-f, and outer boots g-h) with dark brown soles, white uppers and grey and off-white seal fur legs with a geometric pattern. Legs have a vertical band at the front of each in dark grey-brown fur. Each boot also has a green, white and brown drawstring with a dark blue, green, off-white and brown tassel on each end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, wool fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BootsNa1693 a-b

Pair of boots that are worn with double liners (Na1693 c-f). The boots are composed of seal skin soles and uppers; off-white and grey fur is still attached on the legs. At the top of each leg is a dark blue and light green drawstring with an off-white, blue and light green tassel at each end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre, dye and seal skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet2722/5

A flat gold puppet, with an ornate dress and headdress painted white, green, blue, red and gold, is attached with thread to a long horn rod with central split that goes up height of puppet on both sides.The shoulders and elbows are jointed and a rotatable marionnette stick is attached through the palm of each hand. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, water buffalo horn, metal, paint and fibre
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2713/19

Rectangular basket with an imbricated black and red design consisting of a strip of red triangles outlined in black alternating with black meander pattern. The rim is detailed with a coiled scallop pattern. There are remnants of a handle on the outer centre of each side.

Culture
Klickitat
Material
cedar root, cat-tail grass ?, cherry bark, dye and skin ?
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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