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Cantonese Opera Flag HolderN1.840 a

Holder is green-blue and rectangular with black features and two long white ties. The holder flares out at the top and is made of leather covered with green-blue fabric. The features are adhered to the fabric in the shape of a Fu dog face. There is a wide pink mouth with white teeth, a large white nose, round white eyes with green pupils and pointed white eyebrows. The wrinkled forehead and other facial features are black. The white ties are threaded through the inside of the holder and knotted on the outside front in the lower corners. The back of the holder is covered in white cotton with black characters down the centre.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
leather skin ?, paper ?, paste adhesive, cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6185

Dzunuk'wa mask. Mask with ovoid-shaped, slightly flattened face, bushy eyebrows of bearskin, concave eye sockets, concave cheeks, concave temples, a sharply hooked nose, and a pursed mouth. Taces of red paint at the eyes and the mouth. There is a small hole on either side of the nose.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bear skin, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering BasketB470

Circular flaring, bowl-shaped basket. Exterior has intricate white beadwork on orange-brown cloth backing in horizontal, concentric bands of geometric and plant motifs around a central circle of mirror-like material. Lower beadwork is 13 cm. deep with 'extending' beads above, and a pattern of x's, reflective panels outlined by white beads, flat metallic leaf-like shapes with metallic coiling and sequins, diamond shapes that have sequins with metallic coiling within, flat metallic plant motifs with metallic coiling and sequins, diamond shapes that have sequins with metallic coiling within, and reflective panels outlined by white beads at the centre. Upper beadwork is 4 cm. with a pattern of reflective panels outlined by white beads, x's, and 'dangling' beads below. Other colours include faded green, red, and purple.

Culture
Yami
Material
palm leaf, glass ?, fibre, metal ? and skin ?
Made in
Pontianak, Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3538

Wooden, carved, supernatural bird mask with a long beak and oval shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. The beak and nostrils are carved and painted black with red edging and white detailing. There are two red split U forms carved at the back of the beak running towards the nostril; two red U forms around the nostril. The eye is outlined in black on a white, ovoid-like shaped background; brow is black. The top of the head is decorated with a protruding, rectangular shaped, piece of wood that has red U forms painted on white background. There is a braid cedar bark along the bottom ‘neck’ of the bird. Long strips of cedar run down the back and side. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of an attached twine cords. The mask is painted black, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cedar bark, feather, leather skin, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA3627

Raven headdress, or mask, with a long beak and hanging cedar strips. The beak is hinged with cedar on either side, to the lower mouth. The beak and nostrils are painted black with red edging and white detailing and tear shaped painted nostrils. The eye is outlined in black on a green, ovoid-like background; brow is black. The top of the head is decorated with braided cedar bark. Long strips of cedar run down the back; a rectangular, cedar woven, plaited pattern is nailed to each cheek. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of attached twine cords. The mask is painted black, green, red and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, leather skin, fibre, metal, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6320

Wooden, carved, raven mask with a long beak and S-shaped cutout nostrils. The beak is hinged with pieces of skin on either side, nailed to the lower mouth. The beak and nostrils are painted black with white and red edging. The eye is outlined in black and red on a white background. The eyebrow is black with white and red U-shapes repeated above. The top of the head is decorated with cedar bark fringe and black feathers. Long strips of cedar run down the back and bottom of the mask. The inside of the mask is hollow with a wooden T-form at the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, leather skin, feather, cedar bark, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GlovesA9243 a-b

Two leather gloves (parts a-b) with five wooden, carved claws tied with twine to the ends of each finger. Both gloves and claws have been painted red. The tops of the gloves have three lines of stitching; the bottoms have a metal, circular clasp that snaps shut. The insides are lined.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BreastplateH2.112

Jaguar hide breastplate consisting of feathers and bordered with grey seeds. The front is decorated with two gourd cups attached forming the breasts that are encircled with grey seeds as well as red and yellow feathers. The below the gourds are two circular patterns of seeds and feathers on either side of a black beetle horn and a semi-circle of seeds and feathers. Running along the bottom is a fringe of grey and brown seeds in between a piece of bone or a reed.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
jaguar skin, seed, gourd fruit, feather, fibre and bone
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4498

Wooden, carved grizzly headdress with a long snout painted red and black with white detailing. The muzzle is hinged with a piece of skin nailed on either side of a lower jaw that is inlayed with wooden teeth. There is twine on the inside of the mask that connects to the jaw allowing it to open and close. The face has black edging with grey ovoid-like shapes around the black eyes which are painted on a white background. The head of the mask has been covered with a piece of hide that hangs over the back. There is a piece of fabric dangling down from the bottom of the mask. Ears are attached to the top of the head and are decorated with ovoids, U and split U shapes. The mask is painted black, grey, red and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, skin, paint, cotton fibre, metal and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA7478

Wooden, bear mask, carved and painted; has copper, cutout teeth. The muzzle is hinged with two pieces leather on either side, nailed to a lower jaw. There is twine on the inside of the mask that connects to the jaw allowing it to open and close. Wooden ears are attached to the top of the head. The mask is painted black, green and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, leather skin, copper metal and paint
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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