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Shadow Puppet1568/4

Shadow puppet (wayang kulit) representing the character Petruk. Two dimensional, tall, thin man with articulated shoulders and elbows; arms have rods of horn from hands; another long, horn rod has central split and goes up height of puppet on both sides. Man is of a translucent skin with opaque painted decorations of shoes, bracelets, skirt, necklace, earrings, and facial features. Decorations are painted on both sides. Skirt is of a black and gold triangle design with red outlines; waist has a row of red and green alternating triangles above a row of green and gold triangles; fringe is in orange, blue, and white. Shoes are black with gold decoration. Head has braid of dark hair through a hole at the back of the painted hair area; strands of red string tie end of braid.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, hair, paint, fibre and water buffalo horn
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1126 a-o

Part a: Overdress loom, consists of two large branch beams, warp and partly woven overdress, heddles and rod and large branch shed rod. Weaving is about two thirds black warp face and one third (on one side) design panel of horses and geometric in purple, white, orange, red, green and yellow. Part b: shed roll, part c: comb made of dark wood, flat and slightly tapered, jagged top and bottom. Part d: long slender stick for holding picked up threads, part e: pick beater made of yellow horn. Part f: flattened pointed stick for picking up threads made of dark wood and slightly curved and tapered to a point. Part g: Dark brown wood, one piece with knob handle and round shaft which is shaped to a point. Part h: dark brown wood with tapered ends, roughly rounded and smoothed. Part i: dark brown leather tie, two lengths joined through slits. Part j: leather tie but only one length and end has three slits. Part k: Grey, brown and red braid tie. Part l: Long stick. Part m: long and thick rounded bar. Part n: Grey and light brown coloured woven band with red spots. Part o: Dark and light brown tie.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, cotton fibre, sheep wool fibre, skin, horn, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins1060/71 a-b

Pair of child’s moccasins with central eagle design and geometric patterns beaded over the toe. Done in light blue, dark blue, red and yellow. Moccasins are white with an extended, overturned brown rim, and a long, narrow tongue with a lace on either side of it.

Culture
Blackfeet
Material
rawhide skin, glass and sinew
Made in
Montana, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1596/3

Long U-shaped piece of skin that is covered with alternating rows of white, green, black and red striped beaded sections. Larger light-pink beads are found at either end of the piece.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, fibre and leather skin
Made in
Nongoma, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat1595/1

Mat woven with commercial sheep's wool dyed with natural dyes. The warp is fine wool plied. Tied loops at one end, tied fringe at the other. The weft is thick handspun wool, naturally dyed and with some grease left in. Twining produces geometric patterns in zigzag lines. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
wool fibre and onion skin dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierA8815

Small cradle or baby carrier made from both raw and tanned deer hide, stretched over a wooden pine frame, red willow bottom strips, covered with red plaid flannel. Rocker bottom. Flannel carrying straps at either end. Raised framework around the head.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
pine wood, cotton fibre, deer skin and red willow wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer WheelEe4.50

Copper-coloured cylindrical metal object with three bands of brass-coloured metal around it, scrolling designs engraved on the top and a floral design engraved on the bottom; a round, pink finial with a flat metal cap is featured on the top, while a lead(?) filled metal bell is attached to the side with a leather tie. Cylinder is mounted on dark brown wooden handle capped with a flat white piece, about which it turns.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
copper metal ?, wood, lead metal ?, brass metal ?, mineral ?, ivory ? and skin
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumstickEd1.264

Plastic tip comprised of three adhered discs - clear, orange, clear - with short red yarn tassel coming from the end. There is skin around other end of the handle with longer red tassel coming from the end.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, skin and plastic ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumEd1.261

Drum with slightly convex sides and two metal rings attached on opposite sides of the drum. Frame is wooden and skin is stretched over the frame with strips of skin that are woven through holes in the skin.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, skin, lacquer and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5305

Wooden, carved, thunderbird mask with a short curved beak and circular cutout ‘horns’ attached to the head. The beak is hinged with pieces of leather on either side; now nailed shut. The beak and outer eye area are painted blue with red edging on the nose and mouth. The eyes are white with wood and red paint outline; brow is black. The inside is hollow. The mask is painted blue, red, black and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

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