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Water Buffalo Skin1374/8

Piece of animal skin with the outline of a shadow puppet carved into one side. The skin has been cut along the line of the outline.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1479/7 a-b

Brown-red coloured birch bark container with lid that is narrower and rounded at rim and square at the base. Lid inserts into round top and has a scalloped-cut edge with horizontal stitching. Leather handle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
birch bark and leather skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum1474/2 a

Double-sided skin drum with two thick wooden bands around the top and bottom edges; a band of fabric covers the sides of the drum between the two wooden bands. A short, knotted leather thong is attached at one side. Inscription in Cree on one of the drum skins.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, wood, fibre and metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snowshoes1474/1 a-b

Long elongated compressed oval snowshoes with a dark brown wood frame. There is fibre mesh netting at both pointed ends and skin mesh netting in between; separated by a piece of wood. One end curls upward.

Culture
Cree
Material
wood, skin and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/6

Undecorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with skin joints.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/5

Undecorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with skin joints. Decorative cutouts are at hair, waist, skirt, hands, and feet.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/3

Partially decorated shadow puppet. Arms are articulated at shoulders and elbows with bone joints. Decorative cutouts are at hair, waist, skirt, hands, and feet. Black paint has been applied to the hair; white and red paint has been applied to areas of the regalia. Both sides of the puppet are painted.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, paint and bone
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet1374/1

Shadow puppet of male figure with black face in profile. Long neck, with six black lines, projecting out from body. Long nose, open mouth with three teeth. Hair tied into curved and pointed shape with gold coloured attachment. Skirt has brightly coloured design and chest is bare. Hair and skirt finely perforated. Long, jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Ring on each hand with three red circles on it. Feet are joined heel to toe by red strip. The shoulders and elbows are rotatable and a marionette stick is attached through the palm of each hand.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, gold metal, fibre, adhesive, paint and water buffalo horn
Made in
Surakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron1485/16

Apron composed of woven fibre with two neck straps that have brown tufts of fur at the ends, and a fringe composed of strips of woven fibre with brown fur and longer brown and black hair attached at the ends as well as chains of braided rings made of bamboo strips(?) and brown grass(?). There are tufts of reddish-brown fur at the top of each chain, and the apron is decorated with red, blue and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plant fibre, hair, skin, bamboo grass ?, grass ? and pigment
Made in
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz827

Rectangular basket with a convex lid hinged by three hide straps. Design consists of lighter coloured dashes (grass) on a natural brown background. A horizontal row of black bark dashes also goes around the bottom and the top, with red bark around the middle.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cedar wood, cherry bark, grass and rawhide skin
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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