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Shadow PuppetEdz1381

A shadow puppet of a Chinese man with a wrinkled face, short black hair, and a long moustache. Wearing a red hat with yellow plumes on the back and two flowers. Wearing black high cut Manchu laced boots and intricate floral robes with trousers to match. Three horn handling sticks, one at the back of the head bending downwards at a right angle, tied with black string, and one at each hand tied also with black string. Plastic rivets connect parts, shoulder, elbows, hands, waist, and hips. One boot shows completely while with the other, only the foot appears from under the long robes.

Culture
Chinese
Material
plastic, ink, paint, horn, skin and fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj128

Fat container with leather bottom cap and straps which are connected to a ring of leather at the neck. Handle is braided cowhide with brown hair. Lid is also leather moulded onto container.

Culture
Turkana
Material
cow skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumAc211

Tall wooden drum. Smooth cylindrical wood; hollow; tapering from top to base. Light brown in colour; mottled brown hide stretched and tied with fibres to top, secured to pegs extending from side. A raised wide band near the base has six vertical bands of incised triangles; edges of band coloured black. Base flares from narrowest point, edges coloured black. Yellow chalk mark beneath base.

Culture
Makonde
Material
wood, skin and bark
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeA2526

Knife whose blade has been cut down from a larger blade or other utensil. It is hafted by being wedged into a slit in a wooden handle and bound with a leather strip. The butt end is carved with the figure of a bird above a human with ribs showing.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
iron metal, leather skin and wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2496

Face with wide protruding mouth, large hooked nose, bulging eyes, and markedly protruding ears. Animal fur attached at chin, eyebrows, and top of head where three loops of cedar root (?) are also attached. Rectangular piece of black fur sewn to black cloth hangs from back; another light brown cloth nailed to back, as are green and light brown cords.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint, cedar root ?, skin and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5297

Mask of a human face. Dark red/yellow-brown face has circular cut out hole eyes surrounded by a tapering and an area around the eyes that is recessed in suggestion of an ovoid shape with black brows above. The nostrils are cut out as is the thinly parted, slightly downturned mouth. The chin is pointed. Around the eyes and the cheeks, there is a black-painted delicate design consisting of a pair of u forms that have diagonal lines within. Remains of red paint in some areas. Leather thongs are attached with nails to the sides and the top of the mask at the rear.

Culture
Tsimshian: Gitxaala ?
Material
wood, paint, leather skin and metal
Made in
Kitkatla, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSa190

Light brown leather belt with a light weight silver buckle. Dark brown narrow band at buckle to hold the pointed end of the belt down. The length of the belt is decorated by an angled 'x' design, pressed into it. There are sixteen notch holes.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
metal and leather skin
Made in
Solola, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seal Puller LineNa977

Seal puller with handles curved at the ends and the middle to fit a hand. A hole is drilled in the middle through which a leather thong is tied.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and leather skin
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA2477

Deer hoof carved with a series of notches along the lower edge. An eye form has been incised on one side and a hole has been drilled through with a rawhide thong attached.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
rawhide skin and deer hoof
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LighterEe49 a-c

A small leather pouch ( part a) with a lunate metal blade fixed to along the lower edge. Flap is ornamented with incised metal bands and brass-coloured bosses. Coral stone is set in the centre. A ring is fixed by a brass plate to the upper edge. Twisted woolen cord attached. Both a white quartz stone (part b) and an orange flint (part c) reside in the pouch pocket.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
brass metal ?, wool fibre, alloy metal ?, leather skin, steel metal and coral
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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