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Mask864/5 a-b

The mask (part a) is a wood face with large circle eyes outlined with turquoise and a small hole cut out in between them and the long nose which protrudes outward and has a curled piece on top of it with three black circles on each side. The red mouth has one lip pointing upward and the other lip pointing downward and has white teeth painted on it. The ears are large with a spiral design and have two curved protrusions, one of which is part b. There is a basketry hat on top of the mask.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
wood, fibre, synthetic fibre and paint
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament973/22

Eight metal bells are attached to leather backing by red cord and red fabric. Metal bells each have rings on top, a raised band around their centres, and incised cross-shaped design at the bottom. Small round metal balls are inside the bells and create the ringing sound. The underside of the object has brown-orange animal skin with hair.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
brass metal ?, skin, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg434 a-c

A wooden five-headed creature with pink beaks. Two heads are at the top and three heads are at the bottom. There are two wings with green and red on the outside and a multicoloured peacock-feather-like pattern on the inner side. Two more wings are underneath at the sides and the are gold-coloured, pink, green, and white. The large pink tail rimmed with gold-like foil that curves upward. The creature is decorated with gold tinsel. The bouquet (part b) has a pink flower on top, a white flower in the middle, and greenery at the bottom. There is also a stick (part c).

Culture
South India
Material
paper, wood, synthetic fibre and metal
Made in
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll645/1 a-f

A doll (part b) within a case (part c) which has a base (part a) and a glass top (part d). The female doll has a pink face, brown glass eyes, a red mouth, and grey eyebrows. Her black hair is made out of thread and is tied up in a bun with red, blue, pink, and yellow flowers, a pink and blue butterfly, and five dangling silvery metal strips. Overtop of her hair there is a grey and white striped cloth. She is wearing a kimono-like dress with a floral pattern which includes the colours orange, gold, pink, yellow, red, black, brown, and white. There is a bouquet of flowers attached to her back and she is holding black and silver-coloured wand with white "hair" in both hands.

Culture
Japanese
Material
fibre, wood, glass, synthetic fibre, paper and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag527/41

A green felt fabric beadwork purse with red beads along the sides. There is a red and white felt handle with green beads along the sides. The purse has a metal zipper with a red and white felt tag that has red beads forming the letters 'L', 'J', and 'L'. These letters are surrounded by lines of green, pink, and green beads. One side of the purse is decorated with an orange six-petaled flower outlined with blue and green on a white felt background with the sides surrounded by red, green, and red beads. The other side of the purse is decorated with a yellow beaded background with two red flowers outlined with light blue at the top corners, two clear yellow flowers outlined with pink and having a dark blue centre at the bottom corners, and a dark blue flower outlined with orange and accentuated with clear orange, clear yellow, dark blue, and purple-red beads in the centre.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
wool fibre ?, synthetic fibre ?, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1339/6

A dark brown bag with white edges. The front and back have a designed weave pattern of blue, yellow, green, red, and white. The sides have a diamond-shaped design of red, green, yellow, and blue. The bag is lined inside, possibly with a synthetic fabric.

Culture
Inuit
Material
leather skin, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1098/1

Helmut-like hat, or cap, with a long flap in the back that covers the ears and back of the neck. It is made of a satin-weave fabric that is machine printed with multi-coloured designs of flowers, leaves and stems, and it is heavily ornamented with glass and plastic beads, metal zipper teeth, plastic buttons, cotton braid and silver-coloured ball chains. On the forehead are panels of curvilinear designs and borders of beading and metal applique. The crown consists of a circular panel of finely-worked silk embroidery on black cotton textile, topped with a beaded topknot and silver ornament. Completely lined with blue-gray cotton.

Culture
Central Asian ?
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, silk fibre, glass, brass metal ?, plastic and dye
Made in
Northwest Frontier, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Earrings473/8 a-c

Silver-coloured chains connecting large circular hook earrings. There are two pink and yellow tassels (parts b and c), one at each end, tied around the earrings.

Culture
Lisu
Material
metal and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoatEd1.307

Long white ramie coat with long sleeves and an overlapping centre opening with ties. The coat has a V-neck with inner and outer facings of the same material and rounded corners at the lower edges. There is a narrower outer facing or collar of white silk-like fabric squared at the lower ends and hand-sewn in place. Two wide ribbon ties are attached at the mid-points of the wider facings and there are shorter, narrower ribbon ties on the inside. The sides of all ribbons were left unsewn. The sleeves are inset with straight seams with additional seams between elbow and wrist and slight convex curves at the lower edges. There are square reinforcements in the underarms. The coat has a centre back seam, a pair of flared gussets under each arm and a slightly flared panel descending from the mid-point of each outer facing so that the coat overlaps at the front when closed. The left facing has a wide hem as does the bottom of the garment. The sleeves have narrower hems. All seams are very narrow.

Culture
Korean
Material
ramie fibre, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre and starch
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatNi32 b

Hat made of thirty-one black feathers attached to string by folding the base of the quill and creating a loop for the string. The folded portion is wrapped with yellow and purple yarn. String of feathers fits over crown of hat (Ni32 a).

Culture
Huichol
Material
dye, synthetic fibre and feather
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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