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Ornament814/2

A small turtle shell with a string attached.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
turtle shell and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Percussion Musical InstrumentE292

Instrument is made from a hollowed turtle shell. A deer horn striker is attached to the turtle with a rope.

Culture
Central Mexico
Material
turtle shell, deer antler and fibre
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK4.115

Necklace of wood, animal feet and claws, horns, variety of beads, vertebrae turtle shell, glass beads, small beaded leather pouches, and a flattened skin with reddish-brown and light yellow-brown striped fur markings strung on a twisted fibre cord.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
fibre, bone, skin, turtle shell, animal foot, claw, horn, wood and glass
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3625/2

Turtle shell and basketry face mask. The dark red clay(?) face is built on the rounded outside of a turtle shell and surrounded by a thick basketry edge with a woven loop at the top for hanging. The mask has short, curly, dark brown hair attached along the top of the forehead. The face is painted with a black pigment with horizontal stripes and rows of triangles. The narrow pointed nose, mouth, and ears are prominently built-out with clay, and detailed. The mouth is painted black with a red slit down the centre of the bottom lip. The ears are pierced with a hole at the top, outer, and bottom edges. The eyes are inlaid cowrie shells with built out eye sockets and horizontal black stripes underneath. The edge of the face is outlined with face down cowrie shells. The forehead has another row of smaller shells inside the cowrie shells. A trio of the same small shells is inlaid into each cheek in a triangle shape. The back of the mask is the inside of the bare turtle shell, stained black with holes along the edge where the basketry is attached.

Culture
Abelam
Material
turtle shell, plant fibre, clay ?, pigment, cowrie shell, shell and hair
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3610/1

Turtle shell necklace. Composed of 16 pieces of highly polished turtle shell that increase in size from the back eye hook clasp to the centre with a large double-sided opalescent white shell pendant. The smallest shell pieces are rectangular. The larger pieces are rhombus-shaped. The largest pieces next to the pendant also have one curved edge - the edge nearest the pendant. The opalescent shell is adhered to an oval piece of turtle shell. The shells are attached by small metal loops through drilled holes. On the smaller pieces, the holes are centered but, as the pieces get larger, the holes are offset to one edge.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
metal, turtle shell and shell
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleD3.23

Shell of a snapping turtle forms the rattle. Turtle skull is base of handle. Tape holds wood slats and handle together.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
turtle shell, turtle bone, wood, adhesive and fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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