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Model Boat1294/1 a-b

A miniature, tan coloured hide boat with wooden beams and mast, a cloth sail, and string ropes. Part b is a miniature wooden pole (harpoon?) with a metal shaft attached to the end.

Culture
Inuit
Material
skin, wood, fibre and metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Printing Block1287/2

A dark brown wood press print block and handle on back. Front has carved design of two ornate semi-circles at the bottom surrounded by swirls with a dot within a circle at the middle top.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlockEdz4722 a-c

Dark-brown rectangular-shaped wood block (part a) that has a wide base and slants inwards at the top. Two holes go through each side of the piece. There is a long linear slit in the centre of the piece near the top. Parts b and c are two light-brown long cylindrical-shaped sticks.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombEf479

Comb carved from wood with two curving edges, and two edges of very fine tines that stop before the corners. Incised on both faces with four lines that run the length of the comb.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1418/2

A wood mask painted with a red face, silvery-white mouth and ears, and two horns painted silvery-white in between and black all around while curving sideways and downward to the ears. The eyes are cut out. There is a beard made of plant fibre strands, and there is a headdress at the back made of wood strips of bark tied together. Mask is on a mount.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe503

Shield carved from one piece of wood with a handle on the reverse that emerges from a raised ridge running from the bottom to the top where it protrudes above the top of the shield with a knob-like finial at the very top. The front is carved with curvilinear designs emphasized with yellow, black and white pigment, and the back is decorated with diamond designs in the same colours. Sennit fibre is knotted though holes along the sides of the shield to form a tassel on each face.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, sennit fibre, clay and paint
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe458

Long, light brown wood shaft. The head is bound onto the head and consists of a bone point. The dark brown wood head underneath the bone point is carved with four horizontal bands around the upper portion, seven pairs of barbs and nine pairs of barbs that are perpendicular to the previous seven. Shaft has a lightly carved curvi-linear design around near the upper portion. A woven fibre sleeve is at the base of the head on the shaft.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, bone ? and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIh222

Large brown wood figure curving into a conical shape with a face that is into the concave crescent. Has large flat ovoid eyes that taper at either outer side. The nostrils are large and flaring. There is an outward pointing multiple triangular fringe around and below the face. The top is three-tiered with truncated downward pointing conical shapes.

Culture
Ni-Vanuatu
Material
wood
Made in
Vanuatu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask912/1

Large black coloured mask with oversized mouth, moveable jaw, oversized protruding nose, bulbous black and white eyes, and protruding black and white sculpture on forehead. Head and eye area is decorated with pink, yellow, red and blue painted designs. Wire extends from eyes and curls around the nose to the other side of the mask. At the ends and the middle of the wire tubing are red fibre tassels. At the back of the mask are two protruding wooden pieces and a woven fibre strap.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Madura, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff906/2

Long brown coloured staff with darker brown coloured carved body and bust of a human figure with a head covering(?) on the very top. Body and head covering are carved with diagonal and geometric lines.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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