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Figure907/2

A figure of a brown man standing, wearing a yellow-white and black turban-like headpiece and a garment wrapped around the lower half of his body. He is on a flat rectangular wood base.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood, lacquer, paint and metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/9 a-b

Brown coloured tubular container (part a) with skin lid (part b). Container has skin(?) cording wrapped around centre. Large piece of skin covers the bottom and is stretched up to the middle of the container.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood and cow skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/8 a-b

Brown bottle-shaped container (part a) with skin lid (part b). Skin is stretched across base of wooden container. Near the centre of the container, the skin sections off into five vertically positioned thin strips of skin, creating five panels of exposed wood with dark areas in the centre. The top of the strips are connected by a horizontally positioned strip of skin that is secured by a skin tie. Container is capped with a skin lid (part b) that has a long skin strap that hangs to the side of the container.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood and cow skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container905/5

A tall cylindrical wood container with bands of hairy skin wrapped around near the edges, through which a strip of hairy skin loops around. The lid is made of hairy skin.

Culture
Kamba ?
Material
wood, hair and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fertility Figure905/4 a-b

Carved wooden figure dressed in a hide tunic. The tunic is decorated with four rows of blue and red beads that are grouped in sections of three. Eight rows of beads are draped around the neck. The figure has a square-shaped face, long fibre hair and bangs, and strands of blue and red, and orange and yellow beaded hair decorations.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood, fibre, metal, glass and skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest905/2

Rectangular-shaped piece of wood that curves down slightly at each end. The base has a thin horizontally placed beam that extends the length of the rectangular-shaped piece of wood. Stemming from it is a small perpendicular piece of wood that splits into two pieces of wood that flare out slightly. The two pieces are bound with skin cording. Skin loops protrude from either side of the piece. Set of two spiral-shaped metal springs are attached to pieces of skin at the top and the bottom on each side.

Culture
Pokot ? or Turkana ?
Material
wood, skin and metal
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1058/2

Wooden, angular figure of a horse with mane and tail made of dried grass plugged into two holes at mane and one at tail; a saddle is on its back. The horse is allover white with painted decoration of floral motif at chest; blue and gold decoration at saddle; red bridle on head; pink with silver decoration on rear; red wavy decoration on hind legs.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, grass ? and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1057/6

Wooden carving of a human figure riding a horse-like animal. Figure wears a hat, long tunic-like garment, loose res pants and golden shoes. Spots of green and red paint and gold leaf(?) remain. Figure and horse stand on a rectangular wooden base.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, paint and gold metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1057/5

Throned figure wearing a long gold, red and green tunic-like robe. Figure's hands rest on the knees.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, paint and gold metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1034/4

A clay head on a square block wood base. The hair is carved into a bun at the back middle, and is designed with circles to give it texture.

Culture
Indian
Material
clay and wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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