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Carving720/24

Long wooden piece with eleven projections that angle inward and taper to a point. Central projection is small and rounded. Small flat knobs are found at each end of the piece.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1259/1

A figure sitting with his left leg folded on the floor and his head bent over his right knee, over which his hands are clasped. The figure is wearing a skirt-style wrap and has curled hair painted blue; the ribcage and spine are detailed.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box935/2 a-b

Circular birch bark box with fitted lid covered with stitched porcupine quill designs. Sides of box feature orange, brown and white geometric and zigzagging patterns, while the lid is covered with a geometric design with four tree-like figures.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, fibre, wood, dye and porcupine quill
Made in
Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz818 a-b

Small, rectangular coiled cedar root basket (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Parallel slat base for the wall and lid construction. Decorated with beading and imbrication. Beading in red cherry bark on the lid (part b), in two columns, and along the top and the bottom edges of the basket (part a). Two vertical design panels on each of the long sides and one on each end of the basket (part a). These panels are imbricated in canary grass and red cherry bark with the canary grass forming the background and the bark creating large X-shaped designs. The panels are also outlined in red cherry bark also.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, wood and canary grass
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn Carving668/1

Small wood figure with dark wood skin and light wood robe-garment. Holding a light wood object to brush away mulit-coloured wood chips on a rectangular base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
thorn, wood and adhesive
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle1258/2

Bulbous, elliptically shaped wooden rattle with straight, thick handles protruding from both ends. Each handle has a flat knob-like end and string spooled around it--a fibrous cord runs around the rattle from one handle to the other. The rattle itself is painted with two faces in red, black and white.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint, glass ? and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet1232/2

A female wood puppet with black hair and hair accessories. She is wearing red sequin-petaled floral earrings. Her gold-coloured floral embroidered pink dress is decorated with pink, purple, and turquoise sequins. Her shoes are painted red. Attached is a marionette wood handle with strings.

Culture
Burmese
Material
fibre, wood, synthetic hair, paint, metal and glass
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet1232/1

A female wood puppet with black hair wearing a hair accessory. She has a blue, green, red and gold-coloured floral embroidered dress with a beige top rimmed with yellow and a peach-coloured skirt with a black belt decorated with yellow leaf-like flaps. Her shoes are painted red. Attached is a marionette wood handle with strings. There is a metal needle pinned through the bottom of her skirt.

Culture
Burmese
Material
fibre, wood, paint, synthetic hair and metal
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb1223/13

Small comb. Hollow bamboo piece with thin evenely spaced wooden comb teeth attached to tube by interwoven fibre.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plaque1223/10

A red face wearing a red headdress with three circles within each other in the middle and having a spiral at each side around all of which there is an outlining row of circles with a feather-like carved rim. There is an ornate decoration behind each ear which has a loop earring. A necklace with two rows is carved on the neck. A red string goes through two holes at either sides.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, paint ? and fibre
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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