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FigureEd5.3068

Man with a bald head except for strips of black hair at the top, and the back of the scalp, and around the back, and the side of the neck. He is wearing a white shirt, blue pants, and white boots. He balances a stick with a yellow food carrier on each end, over his right shoulder. There is a hat over his left shoulder. He is mounted on a black stand.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, plastic and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb3.1408

Mask with top knot of folded cedar bark wrapped with a strip of red plastic near the base. The mask is painted grey and has two indented diagonal curved shapes near the top of the forehead. Curvilinear eyebrow ridges extend beyond the side edges, and beaten copper is nailed to the surface of each. The eyes have circular hollow protruding pupils made of abalone shell, and the hooked beak-like nose has wide rounded nostrils. The open red mouth has pointed recurved lips. The mask also has a pointed chin and a series of black curved lines that accent the cheeks from chin to temple. Signed by artist on reverse.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood, plastic, cedar bark, metal, abalone shell and copper metal
Made in
Gilford Island, British Columbia, Canada and Gwa'yasdam's, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe307

An arrow shaft, 88.5 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. Inserted into the tip of the shaft, held with a woven rattan sleeve 1 cm. wide, is a long point of black palm wood 27 cm. long, which appears to have had a thin point which was broken off. The point is incised with longitudinal wavy lines filled with short parallel lines and rubbed with red ochre and grey clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
resin, clay, ochre pigment, palm wood, rattan and fibre
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gambling Game SticksNb647 a-i

Game sticks composed of nine cylindrical sticks that have a small, raised round knob at each end, and faint black and red lines on a polished surface: a) one thin black line at one end, three equidistant thin red lines at centre, black staining; b) two thin black lines at one end, three equidistant red lines at centre, light black staining; c) plain, no design; d) plain, no design; e) three thin red equidistant lines at centre, three faint, red diagonal lines equally spaced over surface; f) thick black lines at one end, three thin, equidistant black lines at centre, light black staining around one end; g) slightly off-centre, thick black line is bordered by thin red lines; h) series of lines, one thin red, one thick black, thin red, thick red, two thin red; i) thick black lines border two wide red bands.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
pigment and maple wood ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishIe302

A very flat brown wooden dish with an elongated oval shape that has one end pointed, and a smooth surface. The rounded end is thicker, and rougher, and is more bent so that it is higher. The convex side is incised with two parallel rows of dots 11 cm. from the pointed end of the bowl. Between the dots and the point, there is a simple incised pattern of parallel and perpendicular lines. A hole is bored through the near point, through which, there is a loop of bark.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, plant fibre and black palm wood
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CarvingNi72

Three rounded angular stacked forms on a thick circular base. At top is a series of cut-out crescents forming a scallop edge. Burnt circular holes form crescent design on top. Series of ten spaced vertical lines down sides are joined together occasionally by a diagonal line. Coloured beads pressed into beeswax form star and circle decorations around sides of each form. At centre top, circle with nine rounded extensions and interior circle. Between top and second layer are two yellow and two red pompoms attached with cord. Between second and third layers are strands of blue and orange-red yarn wrapped and knotted leaving ends free.

Culture
Huichol
Material
bee wax, glass, synthetic fibre and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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God's Eye FigureNi16

Central stick, glued to circular base, has two cross sticks attached with yarn. Two metal hoops on either side of central stick are wrapped in blue and pink yarn and have white feathers at each end. Alternating blue and pink yarn wrapped around base. Central stick wrapped in yellow, at first cross blue, pink and purple yarn form a diamond, cross stick ends wrapped in blue before tassels. At second cross stick blue, light blue, yellow and brown yarn form a diamond, ends wrapped in blue before tassels. End of central stick wrapped in blue before tassel.

Culture
Huichol
Material
feather, adhesive, metal, synthetic fibre and wood
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe306

An arrow shaft, 83 cm. long, made of a variety of pitpit (sword grass). The shaft is light brown with black coating. The fore-shaft is a flat length of black palm wood, 10.5 cm. long, bound to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide and to the point with a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide. The fore-shaft is also bound with a band of woven rattan less than 1 cm. wide. The bark cord band is coated with red ochre and has a rough stripe of grey clay on each side. The long point is of solid bone, 17 cm. long, also coated with a black substance.

Culture
Kewa
Material
fibre, rattan, ochre pigment, black palm wood, bark and bone
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearIe301

Spear, nearly round in cross-section, straight unadorned shaft tapering slightly to point. Lanceolate point part of human arm bone is eighteen cm. long to the shaft and hollow for two-thirds of the length. Cut away to leave a flat projection which is bound to the shaft. Mounting covered by a sleeve of woven rattan six cm. wide. Point and sleeve are coloured with red ochre.

Culture
Kewa
Material
human bone, ochre pigment, rattan and palm wood
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Killer Whale HeaddressNb22.79

Horizontal whale headdress that has a carved skeletal body, dorsal fin attached to black spine by wooden wedge and glue; black hair, ends wrapped in wire, have been inserted into five drilled holes along back of fin; light blue band, close to top of fin, has a circular hole; carved profile face at base has square abalone shell teeth; fin outlined in black; backbone has unpainted spaces between disks, four pieces of inlaid abalone on each side of fin; circular hole at neck; tail flukes have incised triangular areas between two black ovoid eyes, orange-red and light blue u forms on either side of eyes, flukes outlined in black; two curved ribs on each side attach to spine and black band base, final rib before tail is black; band base has two incised crescentic marks on each side, under tail flukes are two circular eyes with split u forms on either side, incised triangular design between eyes, crescentic shape above each eye; pectoral fins overlap band base and have u, ovoid and a tri-pointed design; head has a curved forehead with a vertical ridge between the eyes; orbital ridge melds with the snout and lip band; upper portion of eyes protrudes; black eyes in narrow pointed eyelid lines; upper incisors overlap lower lip band. Beneath jaw is an incised dogfish head with black brows, flat flaring nostrils and a wide continuous lip band. Underside of tail flukes signed: Dempsey Bob 1987; b imposed on a d/87.

Culture
Tahltan and Tlingit
Material
adhesive, metal, hair, acrylic paint, abalone shell, alder wood and oil
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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