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Rod PuppetIb343

A three-dimensional male humanoid figure puppet. Has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. The pink face is positioned forward with white eyes that have red irises. There are prominent white upper teeth, red lips, a beard, and other details in black. Brown material (felt ? synthetic ?) is tacked to the face as a moustache. The red cylindrical cap has gold top diadem (jamang), and sumping. Black hair net. Gold neck. The lower arms are brown (stained?) with the hands held flat and bending back at the wrist. The torso is covered in a beige tight-fitting garment with dark brown trim on cuffs, a yoke collar, and a shoulder overlay with fifteen gold-coloured sequins. String is tied around the headdress and the neck. A dark brown panel is on the front of the torso. Wearing a blue, purple, and yellow batiked skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flat FanEd1.187

A flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wood handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached which is straight and at right angles to the handle. Fan is covered with lacquered paper that has a design of three swirls converging at the centre coloured red-orange, black, and yellow. It has a narrow edging of black paper. The fan is inserted into a split in the handle which is flat and shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with two rivets. The shape of the handle is repeated with an outline of orange paint on the fan.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, metal, wood, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleNb567

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded spherical oval rattle joined together on the handle by three pegs. Small tufts of fur have been secured at the three places at either side where the rattle is tied. One side has a carved man's face that has black oval in tapering oval eyes with black brows above, diagonal black lines across the forehead, a black nose with red nostrils, and an open red mouth outlined by black. The other side has a carved hawk's face that has black oval in tapering oval eyes with black u form brows above, and a black beak outlined by red with a halo-like red feature around the head.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
skin, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeA2631

Carved wooden pipe with wide corner end, indented copper rim, and tapered stem end. Bear cub(?) with inlaid abalone eyes crouches on the stem facing the mouthpiece end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, abalone shell and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2615

Painted wood figure of a male wearing an apron with eight pendants, the inner six of which are red-brown and green with a black outlined white circle at the bottom and the outer two of which are plain black, and fibe white and red u forms above. On the figure's chest and abdomen, there is a carving of a head that has white outlined circular black eyes, a black nose, black cheeks and forehead, and a downturned mouth that is green along the lower lip. The figure's right arm is resting the side while the other arm is bent with the hand near the mouth. The figure has circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval outlined by black and surrounded by a white area with black brows above, black cheeks and nose, and a thin mouth. Six vertical projections spring from the head, the two at the sides being longer than the others. Mounted on a black painted chamfered base and in turn on another thin base.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood and paint
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa973

Toggle carved in the shape of a seal. There are small wooden (?) insets for the eyes and nostrils. A transverse hole is bored through the stomach.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and wood ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa972

Toggle carved in the shape of a seal. There are small wooden (?) insets for the eyes and nostrils. A transverse hole is bored through the stomach.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and wood ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf499

Oval-shaped wood piece with the back hollowed out. Human face. Worn white painted surface with red spots showing through. Dyed blue are the long, incised crescent lines for the eyebrows, the inside of the mouth, and one line from the nose to the mouth. Blue spots in other facial areas. Wood of cheek and eye areas has been cut away. Lozenge-shaped eyes, and mouth open to underside. Mouth at rim of cut-away area is asymmetrical to nose. Two articulated wedge-shaped wood pieces nailed, one at each temple. Drilled holes in head and forehead for feathers now missing. Holes, one on each temple has twisted synthetic cord strung between them. Knotted brown shoelace(?) piece in hole on left.

Culture
Igbo
Material
wood, paint, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, iron metal and indigo pigment
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf493

Light brown wood piece, two-thirds of which is u-shaped. The other third is woman's neck and head. Hair, textured by incised lines, is pulled far back on forehead and forms three crests running front to back. Carved facial features are in relief: protruding lozenge-shaped eyeballs and eyelids, long crescent eyebrows, long narrow nose, and jutting chin with open lozenge-shaped mouth. Row of incised diamonds at top of u structure. Vertical perforation at back of head has twisted and knotted light brown cotton cord passing through. Extensions of u structure each have hole for attaching roller at perpendicular angle. Roller is now missing.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf492

Dark brown wood piece, half of which is u-shaped. The other half is woman's neck and head with hair pulled up into elaborate crest coiffure down centre of head from front to back. The crest has one pierced hole. Facial features are carved in relief. The hair texture is incised lines. Geometric patterns cover neck and u structure. A split through centre of piece is held together by horizontal iron rod nailed through middle of wood. A bone roller, worn down in centre, is attached at a perpendicular angle between the two stems of u structure on an iron rod; stems pierced by it.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, horn and iron metal
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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