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Rod PuppetIb304 a-d

Three-dimensional female humanoid puppet: head (part c) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part d) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure's right arm is broken at the hand where the control rod attaches (part b). The figure has a flower motif on each breast underneath a black fabric bib decorated with gold-coloured beads and coloured sequins. The bib has a shiny bright green mandarin-style collar decorated with braid and silver sequins. Forward-bending white face and neck, small straight nose, slit-shaped eyes, red lower lip, red caste mark, beaumark on right above corner of mouth, ears. Top of head is flat, straight black hair. Gold body and arms; crown of gold, green and red. Multicoloured band around waist, attached to body with blue tack on front, red and blue tacks on back. Long batik skirt, in beige, light brown and grey-blue.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, metal and plastic
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb302 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure's face is dark red with black and white spots. Mouth open exposing one tooth at front of mouth; long upper lip. Nose, eyes small; black pupils. Head painted dark red; lump at back of head. Dark multi-coloured fabric skull cap on head. Arms long and dangling; hands large, and positioned at right angles to wrists. Close-fitting jacket with a rust-coloured, knit torso, a high collar, and short sleeves of patterned cotton. Beige belt around waist. Plaid skirt in grey and brown with purple and off-white stripes.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb301 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms (long controlling rod missing from each). Figure has a pink face with a topong mahkota, surmounted by a jamang, badong, and sumping with points from a winged ridge. Large eyes with red irises; large nose, slightly blunt; black moustache and sideburns, gelung supit urang. Mouth open with prominent teeth. Body, moveable arms with bracelets at wrists and upper arms, black vest covering torso, leaving shoulders exposed, and black apron at waist with blue waistband. The vest, apron and waistband are decorated with beading and sequins. Hands at right angles to wrists. Skirt with geometric pattern in green and beige with large birds, flowers, and leaves in dark blue, red, yellow, and brown. Two long blue strips of fabric extend down from waist at either side.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb300 a-d

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with jointed arms and skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The controlling rod (part d) from the figure's (right ?) arm has become detached, and the figure's left forearm, hand and controlling rod are missing. The figure has a light yellow face with black hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, moustache, and goatee. Headdress with Garuda Mungkur (short-tongued), three-tiered jamang; badong and sumping of light blue, red, gold, and yellow also present. Nose slightly blunt; moustache, sideburns, and black kendit. The body has a red and blue painted collar and a gold upper body. Skirt of brown, light grey-blue, and off-white batik pattern.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSf617

A carved, wooden bird ornament with a long incised beak and a red painted surface. The eyes are raised circles with a hole for the pupil and an incised circle surrounding it. The wing feathers are carved in 3 steps and are in relief to the body and tail.

Culture
Andes
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScraperAa67

Large wood handle and small iron blade with slightly convex tip that is inserted into a split in the end of the handle.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow ViolinAa64 a-b

Light brown wood curved into a bow shape (part a) with thirty-five notches cut on one side. A grass strip is held and wound around slits at each end. Part b is a dark brown cylindrical stick.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, grass and fibre
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeAa63

Metal blade mounted in a wooden handle. Sharpened on both sides, the blade tapers from the hilt to the blunt, slightly twisted point. The handle is roughly cylindrical.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe354

An oblong-shaped mask in blackened wood with cut-out eyes and mouth. Two small bumps on the forehead. Large eyebrows. Top of the head, the upper lip, and the jaw areas have been plastered with red clay, and gum, painted over in black, inlaid with cowrie shells, and human hair, held in place with glue.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
resin, clay, hair, cowrie shell, fibre ? and wood
Made in
Korogo, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MouldEe83

Long rectangular wooden block with rounded edges and areas carved out to make moulds. Tibetan astrological calculation chart/diagram, carved on both sides, according to the Kālachakra calendar system with elements, such as the twelve Tibetan zodiac signs, nine Mewas, weekdays, and eight Parkhas.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
mahogany wood
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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