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BeaterEdz905

Weaving beater. Red-brown beater, shaped like a dagger blade, slightly asymmetrical, and flattened oval in cross-section.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
rosewood wood
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa101

Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa100

Composed of two sections: tan reed shaft shaped at one end to fit bowstring, hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end; black shaft, pointed at both ends, also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa99

Composed of two attached sections: a tan reed shaft is shaped at one end to fit a bow string, and is hollowed at other to hold black wood section. Reed shaft bound with fibre at hollowed end. The black shaft is pointed at both ends, and is also wound with fibre.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
reed grass, fibre and wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf291

Polychrome figure of a male standing on a small base. The headpiece is red, yellow, and blue. There is dark red on the arms. The figure has yellow trousers with green sash, a dark blue robe around shoulders and down front, and gold and silver flecks all over. The figure's arm on left is raised next to his head with his palm outward. The other arm is at his side, with his palm outward. The nose has broken off. A blue pot hangs by a ring joint from the base. Mounted on rectangular support.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEf290

Large male human head set into heavy wooden base. Has ushnisha and urna on forehead; curled moustache. Shoulder-length curled hair with bead and flower decoration around crown of head.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
sandstone stone and wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEf280

Figure of human seated, under a canopy, on the back of an elephant on wheels. Figure and canopy form lid, hinged to the elephant. Figure wearing headdress, holding a lotus in each hand, arms out to the side of the body. Elephant is decorated on back, head, ears, tail, trunk with two bands around each ankle. Free-moving wheels are spoked. Traces of red residue on canopy top, figure head and headdress, and on elephant head and ears.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
bronze metal and wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh28

Mask with a slightly elongated, humanoid face with fibre hair held in place by nails and a dark red face. The mask also has exaggerated features: a protruding nose, ears, and pointed chin as well as bulging eyes with large black irises and a crescent-shaped slit beneath each eye. Black lines are used to define eyebrows and nostrils, and wrinkles in low relief on forehead and at the corners of the eyes. The mask's open mouth displays two square white teeth protruding from the upper lip. On the reverse a screw eye is inserted in the top of the head behind the hair, and there are two twined strings, each attached to the hair at either end of the head.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
metal, wood, paint, plant fibre and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh2

Mask depicting a prince figure (kolam mask) with an elongated pink face, a wrinkled brow, high arched black eyebrows, wide eyes with a crescent-shaped slit under each, a narrow protruding nose, small ears, and a small open mouth with an upper set of teeth showing. The prince figure is wearing a lobed grey-white crown with a red border and red design of dots in concentric circles on the narrower centre lobe of the crown. Holes at either side of the mask, and in the chin. Loop of coarse twine tied through screw eye on reverse. A label on the reverse reads, "PRINCE: Kolam, " in typewritten characters, and "44" handwritten in blue ink.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh25

Mask with humanoid face that is orange brown with thin black eyebrows, a thick black moustache with long pointed ends, a black beard, protruding eyes that are flat and angled downwards, protruding pointed cheeks, and a rounded opem mouth showing two rows of teeth. At the top of the head is a turban carved in relief with three wrapped folds, green fading to yellow at the edges. Twine is threaded through a hole on either side of the face, and is attached to nail at the top. An inscription in blue pencil on the reverse reads, "23 TIG No. 36" with the 36 crossed out.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
plant fibre, paint, wood and gesso
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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