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MaskEh140

Mask depicting a green humanoid face with a black moustache, beard, eyebrows, and hair. The flat eyes are edged in red, and each has a crescent-shaped hole underneath. There is also a red vertical mark on the forehed, and there are three dark green curved lines on the forehead, under each eye, and on the bridge of the nose. Wide red lips.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh139

Mask depicting a humanoid face with black hair composed of rounded ridges, thick black eyebrows, small pointed ears, bulging eyes with a crescent-shaped slit under each, a bulbous nose, and an open grimacing mouth with red lips and white teeth bordered in black. Ridged wrinkles on forehead and cheeks. The chin is short with a slight dimple at the centre. There are two holes either side of the mask at the hairline.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and clay
Made in
Mongeragola, Sri Lanka ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh18

Mask with dark yellow face decorated with low relief triangles painted in black, white and red, and a U-shaped area in the middle of the forehead filled in with dots in red and black. The mask also has black eyebrows, red upper eyelids, eyes that look downwards and each have a crescent-shaped slit underneath, a pointed nose with nostril holes, and plant fibre twine straps. The upper and lower jaw are hinged with thread and are made from wire covered in red fabric. Two teeth protrude from the centre of the top lip, and two teeth on the bottom lip sit either side of the top teeth. The moustache and beard are of hemp, fastened to the mask with thread.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ?, plastic, cotton fibre and hemp fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb280 a-c

Three-dimensional carved wooden hand puppet with sticks for manipulation of the arms. Wooden upper body (part a) extends to a handle beneath puppets lower garments; sticks joined to hands with blue twine. Painted pink face (part b) with large eyes with red irises; red closed lips; large ears; a thinly scalloped black beard painted and extending from the ears across the lower face line and chin. Also has a small painted black moustache. Head wrapped in a spiraling wound turban of dark blue, light blue, and white; short black hair beneath it. Figure wears a square black tunic with long sleeves over a long skirt, beige with black stripes and rust stained lower portion. Both garments of polyester. Jointed arms painted pink with red bulbs at wrists; paint on hands worn. Pointed (part c) controlling rod is tapered at the end.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint and synthetic fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb279 a-c

Indonesian hand puppet; carved upper body (part a), extending to a wooden handle. Forward extending head (part b) with white face and upturned red eyes; mouth cast in a dissatisfied expression. Black highlighted facial features, hints of chin , beard, and sideburns. Head wrapped with a spiraling wound turban -songkok- of alternating dark and light green with gold tassels. Jointed arm on the right painted pink and is narrow, thicker arm to the left is unpainted. Both arms attached to supporting sticks with string. Figure wears a soiled light blue blouse overlying a red and white checkered body covering. Waist and legs wrapped in a skirt printed with a pattern of black and cream. Both blouse and skirt are made of synthetic material. Paint slightly chipped and peeling on turban. Pointed single controlling rod (part c).

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, paint and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb278 a-c

Male body (part a) composed of carved wood and fabrics; body unpainted and somewhat plain. Articulate arms jointed at the elbow and wrist are supported by sticks attached at the hand. Arm bracers, painted red, decorate the figure's wrists. Monkey-shaped face (part b) coloured pink; hair black under a red fez-shaped hat. The puppet wears a black long sleeved jacket which is soiled; a brown batiked skirt is wrapped about its waist and secured. Pointed controlling rod (part c).

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh46

A mask consisting of an upper and lower jaw with a nose emerging from the flat top surface of the upper jaw piece. The lips and nostrils are painted red, the teeth are white, and the remainder of the mask is black. The interior is painted red fading to black. Tufts of hair have been inserted above the upper lip, and longer tufts of hair have been inserted just below the lower lip. The upper and lower sections are tied together with string, which also serves as straps at the back.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ?, synthetic fibre, paint and hair
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Digging StickAa141

Brown cylindrical stick, with a tapered point, is made from the branch of a tree.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
grewium wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PestleAa139 b

Smooth light brown cylindrical length of wood.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MortarAa139 a

Hollowed length of light brown branch smoothed and decorated with a wide incised horizontal band near the middle. Branch tapers at bottom. A round stone is fitted inside the base. A hole has been drilled through the side of the branch near the top.

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