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Canoe BailerA3398

Cedar bark canoe bailer with curved wooden handle. The outer bark has been removed from each end where the bark has been folded up and pleated. The ends have been secured to the carved wooden handle with wire and cotton, then covered with strips of bark. The only remaining outer bark is located on the inside surface of the bailer.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, metal, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh137

Mask depicting a monkey face with a fringe of hair carved into the wood from forehead to chin, small eyes with a small slit under each, and lips pressed together with upturned corners. The face is black and the hair is painted grey. The nose is rounded with semi-circlular slits for nostrils. There are holes either side of the face, behind the ears.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3083

Footed, cylindrical openwork basket: wrapped twined openwork basket with two wide strips of flat cherry bark woven in wicker weave; single coil border anchors braided trim along top circumferences; square plaited bottom two stripes of red cherry bark with dyed band above.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood ?, spruce root and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA3096

Basket in the shape of a suitcase. Side opposite lid has a large complex star figure in white, black and red, surrounded by beaded border of circles and semi-circles. Edges are decorated in red, black and white beading which creates a pattern of circles and semi-circles. The lid has a border similar in appearance to the side opposite, and an inner pattern of white chevrons and black verticals. Simple coiled work (with bifurcated stitches) with parallel slat base and lid construction.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, rawhide skin, canary grass, cherry bark, metal and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg47

Wood figure representing a male standing on a double oval pedestal. Has ovoid rounded eyes, upraised eyebrows, a large nose, a mouth, and big ears. Wearing a headdress or a hat with an angled protrusion at each side. Wearing an upper garment that has cross hatching around the shoulder areas with five pyramidal protrusions along the middle of each shoulder area. Two horizontal grooves run across the front of each upper arm with three or four smaller horizontal grooves across the front of the wrists. The arms are angled slightly along the sides. Has genitalia. Curvi-linear grooves are below the knee area. The pedestal has horizontal curvi-linear lines.

Culture
South India
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh113

Mask depicting bridegroom (?) king wearing a two-tiered crown composed of a half-cylindrical finial with vertical stripes and a domed base with five vertically tapered slats. The slats have a floral design, and the base of the dome has a leaf and cross-hatching design that sits on a band of vertical stripes. The face is framed by short black hair and a beard that has incised lines indicating the texture of the hair. There is a crescent-shaped slit under each eye. The nose is narrow with a pointed tip and flared nostrils. Large ear ornaments extend outward from both sides of the face and have a floral and crosshatched design.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
oil paint and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh111 a-e

Mask with a humanoid face wearing a dark red headdress with a multicoloured floral motif (a) flanked by two roughly semicircular appendages with a floral design attached to the head by mortise and tenon joints (b and c), and surmounted by an elaborate tiered extension to the headdress (e) that ends in a domed cap (d). The face is naturalistic, with red closed lips, a narrow nose, a red tilaka mark on the forehead and black hair. There is a raised floral design below each ear. The tiers of the headdress are multi-coloured with geometric, rope-like and leaf designs as well as wavy stripes.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
oil paint and wood
Made in
Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh132

Mask with red-brown humanoid face with a three-tiered headdress of overlapping petal-like forms. The face has heavy arched eyebrows that curl at the outer ends. The eyes are protruding and somewhat conical with rounded tops. The large nose has a bulbous tip and flared nostrils. The lips are drawn back from the teeth and are outlined with a black jagged design. Two upper and lower rows of pointed teeth are exposed with curved fangs at either side, and a tongue hangs out the front of the mouth. There is a rectangular motise hole at either side of the head, each with three small holes at top, bottom, and towards the front of the mask.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint, resin ? and earth
Made in
Pandiya, Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC616

Plain wood handle with a stone blade attached by a braided rope. Black and brown.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, stone and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdzeC617

A long light brown wood elbow handle that has a dark grey stone blade attached with cord wrapping. The handle has light abstract geometric marks scratched on both sides. The blade is flat on the bottom side and slightly convexly angular on the top side where it tapers at an angle, creating a straight edge.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
stone, wood and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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