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BlowgunIb416

Blowgun of natural dark brown wood. Thin metal lance-olate blade lashed to shaft with four sets of rattan binding, the lowest one of which is wrapped around four times while the middle two are wrapped around twice and the top one is wrapped around multiple times. Muzzle is plugged with pandanus leaves. Shaft widens slightly from muzzle to butt end, where it flares to form mouthpiece. Mouthpiece slightly concave; hole at centre (0.9 cm.) edged with red wax. Pith inside hole with small hole bored through length.

Culture
Punan
Material
wood, iron metal, rattan, pandanus leaf and wax
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolAe76

Cylindrical, light brown hardwood stool carved from one piece; hollowed core; smooth polished seat and open base. deep and polished medium brown. Three rings of diamond shape openings encircle the body and one of half diamond openings the base and seat rims. A small circle or spot of light natural colour protrudes in each area where the strips of the design crisscross. Inner surface is rough and unstained. Outer surface of body is stained dull black. Splash of dull red on base rim.

Culture
Central African
Material
wax, wood and stain
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanpipesEd1.151 a-s

Mouth organ consisting of 17 cane pipes, each with a free reed of thinner wood inserted around the circumference of flat side of black lacquered wooden container shaped like an elongated hemisphere, with a neck to use as a blowpipe. 13 pipes have 0.25cm. round hole and 2cm. split in cane; 4 pipes have neither hole nor split. Both neck and container have bone decoration, forming mouthpiece of neck and at bottom of bowl. Canes held in place by rattan strap.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan, lacquer ?, paint ?, wax, bone, wood and stem ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CandleSf804

A thick red candle with relief decoration in horizontal bands. Textures are impressed, then highlighted by addition of glittery gold, silver, blue and green paint, green foil and sequins. Patterns include floral, geometric and figurative (Llamas and Lambayeque style figures).

Culture
Andes
Material
paint, metal, fibre and wax
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AdhesiveAa113

Hardened triangular sample of black glue.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bee wax, gemsbok hoof and acacium resin
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanpipesH2.15

A miniature set of panpipes made from a row of hollow bamboo segments of graduated lengths arranged into two groups. The segments are threaded through a larger, horizontal bamboo splint and held in place with thread and wax.

Culture
Andes
Material
bamboo grass, fibre and wax
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sala gamiilga gaax ganou2641/1

"The Raven Dances with Frogs" robe. Hand-woven chilkat style child's robe, shaped like a horizontal rectangle on three sides, with the lower edge curving downward to the centre. Long warp fringes of brown and white yarn along the lower edge tapered to be the longest at the centre, with supplementary fringes of white yarn. Main panel is composed of complex formline design in black, white, yellow, and turquoise, outlined in narrow black and white braids, a wide surround of yellow, another band of braids, and an outer surround in black. Double band of braids of brown and white yarn at each side, ending in four bands of wrapped yarn, two black alternating with two yellow. The main panel has a rectangular human-like face at the centre front, above which are two yellow eye forms containing frog faces. Below the rectangular form are two inverted eye forms, beside which are feet with claws. Above these on each side are two more eye forms in yellow. At the midpoint of each side edge is a rectangular profile human-like face looking inwards towards the centre. Throughout the robe the braid outlining is raised from the finely-woven surface, making it three-dimensional. Only the major designs show on the reverse, not the braids.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
leather skin, sheep wool fibre, yellow cedar bark, dye, nylon fibre and wax
Made in
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Divination BasketK4.330 a-r

Woven root basket (part a) and divination contents (parts b-r). The coiled basket has watch-spring and splint weave at base. The contents of the basket are: b) short piece of horn pierced at tip and base; c) desiccated hoof; d) cowrie shell; e) part of seed pod; f) cocoon covered with sticks; g) wooden thread spool; h) disc of copper; i) carved, cylindrical wood object; j) carved wooden effigy; k) fruit pit; l) wood with wax coating; m) fragment of black plastic or bakelite; n) stone; o) ball of wax; p) smaller ball of wax; q) ball of wax with hollow centre; r) fragment tar-paper with two nails.

Culture
Chokwe ? or Ovimbundu ?
Material
horn, root, wood, shell, metal, copper metal, stone, hoof, cocoon, wax and pod
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceK2.404

Necklace composed of a disc-shaped pendant on a string of lozenge-shaped beads alternating with circles of twined grass with two spherical beads next to the pendant. The pendant is formed from grass stuck into beeswax with protruding twined strands at the centre and two bands of neatly twined strands.

Culture
West African
Material
grass, bee wax and fibre
Made in
Timbuktu, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DoorK2.255

Door panel made from one piece of wood carved with highly stylized birds, crocodiles, antelope and snakes arranged above and below a crocodile figure at the centre. A cylindrical element protrudes both at the top and bottom on one side. The wood has been coated with a wax-like substance to create a dark brown finish.

Culture
Senufo
Material
wood and wax
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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