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PendantC1178

A stylized, greenstone, human figure pendant (hei tiki). The figure's head is tilting to its right. The circular eyes are outlined with red inlay. Both arms are at its waist; legs are crossed. A black cord is tied through a hole at the middle of the forehead.

Culture
Maori
Material
nephrite mineral, wax ? and fibre
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletEf453

Circular bracelet made of golden glass with a thick coating of red sparkly sealing wax on the inside and outside. Blue and white glass beads, diamond-shaped gold glass, coiled segments of metal wire that have been formed into circles, and undulating strips of metal are embedded in the outer wax surface, which is slightly convex.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
glass, wax and metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.245

Wood figure of a man with an old-fashioned long plaited beard, a symbol of authority. His rounded eyes are closed. The nose extends from the curved upraised brows. The lips meet at the centre of the mouth. There are two diagonal grooves along each side of the neck. The angled shoulders extend into the arms that are bent at the elbows so that the hands are angled forward to hold the long plaited beard. The knees are slightly bent. On a circular base. Colour: black.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and wax
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CandleEdz1175 a-b

Two vertical sticks encased in red wax at the top. Each stick has a shorter stick attached at its base with paper at a forty-five degree angle. On both sticks the orange wax also has three coloured marks on it--yellow, white and green--and a large white wick emerging from the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wax, bamboo grass, paper and paste adhesive
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lamp1197/4

Dark brown, elliptical vessel with a high, rounded bottom. Vessel is lined with fabric and filled with wax.

Culture
Inuit
Material
soapstone stone, wax and fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/11

Dark brown mask with a winged, kneeling human figure on front. White-yellow wax drips from figure's head where there is a small hole (for holding a candle), down its face and onto its body.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, stain ? and wax
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/188

Mask of a black glossy face with a gold crown, mustache, eyebrows, and lashes; lips in red. Upper row of white teeth is visible. Carved mark on inside.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, glass, paint and wax ?
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/13

A mask of two faces side-by-side with a statue in between holding a disk in its left hand. Wax has been dripped down along the front of the forehead. There are holes made underneath the innermost eyebrows of each face. The right-hand face has eyes that look like metal coins. A long protruding piece is loose at the bottom middle front.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, wax and metal
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2655/12

Brown wooden mask with a man playing saxophone along the centre of it. White-yellow wax drips from the man's head, where there is a small hole (for holding a candle), down his face and body.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, stain ? and wax
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2582/5

Copper ornament of a whale with its body arcing at a 90-degree angle. Head, top fin, and both prongs of the tail are squared off. Bottom fin is more curved and joins with the middle of one of the tail's prongs. Front of the pendant is smooth, while the back is covered with a brown, hardened substance.

Culture
Haida
Material
copper metal and wax ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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