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Mask2872/3

Mask of a man’s face, with all features carved rather than solely painted. Black wavy hair surrounds a headdress carved with flowers and line patterns, painted bronze. Thick black eyebrows sit above large round eyes with bored eyeholes under the pupils. Below a pronounced forehead crease is a large protruding nose with two nostril holes bored through the wood. The mouth is open to show a row of white teeth and to either side is a curling moustache. Two small holes are bored through the sides of the mask at the edges, and one at the top centre. The interior of the mask is concave and painted brown.

Culture
Javanese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod Puppet2872/35 a-c

Rod puppet named Rama. The head (part a) has a white face with black painted eyes and brows and a red smiling mouth. Pompoms hang from above each ear. Long, luxuriantly curled black hair is topped by a high, elaborate, multicoloured headdress. The gold torso (part b) is partially covered by a beaded, red velvet bib, with a matching apron falling from the waist. Pink satiny flaps hang from the sides of the apron. A long sarong hides a wooden stick (part c) that extends up through the torso and into the puppet’s head to control its movement. The arms are moveable at shoulder and elbow by wooden sticks attached to each hand.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, plastic and paint
Made in
West Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2849/1

Carved and painted wooden figure of a man playing a nose flute. The figure has a narrow, long oval-shaped head. His eyes are shell inlay. He has a long nose with large nostrils. His mouth is formed of a slit in the wood. Attached to his nose is a long flute that has a zigzag edge that faces outwards. He holds the flute in his left hand and it connects with his body again at his lower torso. The man’s pectoral muscles are very pronounced. His right arm is rounded at the end and does not have a hand. The man is standing and his knees are slightly bent. He does not have feet instead his calves connect to a two-level base. From the back of the figure, one can see that his lower spine is curved and that his buttocks are sticking out. He has pronounced buttocks muscles. There is an inscription carved into the bottom of the object.

Culture
Eastern Melanesian
Material
wood, paint and shell
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2848/5

Carved wooden figure seated on a red and black chair. Figure wears gold robes and a black hat with a stick on the left side, and hole on the right side where the missing stick once was. Bottom of the chair has a flower design.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Throwing Club2919/16

Long wooden throwing club, rounded, thick at the head and narrowing toward the handle. While the handle is smooth and unpainted, the head of the club is carved with protruding notches and long ridges and decorated with painted patterns of dots, lines and colour blocks.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Throwing Club2919/14

Wooden throwing club with a thick head narrowing toward a long, thin handle. The head is oblong in shape while the handle is round. Slight ridges encircle the whole of the object and several chips have been taken out of the head. The surface is dark brown and somewhat shiny.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Spear2919/9

Short ceremonial dance spear made of wood. A sharp point, painted dark orange, flares into a midsection delicately carved into five thin, down-pointing blades and one short, thicker up-pointing blade on each side. The blades are elaborately painted in multiple colours, with patterns of lines, dots, and colour blocks. The handle is long and tapered, also painted dark orange.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Spear2919/7

Short ceremonial dance spear made of wood. A sharp point, painted dark orange, flares into a midsection delicately carved into five thin, down-pointing blades and one short, thicker up-pointing blade on each side. The blades are elaborately painted in multiple colours, with patterns of lines, dots, and colour blocks. The handle is long and tapered, also painted dark orange.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boomerang2919/12

Large wooden boomerang, curved, tapered and rounded slightly at each end and tapered on the edges. The central portion is painted a light brownish pink, while each end has white dots painted onto the natural wood.

Culture
Tiwi
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plaque2848/47

Wooden plaque painted red with carved designs painted yellow. Three figures stand at the bottom of the scene; a human male in the centre holding a sword and two animalistic figures on either side of him with their arms raised, revealing claw like hands. Above them is a large Ba Gua symbol, with a crown-like symbol on top. Surrounding the Ba Gua are Chinese symbols. The back of the plaque is unpainted.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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