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Drum2762/26

Buffalo calf skin drum. Skin is lashed to the bottom of the frame with sinew, four strips of which are twisted into the centre and tied together in a large knot. The top rim is painted with a band of black and red and the top surface has four black V-shapes placed on opposing sides and a red crescent in the centre. Inscription on inside of wood frame.

Culture
Cree
Material
buffalo skin, wood, paint and sinew
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shark Calling Figure2716/22

One part of a three piece artistic representation of the attributes of the "shark caller". Figure is a large yellowish wood propeller with thick rope knotted at centre is painted white overall and has incised decorative motifs painted yellow, red, and black on the front surface.[p

Culture
Malagan
Material
wood, paint and grass
Made in
Libba, New Ireland, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2754/2

Colourful hanging paper mache toy boat with 3-dimensional heads of animals attached to the outside of the cabin. A version of Noah's ark (name NOE painted at the front and back), the orange ship is sailing on blue waves with a cargo of a giraffe, a zebra, a blue hippopotamus, a blue and red leopard, a black bear (all with painted leather ears), and a green elephant.

Culture
Cuban
Material
paper, paint, adhesive, wood, leather skin, glaze and metal
Made in
Havana, Cuba
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bukduma2716/9 a-c

Wooden boar-fish carving with painted designs. The fish-like body (a) has fins and a tail. It is painted with large orange, yellow circles surrounded by white dots on black ground. The pig-like head has an upturned snout stuck through with a pole decorated with feathers (b,c), and pointed tusks. It is painted with orange, white designs on yellow ground. There are three kinds of shells arranged from the tip of the snout, down the spine to the tail. There is a large ornate shell and a line of black feathers on the forehead.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, cowrie shell, shell, feather and paint
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/180 a-b

Painted statuette of San Martin de Porres. The patron saint of the home and dogs has brown skin and black hair, wears a gold-trimmed black cape over a white and gold robe, holds a broom in his left hand and carries a cross (b) in his right hand. At his feet, on the mounded green base, sit two dogs beside a red oval object.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Portrait Painting2755/4

Framed, large scale, ancestor portrait painted on paper. Depicted is a male in an imperial-style blue robe and jeweled blue hat, with an ornately embroidered rank badge hanging from his neck, seated in a large tiger skin covered chair or throne. The red mosaic floor has a floral patterning in shades of white, green, yellow and pink with a border motif in black. A wide band of brown paper frames the painting and the actual reddish wood frame with fibreboard backing has two ornate metal hangers at top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, paint, wood, copper alloy metal and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2754/1

Colourful hanging paper mache toy airplane with 3-dimensional heads of jungle animals attached to the outside. A modern version of Noah's ark (name NOE painted on the side), the red,white, yellow and blue airplane with wood wings and wheels is carrying a giraffe, a zebra, a blue hippopotamus, a red tiger (all with painted leather ears), and a green elephant.

Culture
Cuban
Material
paper, paint, adhesive, wood, leather skin, glaze and metal
Made in
Havana, Cuba
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleACC3194

Culture
“Aboriginal” ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
McCord Museum of Canadian History
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Ancestor Figure2751/1

Tall wood carving of an ancestor figure standing on a mounded base. Covered with carved body tattoos, a mask-like face on each shoulder, a protruding belly, and large genitalia hanging out from behind a bark loin cloth attached to a grass belt, the figure wears an elaborate mask painted in white, red and black pigments. The mask has large cowrie shell eyes, boar tusks sticking out of the nostrils, elaborate earrings, a feather headdress plus fringe of feathers, and is surrounded with a clay border into which are embedded numerous tiny shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, clay, feather, grass fibre, paint, cowrie shell, shell, boar tusk and bark
Made in
Kaminibit, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/194 a-b

Painted wood statuette grouping on a flat base of Santo Tomas and a penitent. Metal-crowned saint standing on a rounded pedestal (originally holding something in his left hand) has monk-like hair style of fringe around bald top and wears a black and brown mantle over a long white robe. In front of him kneels a bearded figure (b) wearing a green top and black short pants.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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