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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 d

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part d). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal, wood ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 c

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part c). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ramayana Headdress1568/6 a-f

Ramayana headdress composed of a green velvet covered crown (a) that has a bulbous base that narrows and then widens again to a smaller bulbous top with a gold finial. The crown is also ornamented with pieces of gold painted skin that have been cut into ornate geometric shapes, some of which protrude outwards, and these have silver sequins and clear glass beads sewn to them. The base of the crown has a band of multiple pointed pieces of gold painted skin ornamented with sequins and beads. Attached at the back of the headdress is a figure's face made from gold, red, black and white painted skin. The figure has a pointed head, fangs, protruding black hair at the base, and is also decorated with sequins and beads. There are black straps on the inside at the back for adjustment, and two yellow straps at the sides. Accompanying the headdress are the following: a triangular-shaped gold painted skin ornament (b) with sequins and beads and two curled ends to which is attached a gold cord; two gold painted skin ornaments (c and d) with curled ends, sequins and beads, as well as two hanging multicoloured tassels on each; and two gold painted skin ornaments (e and f) consisting of an ornate piece with sequins and beads, each attached at a perpendicular angle to a cross-shaped piece with yellow ties at each end.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin ?, paint, glass, fibre, cotton fibre, wood, metal ?, paper and dye
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CanoeNb11.353 a-b

Nuu-chah-nulth style dugout canoe with fine overall adze work. Most of canoe is covered in paint (currently pink; originally red) except for the bottom interior of the hull. Two original seats are still in place; the two missing seats were replaced with new boards in 2006. Original prow (wolf's head) no longer with canoe; new unpainted prow carved and added in 2006. The stern piece has become detached (part b), but is sitting loosely in place.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth and Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood, metal and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FrontletA3839

Wooden frontlet featuring a large bird's head over a small human-like head with two paws to the sides; paws and bird's curved beak are three-dimensional, protruding from the surface. Painted red, black and green, with parts left in natural wood.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
yellow cedar wood ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleH1.193 b-f

Set of five spindles, each a long segment of wood tapered at the ends with a brown finish. Part b: painted with a black and off-white geometric design at the centre and has light brown string wound around one end; part c: has a series of thin bands incised into the wood towards one end; part d: has light brown thread wound around the centre; part e: has a series of alternating off-white and reddish-brown bands at the centre; part f: has light brown yarn and red string wound around it; part g: a coil of light brown thread that tapers at the ends.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
fibre, dye, paint and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4159 a-b

Mask with cedar bark fringe at top and a bundle of cedar bark at either side, a protruding brow and hooknose, crescent-shaped eye holes, and an open mouth with protruding lips. A bunch of white and grey feathers is bound to a wooden stick (part b) with blue thread and adhesive fabric tape, and fits into a hole in the top of the mask. The mask is painted white with heavy black eyebrows, black pupils and eyelids, red nostrils and lips, and a curved black line on both sides that accentuates the cheeks. A piece of wood is attached across the back at the top. Two holes either side of the mouth near the edge of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint, feather, fibre, dye and adhesive
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4247

Mask with overall ovoid shape, hooked nose, circular eye holes, and an open smiling mouth. The mask is painted white with black eyebrows, green around the eyes with blue and black eyes, red lips, a black moustache in two parts with curled ends, a black chin, and orange curvilinear and scalloped designs on the cheeks. An off-white string is strung through the holes at the sides of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint, wood and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA7317

Headdress in three parts representing a bee and two sisiutl figures. The frontmost face represents a bee figure with a grey face that has a protruding yellow nose with red and grey nostrils and several holes in the top of the nose, a red mouth with black lines above the upper lip, large circular black eyes, black eyebrows, black curving lines defining the cheeks, and two protruding, curled ears. Attached either side of the face are two sisiutl figures depicted in profile, each with a culred nose, protruding tongue, curled ear, and painted fabric cut into three points attached at the neck. They are joined by a wooden support. A length of cord is threaded through two holes in the support and a hole in the top of the front figure's head. Painted in black, red, yellow and green on grey ground.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, wood, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6240

Large mask with a protruding short cylinder that has a hole in the centre on the forehead, slightly bulging eyes, a hooked and upturned nose, curvilinear bands and incised lines representing gill slits extending from the sides of the nose to the centre of the chin underneath the lower lip, angular protruding lips, and a hole on either cheek with a raised rim around each. The mask is painted with black, red and white on the forehead, heavy black eyebrows, green over the nose and around the eyes with a scalloped edge representing scales, red and green nostrils, white on the cheeks with white red and green on the rims around the holes, red and white gill slits, black around the red mouth and on the chin. There are two triangular holes below the nostrils, and there is a wooden bar at the top back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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