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Belt1128/8 a-b

Man's brown leather belt, trimmed with white painted grommets and brown metal studs; fastened with a narrow leather strip and metal buckle. Two leather loops on bottom edge for attaching tools. Two tools attached: a knife (18.3 cm) with metal blade, wood and bone handle, leather and bone sheath; ovoid leather pouch (approximately 33 cm long), trimmed with yellow and red wool fabric, yellow and green rickrack and light yellow-brown reindeer fur. Small square of plastic tape (reflective tape?) glued on at centre back; evidence that two other squares of tape had been attached but have fallen off.

Culture
Sami
Material
skin, metal, wool fibre, cotton fibre, reindeer skin, wood, bone, plastic, paint and dye
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Hoe1704/18

Cantonese opera prop hoe. Long wooden pole with a knob on one end and a thin, curved, wedge-shaped piece of metal near the other end; dark green and white stripes are painted around the pole.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh149 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (jester character): head (part b) fits into body clothed in a shirt and pants with floral print and multicoloured pom-poms and a short red skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure's head, hands and feet are painted pink, and the figure has long hair and a beard of undyed plant fibre. The figure is holding a stick with orange-brown feathers in his right hand.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and feather
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh152 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body clothed in a dark blue jacket with metallic floral print sash and an orange, pink, and blue plaid skirt with yellow leggins underneath (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Hands and feet are painted pink, and the feet have black shoes with a painted design in yellow, green and red. The figure is wearing a green-grey plastic headdress and has purple twine hair tied in a bun at the back of his head with a black hair moustache that extends out to the ears. The figure's face is painted with a light brown-pink colour.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh148 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body with shirt and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure is wearing a yellow cloth on its head, a pink kerchief around its neck, a light green-blue t-shirt, and a grey-blue skirt with a linear floral design in grey. The figure's face, hands and feet are painted brown and he has a moustache and hair in dark purple-grey plant fibre.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.899

Hina doll set. Polychrome figures on tiers covered in red are a set of hina ningyō (雛人形; hina dolls) representing the emperor, empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. There are five steps. Top tier: two figures sitting on a rectangular platform are dairi bina (内裏雛), representing the emperor and empress with another figure known as inubako (犬筥, “dog box”) to their outside side. Second tier: a seated figure in the middle with a standing figure at either sides and a lamp at each end are three court ladies known as san’nin kanjo (三人官女). Third tier: five seated figures are five male musicians known as gonin bayashi (五人囃子). Three seated figures in the middle hold drums, one seated figure holds a flute and another, a singer holds a fan. Fourth tier: two seated figures are two ministers known as udaijin (右大臣, minister of the right) and sadaijin (左大臣, the minister of the left) with two hishimochi (菱餅; diamond-shaped rice cakes) on hishidai (菱台; diamond-shaped stands) in between. Fifth tier: three seated figures between sakura cherry blossom and tachibana citrus trees are helpers or protectors of the emperor and empress known as shichō (仕丁) consisting of nakijōgo (泣き上戸; crying drinker), okorijōgo (怒り上戸; angry drinker) and waraijōgo (笑い上戸; laughing drinker).

Culture
Japanese
Material
cotton fibre, clay, wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN2.742 a-c

Male figure (part a) painted with samurai costume. His right hand is holding an umbrella (parts b-c) while his left hand is held up behind his head. His upper garment is painted orange decorated with a pattern of three short gold lines, and trimmed with light blue. Overtop is painted a dark blue garment coming across over his right shoulder where a pink flower decorates the garment. The clay umbrella top (part b) is yellow, and dark blue attached to a wooden stick (part c) that goes through a hole in his right hand. Both figure and umbrella have been broken and badly repaired. Figure has a metal post protruding from base of one foot (appears to be missing its original base).

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, paint and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box1130/2

Wooden box with a hinged lid, a handle at the top centre of the lid, and a keyhole at the front centre. The box has been painted red with black bands across the top of the lid, at the corners of the base, and along the bottom edge. These black bands have white edges, and have been decorated with yellow wavy lines. An abstract design has been painted in black, white and yellow with two scrolls either side of the keyhole, and two above. A design of two flowers has been painted in yellow, white and blue on either side of the lock on the front face, and there is painted black lettering superimposed over the design and over painted white lettering across the front. Two black, painted monograms on back.

Culture
Icelandic
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Iceland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.926 a-d

One male and one female standing figure on a platform (part d) on a boat (part a). Both are painted with black, and white, however the male is also painted blue, and green while the female is also painted red, pink, and blue. Sail (part b) has character meaning "precious", and it is leaning on the mast (part c) There is a purple tassel on each side of the curved sail, and an orange tassel at the front. Sides of the boat are painted blue, red, black, and white.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, bamboo grass, paint and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK4.311

Carved wooden female figure with a container hanging from a strap that sits over her forehead. The figure is wearing a necklace represented by white painted dots and a sarong with red and white painted vertical stripes. She is standing on an octagonal platform, and her hair is painted black.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood, stain and paint
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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