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Rod PuppetIb291 a-c

Three-dimensional female puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with jacket and skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure has a white face with slit-shaped eyes positioned forward. Small, straight nose. Red dot at centre of forehead, red lips. Head bending forward. Metal cylinder at base of neck. Headdress consists of green and gold painted jamang, sumping and lungsen. Clothing consists of close-fitting jacket of black cloth on torso and green corduroy sleeves, diagonal beaded band of black and floral patterned material on chest with multicoloured glass beads, red and multicoloured floral waist band, and brown and black batik patterned skirt. Hands held flat with all fingers held together and gold paint residue. Hand at figure's left is straight, hand at figure's right curves outward slightly.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Picture Frame527/17

Picture frame in the shape of a thunderbird. Front side is decorated with red and black paint detail; picture area is crest shaped and has glass in it; a raised border is around the picture area and has black paint around its edges. Back side has cardboard backing in picture area that is held on by four swinging wooden clasps; two metal hooks have string attached for hanging frame.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood, paper, glass, metal, stain, fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spoon1283/3

Plain rounded spoon with a tapering handle that angles off sharply from the main bowl. Spoon is made from a single piece of wood and features a multicoloured painting of a thunderbird in the bowl.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1109/3 a-b

The wood mask (part a) is beige-pink with a wrinkled brow and eyebrows painted whispy black. Round bulging gold-coloured eyes with the pupils cut out. Large nose with nostrils cut out. Red-painted groove for compressed mouth. Moustache, goatee, and beard painted whispy black. The bag (part b) is a light beige-cream colour with a patterned floral landscape design including the colours red, blue, green, pink, silver, and orange-beige. The bag has two ties, one on the side and the other on the overlaying flap to tie and close the bag together.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paint and silk fibre ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1025/1

Brown wooden mask painted with red and dark red design along the forehead and cheek areas. Eye and nose areas painted green which extends around the sides of the cheek areas. Dimple area painted with red hatch marks. Red mouth and cut out nostrils. Black eyebrows, moustache, and goatee. Ears painted with red downward diagonal lines. Eyes cut out. Cord strung through a hole in the middle of each ear and tied at back. Adze marks visible inside.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Slit Gong1170/16 a-b

A tall cylindrical-shaped wood piece (part a) carved with a head, a long body, and short legs bent at the knees on a round base. Three gold- and black-painted furrows on his brow. Black eyebrows outlined with gold. Semi-oval black eyes surrounded with white and outlined with gold and black. Large nose and ears. Mouth outlined with gold and black and carved open with four white upper teeth and pink gums. Hair painted black and carved into a bun loop at the back, decorated with gold pattern. Carved necklace is black and painted with gold floral design. Entire body painted red and decorated with gold and black U-shapes. Front middle is carved out inside and outlined with a gold spiral pattern painted on a black fringe. The arms are long and thin painted with a gold four-petaled flower in a black diamond-shape at the shoulders and wrists. Waist has black fringed belt painted with gold dots. Black base decorated with red and gold spiral design. Second piece (part b) is a long cylindrical wood piece with a rounded end painted pink with red around the rest and decorated with U-shapes of gold and black.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure720/22

A tall figure of a man with long legs bent slightly at the knees. He is holding a long thin curved shield with his right hand at the top and his left hand at the back. The shield has a reddish-brown side-by-side mirror-image spiral design on a white background. He has five grooves along the sides of his ribs, two sets of three downward pointing arrow-like grooves on his chest and a zig zag groove along the outside of his legs. His cheeks are grooved and his hair is painted black. His feet are standing on a tall thin angled stilt-like base.

Culture
West Papuan
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Papua, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1451/1 a-d

Large pink, cream, gold, and green coloured garuda figure. Ornate gold coloured headdress with scrolled black sculptural curl on top of head. Figure has bent legs and arms, and hands curled at the side of the torso. Part b is a long multi coloured piece of wood that has carved feather-like designs on it. It tapers at one side. Part c and d are long multi coloured wing-shaped pieces with scalloped and pointed protrusions along the edges.

Culture
Balinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shrine1262/321 a-g

Red, yellow, and blue painted rectangular-shaped shrine with scalloped panel at the top, two scalloped panels on either side of two sculptural columns. Scalloped panels are painted and carved with floral designs. Part b is a large rectangular wooden plank decorated with blue and red paint. Parts c and g are long pieces, narrower in the middle. Part d is a long rectangular wood piece with nails. Part e and f are two wooden pegs.

Culture
Philippines
Material
wood, paint ? and metal
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1382/3

A carved wooden mask with a rounded and protruding forehead, chin, mouth and nose. The face is painted white with green around the eye, nose, and chin areas. There are three green semi-circles along the top of the forehead. The eyebrows are painted black, and the nostrils are painted red. Holes are along the sides of the ears, in the middle of the eyes, and there are two slits in the red mouth. The cedar bark 'hair' is attached loosely. There's a nail at the top of the forehead where the hair attaches.

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, bark, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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