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DollEd5.2832

Wood doll with round head on cylindrical body. Hair is painted black with a line down the middle, a swirl at the front and two lighter shades of lines at either sides in between. Crescentic eyebrows and eyes, teardrop-like nose, and two dots for mouth. Six sets of horizontal white and black lines divide body into seven segments. Three vertical lines of green foliage flow downt the body.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer, adhesive, paint and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2831

Doll has cone shaped body which tapers upward to the round moveable head. Painted facial features, crescentic eyebrows and eyes, u-shaped nose, and black lips with red tongue. Body is painted with alternating red and green horizontal lines. Hair is painted with whispy red. Calligraphy on base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll Box422/21 a-v

Box (a) with painting of four children playing with dolls on lid; red calligraphy on lid and sides; floral design on sides. Box contains sheets of cut-out paper dolls (b-d), fabric doll heads on wooden sticks (e-g), cardboard dolls (h-j), rolls (k-r) and strips (s-v) of patterned crepe paper for making doll's clothes.

Culture
Japanese
Material
adhesive, paper, fibre, paint, wood and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2823

Doll has rounded fixed head with molded features of crescentic eyebrows, inset crescentic eyes, and red mouth. Ridged body with soft upper arms and thighs and molded lower arms and legs. Kimono has floral design on red ground. Red and gold checkered obi and white tabi. Wooden post with calligraphy at back of doll. Noise box under obi.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, silk fibre, adhesive, paper, paint, wood and hair
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering BowlIb250 a-b

Round offering bowl (part b) on a pedestal (part a). The pedestal has a circular base and a thick column leading to a large circular surface. The surface is unfinished, but the base and column are intricately painted with triangles, leafs and flowers in black, red and gold. The bowl has a lip around the rim where it sits when turned over as a lid and placed on the pedestal. There is also a round know that works as a handle. The bowl was painted in black, orange and white and is now mostly scratched off. The inside of the bowl is covered in black marks, possibly soot.

Culture
Balinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh110 a-c

Humanoid face, glossy red, surmounted by green cobra headdress (a) with two detachable ear appendages, (right ear: b; left ear: c) each a coiled cobra with others emerging from either corner of mouth that attaches into a hole in the mask via an unfinished tenon. The eye sockets, and the area at the root of the nose are embellished with petal motifs. The white eyeballs with black pupils project in an exaggerated conical form. The upper lip is drawn back from the open mouth. Two rows of white teeth are exposed with a lolling red tongue. There is a large white fang extending down from each corner of the mouth. The cobras on the brow and at the top of the head each have their hood extended and are painted with faces. The scales are rendered in lines on varying background colours of grey, light red, dark red, and yellow. The body shield plates are in grey and white stripes. The cobras issuing from the mask's nostrils wrap around the fangs.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint and nux vomica wood ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SnowshoesNa716 a-b

Pair of adult snowshoes; bent wood frames with (moose ?) hide lacing (untanned). Mid-section wider weave than front and back section. Front cross-baton holds heavier lashing for front toe hold. Back baton also holds lashing. Hide strips wound around sides at mid-section hitch made from 1 inch lamp wick. Back section of shoe frames are nailed together. Tufts of red wool attached to front and sides as decorative elements. Traces of white paint at the front tips of the shoes.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
metal, wool fibre, cotton fibre, wood, skin and paint
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor FigureIe378

Tall human male figure with a rounded head, inflated stomach, prominent groin area, short arms and short legs. The head has an extra circle around it with small ear-like projections out each side, incised eyes and mouth. The figure is surrounded by birds. Extending over its head are two Byth’s hornbill heads which go up then the beaks point down. There are two other protruding bird heads appearing over the shoulder of the human. Between the legs of the human figure is another bird with its tail hanging down and its head facing upwards with its bird slightly ajar. All are painted in various stylized patterns in orange, yellow and white on a black ground. There is a necklace painted in white on the chest of the human figure.

Culture
Abelam
Material
wood and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb3.1318

Wolf mask which projects up and out from the plane of a dancer's forehead. The black and white head has a snout and partly laid back ears on top of the head. Ears have a black exterior; interior, rimmed in white, is red and green with a white split-u. Top of head, brows and snout are black with white lines and arcs on mouth, cheeks, top of snout and edges of head. Outer white orb sweeps from back bottom of mask up to top of snout. Eye is black eyelid line with an inner line in red, a white eyeball and the pupil is a black dot within the circle of the iris. Teeth are white rectangles lined in red; canines are pointed. Red tongue is a flat disk projecting from mouth, resting against the snout. The lips are red; red nostrils have two white drilled holes. One green ovoid behind each eye and three green split-u's on either cheek. Four, rectangular pieces of abalone in brow and five pieces above the mouth are set with nails. Long, white, cotton shoelaces are tied to the back, corner of the mask.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, abalone shell, paint and metal
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf355

Scene from a ritual, possibly Moslem, with eight sitting figures representing people, four of which are with arabic texts surrounding a woman leading an animal by a rope and carrying a chicken in a container. Seven of the sitting figures are wearing conical hats, the eighth of which has a turban with protruding ends, and are wearing long robes. The woman is wearing an upturned four-cornered hat and knee-length dress as she appears to be pregnant. Dispersed among the figures are three pots painted blue at the rims. A blue stained brush lies beside the turbaned figure. This same figure holds an oval object in his lap. The robes, tablets, and animals are light yellow-brown. Human heads, limbs, chicken, pots, and rope for the animal are dark brown. Head gear, basket, and object being held by the turbaned figure are light red-brown. Base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, fibre, paint and wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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