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Model Paddle3176/1

Model paddle. Blade is long and leaf shaped, slightly convex on both sides, with a rounded, tapered tip. Handle is thick and round at neck, flattening toward grip. Grip is a small tube. Birds are painted on either side in formline style, in red and black.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3172/1

Wooden face mask. Face has a white painted background with heavy black brows, black rimmed eyes, and a thin black mustache over black teeth in a down-turned mouth. Chin and nostrils are red. Green and red lines decorate the cheeks and sides of chin are green. Hair is carved into thick diagonal strips and painted red, green and black. Back of mask is concave and unpainted.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dog Whip3169/1

Dog whip. Used with sled dogs, the whip has a wood handle with curved grip and three faceted sections each showing a different animal. Bottom section has an incised wolf or dog on either side; central section has a seal; and third shows a fish. All are filled with grey paint. Top side of facets have a green diamond, red arrow, and a red hook carved into them. Carved squares between the sections are painted red. The whip is attached to the end of the handle through holes in the wood. It is made of looped strands of black and brown leather woven to create a hard but flexible cord that diminishes in diameter toward the tip.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, leather skin and paint
Made in
Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2848/21 a

Male figure standing on a red base. Right arm is bent at the elbow and arm is stretched outward. His hand is clenched in a fist and has a hole in the centre, indicating it may have once held an object. Left arm is bent and hand rests at his hip. He is wearing a black robe with gold trim and a black hat with a red stripe. There is a rectangular cut out in the figure's back. Chinese characters are painted in black on the front of the stand.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drumstick3110/24

A small red drumstick with a tear-drop shaped head. It has faint ridges from mid-way up to the head, tapering towards the tip.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Temple Block3110/18

Small scarlet red "wooden fish" temple block. The Inner bell is un-painted. The top edge has a row of small, carved triangular wedges. There is a small arch-shaped hole through the top above a carving of two kidney shapes filled with criss-crossed lines. This decoration is present on both sides and painted metallic gold.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Temple Block3110/17

Small red "wooden fish" temple block. The inner bell is un-painted. The top edge has two small carved wedges painted gold and a small triangular shaped hole through the top, at the tip of a upside-down heart shaped carving. This decoration is on both sides, and painted the same gold as the wedges along the top edge.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Temple Block3110/16

Red "wooden fish" temple block. Inner bell is un-painted. Top handle has a row of carved triangular wedges in a pattern. An arch-shaped hole under the handle is above a carving of two half-moon shapes; topped with a pattern of shallow lines above them. This half-moon decoration is present on both sides, and painted metallic gold.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2903/23 a-b

Carved wooden figure of man (part a). He wears a knitted hat on his head (part b). The hat is yellow-white and brown wool. The man has a large forehead with a heavy brow. He also has a large protruding nose. The man’s face is painted red-brown and his pupils and beard are painted black. His torso is blocky and he does not have arms. There is a small protrusion at the bottom of his torso between his legs (presumably phallic). The legs are long and blocky, as are the feet. There is a number written in coloured pencil on his leg and (in different coloured pencil) on the back of the head.

Culture
Chimu ?
Material
wood, paint and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Puppet3127/8 a-b

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a dragon character. Puppet (part a) has a large head carved with small scales and painted green, a wide nose in gold, small side-set eyes with orange and white accents, and a wide mouth, open and showing two fangs at the outer corners. Two large fans sit to the back of the head. The body is made of six wood cylinders, each carved with scales and topped with fins. The cylinders are attached together with a bike chain hammered into the bottom of each, as well as thin plastic tubing, allowing the body to flex and move. A short wooden rod (part b) is used as a puppet handling stick and can be inserted into the puppet's neck in order to move the head.

Culture
Vietnamese
Material
fig wood, metal, plastic, paint and lacquer
Made in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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