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FigureA2518

Wood figure of a woman with a large head. She has black circle in tapering oval eyes with black brows above, long black parted in the centre, and a red mouth. Her arms are straight at her sides. She is wearing a skirt with vertical incised lines around the lower portion and two horizontal incised lines just above.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentA2517

Figure of a man who has a large head, small arms and feet, and a raised ridge that runs across crown of head from front to back. Several small holes are bored through figure.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, paint and stain ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2516

Wooden carving of a woman lying on the back of a sea monster(?); she is shown nude, lying flat on her back with knees slightly raised. She has a labret in her lip. The creature's body is divided into three segments. Its head is painted black with red nostrils, the eyes are round and green, and the gills are well defined and delineated. The tail is black and split, with yellow and red concentric circles at each corner. A circular space has been carved out of the wood under the creature's head.

Culture
Tlingit ? or Haida ?
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2515

Male figure standing upright and holding two animals, possibly otters, one against the front of his body and the other wrapped around the left side of his head. Head is large and convex with a cut from the top of the forehead which suggests the figure is wearing a mask.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumA2513 a-b

Handheld drum (a) and drumstick (b). Hide stretched over a circular wooden frame with a projecting wooden handle. Hide is lashed to the frame with fur-covered skin thongs. Painted with a Northwest Coast style bird and human face design in black, white, red, and green. Back of drum is lined with faded red cloth. Drumstick is short with light tan-coloured hide wrapped around the head.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
paint, skin and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA2487

Human face mask divided horizontally through the eyes. The two parts are joined with string through holes drilled in the ears. The brown face has circular cut out hole eyes surrounded by a black area that extends down the sides into a red feathery feature. The nostrils, mouth and ears are red. Above the open, upward pointed mouth, there is a curling black moustache. Red feathery hair above. Surface is smooth. Lightly painted in red and black. Series of holes around the upper perimeter are plugged with small pieces of wood.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?, Nuxalk ? or Tsimshian ?
Material
cotton fibre, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShrineN2.219 a-d

Wooden, rectangular cabinet shrine (a); open side has inner and outer set of doors, hinged at the sides, each door also hinged in the middle. Painted and lacquered black and gold, with brass trim; outer doors have gold-painted panels; inner doors have slats covered with fine cloth net. Carved panel with phoenix painted gold over inner doors. Inside is shelf with four pillars, under which are three panels with scenes. Drawers (b-c) in lower part of shrine; b has lacquered panel with scene; c is black with brass knob. Lacquered wooden tablet (d) is resting on a carved golden lotus, on two legs with eight Chinese characters.

Culture
Japanese
Material
cotton fibre, adhesive, iron metal, lacquer, paint, brass metal and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1496

Folding fan with thirty-eight inner ribs of split bamboo and two perforated orange lacquered parent ribs. Covered with silver coloured paper on both sides, painted with design of flowers and leaves in light and dark red, yellow, black and white. Through white plastic rivet is strung a cord of pink silk 9 cm. Long (doubled), knotted, strung with transparent plastic bead.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, lacquer, silk fibre, paint, plastic, adhesive, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanEd1.198

A closing fan with eleven inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is of white paper front, and back, edged with silver paper on the top, and painted with a design of shamrocks and grass with two red seals, and a menu for August 20, 1924 in French. Fastened with a brass rivet which is broken. Design is in black, grey, green, and silver.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, ink, paint and adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanEd1.193

A closing fan with twenty-seven inner ribs of split bamboo each with an abstract design burned on the base of each side and two parent ribs of bamboo also with burned designs while one end of each is set into a piece of dark rosewood through which is passed a brass rivet. Fan covered with light brown paper on one side and painted with a landscape scene and six characters. Upper edge is covered with very sticky cellophane tape.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal, oil, round sesame seed, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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