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The Violin Player3010/20 a-d

Male figure playing a violin. Male figure (part a) wearing knee-length black robes with a white tie at the waist. He holds a violin (part b) in his left hand and a bow (part c) in his right, both strung with nylon. His mouth is open and baring teeth. Both arms and legs are moveable. The figure stands on a wooden platform (part d), which has two leather loops for footholds.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood, cotton fibre, animal skin, paint and synthetic fibre
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Flute Player3010/17 a-c

Flute player figure. Male figure (part a) wearing knee-length black robes with a white tie at the waist. He holds a red flute (part b) in his large hands. His head tilts to the left, and lips pursed. Both arms and legs are moveable. The figure stands on a wooden platform (part c), which has two leather loops for footholds.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood, cotton fibre, animal skin and paint
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kachina Figure3255/7

Small Kachina doll. Carved from wood, doll has a large head with a tall, square, rust and green headdress, feathers at rear, and a brim that protrudes over forehead. Face has a tubular nose and prominent chin. Rust and yellow torso holds arms tightly at sides, fists in front of stomach. Skirt is full and round, white, with a black and rust pattern down the right side. Legs emerge from below, with large rounded feet.

Culture
Pueblo
Material
cottonwood wood, feather and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kachina Figure3255/9

Small Kachina doll. Carved from wood, dark figure is short, with a large round head holding two small balls at back and on left side- to which is attached a small feather. Round eyes and mouth are painted on the face, along with three sets of short double white lines at midpoint. A thin cotton string surrounds the neck and hangs down the back of the doll. Torso is painted with a green neckerchief and white lines representing a shirt, with arms held close to sides and fists held at hips. Black checked skirt reaches to the knees and brown legs are adhered to bottom of doll.

Culture
Pueblo
Material
cottonwood wood, paint, cotton fibre and feather
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kachina Figure3255/6

Kachina doll. Carved from wood, figure is a long, rounded rectangle with a slightly thicker head. Remnants of feather and cotton fibre sit on top of head, nose is tubular and protrudes out from face, and eyes are black lines above a multicoloured chevron at centre. Front of figure is coloured light green, white, and yellow with black outlining, hands shown placed on chest. Pink lines emerge from bottom on both front and back. Back has a base of white, with green and yellow at shoulders and rust at back of head. Doll is glued to a wood base

Culture
Pueblo
Material
cottonwood wood, paint, cotton fibre and feather
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3010/27

Wooden figure. Two male figures stand backs turned to one another while holding a large red vessel in between. The legs and feet are disproportionally large. Both figures wear black tunics, belted with a white sash. The red vessel is round with a blue lip at top and has four handles.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shinje Taita Mask3010/15 a-b

Shinje Taita or Father Sun mask (part a). Face is long and narrow. Large light grey collar extends from under a prominent pointed chin. Face is painted red with small black eyebrows. There are holes for eyes, nostrils and mouth. Eyes are deeply set and close together, nose has a narrow ridge, and mouth has pursed lips. Solid black headband extends across the forehead with 15 holes along the top ridge to insert the 15 feathers (part b) into. Feathers are either brownish-red or white with brown stripes, and are tied together with thread. Two holes are drilled on each side of the mask, with a string attached to the lower holes. Back of mask painted black.

Culture
Kamentsa
Material
wood, paint, plant fibre and feather
Made in
Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Payback Doll3270/2 a-c

Carved male figure. Doll (part a) stands on large feet, legs spread, arms slightly akimbo and held away from the body. Legs are painted white, torso black, and face red. A black fuzzy beard surrounds the chin, mouth is open with small inset shell for teeth, eyes are made of the same shell, as is a headband tied around the forehead. A necklace of tubular sections of grass hangs down the chest, and arms have woven plant fibre sleeves. A bag of netting and plant fibre is slung over the left shoulder and adhered to the wood at the handle. A loin cloth of netting with long pieces of grass at back sits around the waist. Part b is a peice of netting similar to that of the loin cloth. Part c is a small feather grouping that attaches by a hole in the doll's head.

Culture
Mendi
Material
wood, plant fibre, fibre, shell, grass, paint, hair and feather
Made in
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Payback Doll3270/1 a-b

Carved female figure. Doll (part a) stands on large feet, legs spread, arms slightly akimbo, large breasts carved at chest. Head is covered in a woven fabric to represent a hat or hair, above protruding ears, shell eyes, and a large open mouth with inset shell teeth. A thick necklace of small white and brown shells is wound several times around the neck. A skirt of grass or bark is attached around the figure’s waist. Painted white. Part b is a ring of short grass, light yellow-brown, woven into a bracelet.

Culture
Mendi
Material
wood, plant fibre, shell and paint
Made in
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3255/10

Small wooden figure, male. Figure is carved from unfinished wood, with a large head, and narrow shoulders and torso the same width as hips and legs. Toes are pointed slightly inward. Arms are lightly carved in a crossed position across the figure’s chest, above a drawn design encircling the waist made up of diamond shapes and crosses. Suggestion of a robe or scarf is drawn across the shoulders at back. Head is covered in dark ink to represent hair, and large staring eyes are drawn on face. Mouth is lightly incised. Figure’s feet are planted into a base of soft putty.

Culture
Pueblo ?
Material
cottonwood wood, plastic and paint
Made in
New Mexico, USA and Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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