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MaskA1962

Humanistic painted wooden mask. The mask is a soft yellow with the features painted various colours. The eyebrows, lips and eyes are painted in black. The nostrils, sides of the chin and inside the mouth are painted in red. The large eyelids are green and the centre of the chin and teeth are white. Along the top of the mask there is a red headband with a thin white rim and dashes painted black and then carved out. From the top of the headband there are seven carved ovals and painted red, green, black and white. (Similar to A1963).

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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MaskA1960

A painted wood mask of a stylized carved head with a 'crown'. The plain face has cut out tapering red oval eyes, an upward pointing black triangular nose, and a slightly parted red mouth outlined by black with red above. The base of the 'crown' is straight across and rounded at the middle and is black with a red trapezoid centre. The 'crown' has four protrusions, the outer two being wide and red, black, and plain with truncated tops and the middle two being downward pointing red and black triangles. (Similar to A1959).

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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MaskA1959

A painted wood mask of a stylized carved head with a 'crown'. The plain face has cut out tapering red oval eyes outlined by black, wide black nostrils, and a slightly parted red mouth. The base of the 'crown' flares outward at the pointed middle from the smaller ends and is red with a downward pointing black triangular centre. The 'crown' has three protrusions, the outer two being wide and black with truncated tops and the middle one being an upward pointing red triangle. (Similar to A1960).

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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MaskA1793

Humanistic wooden mask. The mask has a flat nose and features painted on in various colours. The mouth is a carved oval painted red. The area under the nose and the nostrils are black. The chin area has three brown stripes and each cheek area has two stripes. The eyes are an oval outlined in green. The eyebrows are a continuous black line. The top of the mask is painted black.

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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BoxN3.76

Rectangular shape box with canted corners. Decorated with flowers bamboo, and a human figure in mother of pearl, on black ground. Bail handles at each end. The interior is red.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, shell, lacquer and bronze metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Folding FanN3.54

A closing fan made of seventeen flat bamboo ribs with tapering end pieces of natural colour bamboo. Edges of the ribs curve inwards just below the point where they reach the paper cover of the fan, which is white. Fan is held together with a brass rivet that has a small ring on one side. Rivet is set into wooden ends of the same colour, which flare outward at the base.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, wood, metal and adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowB604

A two-pronged twisted and barbed point bound with string onto a wood shaft that has two brown feathers bound with loosely coiled string.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood, iron metal, feather and fibre
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffC1472

Brown wood staff with a long handle that is pointed while other end has a flat blade-like projection in the shape of quarter of a circle. The handle has a wide horizontal band around it.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumC1057

Carved wood drum with an hour glass shape. The sides have two bands of geometric design carved in relief. The bottom section is cut in the form of two triangles and is carved in shallow relief with a stylized design around a central head. The engravings are decorated with white pigment. There is a rectangular shaped handle on the side. Skin drum head bound with split, braided bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stem, reptile skin, lime mineral and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lime SpatulaC847

Lime spatula made of dark wood with an elongated flat blade that has a rounded tip and a tapering neck. The handle is formed by a seated figure sitting on a flat rectangular segment. The figure's arms and legs, as well as the rectangular segment are incised with a scrolling design that has been filled in with lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
clay, wood and lime mineral
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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