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BoxA2446

Formed from a single plank by kerfing three corners. The fourth is sewn with rootlets. The outer surfaces are incised with fluted lines and crest designs which may represent bear. The surface has been dyed red with cinnabar (mercuric sulphide).

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cinnabar mineral, wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureAf496

Standing wood figure (ibeji) on oval base. Male figure with long neck; trunk and arms are on short, stocky legs with long feet. Arms at the sides. Has genitalia, protruding stomach, nipples, and buttocks. Blue lapis lazuli(?) beads on cotton string around neck. Carved facial features in relief of large closed ovoid eyes and eight incised notches on each cheek. Wearing pointed headdress with crest front to back and patterning of incised lines; headdress is coloured with indigo pigment. Carved wood piece with dark brown patina.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood, lapis lazuli mineral ?, cotton fibre and indigo pigment
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf495

Hardwood piece with reddish patina and thick black paint in areas. Upper half consists of large and small human heads placed back to back with one long neck continuing into large u-shaped structure. A twisted and knotted cotton cord passes through a hole in the top of the larger head. Both heads have carved facial features in relief: long slit eyes elongated nose, pointed chin with protruding lips, long crescent-shaped black eyebrows, black cap-like hair. Black paint also in rings around neck and front and back faces of u structure. European thread spool attached by wood rod placed through ends of both stems of u structure at a perpendicular angle.

Culture
Guro
Material
wood and bituman paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf494

Hardwood piece that has a worn black-painted surface with two-thirds of which is a woman's long neck and head. The other third is a rounded U-shaped structure. Tripartite coiffure, chin length, blunt cut with incised lines for hair texture. Facial features are carved in relief. Face has semi-circle shaped eyes and a wide nose. The forehead has seven small raised squares that are placed horizontally in groupings of two and three. Flange of neck has extensions and each have a hole for attaching roller at perpendicular angle. Roller is now missing. Horizontal perforation through hair section at back.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb348 a-d

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part d) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, and the figure's right arm (part c) is detached. Each arm has a long controlling rod attached. Pink face positioned forward; bulging eyes with red irises, large wedge-shaped nose, wide red lips and prominent upper teeth. Fangs extend from top and bottom row at each side of mouth. Long hair, eyebrows, sideburns, moustache and beard painted in black. Crown (mahkota) with diadem (jamang), karawista, ear ornaments (sumping) and Garuda Mungkur; in gold, red, pink, white, black, yellow. Upper torso pink, uncovered; wide shoulders, prominent belly. Red, yellow ornaments on upper arms and at wrists. Left arm detached; hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Long batik skirt (kain) in yellow-brown, red and black.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, fibre, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb343

A three-dimensional male humanoid figure puppet. Has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. The pink face is positioned forward with white eyes that have red irises. There are prominent white upper teeth, red lips, a beard, and other details in black. Brown material (felt ? synthetic ?) is tacked to the face as a moustache. The red cylindrical cap has gold top diadem (jamang), and sumping. Black hair net. Gold neck. The lower arms are brown (stained?) with the hands held flat and bending back at the wrist. The torso is covered in a beige tight-fitting garment with dark brown trim on cuffs, a yoke collar, and a shoulder overlay with fifteen gold-coloured sequins. String is tied around the headdress and the neck. A dark brown panel is on the front of the torso. Wearing a blue, purple, and yellow batiked skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flat FanEd1.187

A flat fan made of finely-split bamboo flaring out from its attachment point to a long wood handle painted black. Perimeter of fan is circular except for the lower edge where the handle is attached which is straight and at right angles to the handle. Fan is covered with lacquered paper that has a design of three swirls converging at the centre coloured red-orange, black, and yellow. It has a narrow edging of black paper. The fan is inserted into a split in the handle which is flat and shaped like a pointed oval where it covers the fan, which is attached with two rivets. The shape of the handle is repeated with an outline of orange paint on the fan.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paper, metal, wood, lacquer, paint and rice paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleNb567

Brown wood rattle consisting of two rounded pieces put together, each with a semi-cylindrical handle, creating a full rounded spherical oval rattle joined together on the handle by three pegs. Small tufts of fur have been secured at the three places at either side where the rattle is tied. One side has a carved man's face that has black oval in tapering oval eyes with black brows above, diagonal black lines across the forehead, a black nose with red nostrils, and an open red mouth outlined by black. The other side has a carved hawk's face that has black oval in tapering oval eyes with black u form brows above, and a black beak outlined by red with a halo-like red feature around the head.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
skin, paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeA2631

Carved wooden pipe with wide corner end, indented copper rim, and tapered stem end. Bear cub(?) with inlaid abalone eyes crouches on the stem facing the mouthpiece end.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, abalone shell and copper metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2615

Painted wood figure of a male wearing an apron with eight pendants, the inner six of which are red-brown and green with a black outlined white circle at the bottom and the outer two of which are plain black, and fibe white and red u forms above. On the figure's chest and abdomen, there is a carving of a head that has white outlined circular black eyes, a black nose, black cheeks and forehead, and a downturned mouth that is green along the lower lip. The figure's right arm is resting the side while the other arm is bent with the hand near the mouth. The figure has circular black eyes surrounded by a tapering red oval outlined by black and surrounded by a white area with black brows above, black cheeks and nose, and a thin mouth. Six vertical projections spring from the head, the two at the sides being longer than the others. Mounted on a black painted chamfered base and in turn on another thin base.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood and paint
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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