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DishEdz1364 a-b

Green and brown stone pi (part a) with circular hole. Upper side has carved design of four motives with eyes and whiskers. Reverse side has calligraphy enclosed in two incised lines. Carved wooden stand (part b) has a grooved crescent attached to openwork curvilinear support attached to rectangular base with curved feet at corners.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlId202

Oval, trough-like container; open at both ends, long sides turned up; wood stained with ochre; inner surface adze marked, smoothed with use. Open ends are stained and worn from use. Outer surface has adze marks all over. Seven digit number scratched on base.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood and ochre pigment
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlId201

Oval, trough-like container; open at both ends, long sides turned up. All over design on underside, curvilinear and burned. Grease stains and signs of wear at open ends.

Culture
Australian
Material
wood
Made in
Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb312

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Red face with incised features, facing forward. Eyebrows, sideburns, moustache, lips and beard outlined in black; white eyes. Blue small-brimmed hat folded up at rear. Black banded crown of hat parted lengthwise at centre. White, black, and red bundle at base of head (kerchief?). Slim body and shoulders; fingers held flat, hands bent back at wrist. Upper torso covered in grey and black patterned cloth with black velvet (synthetic?) sewn to chest area. Pink lace beneath a green waistband. Long batik skirt with pattern in black, brown and beige.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb287 a-c

Three-dimensional male puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure has a pink face with exaggerated features: bulging eyes with red pupils looking forward, red lips, and facial details in black. Small circular cap in green, red, and gold with tuft of black yarn at top of cap and gold strap beneath chin. Black torso, arms, and rear of head; wide shoulders and large belly with a small, circular mirror on belly that has several red and black strands of fabric or thread emerging from underneath. Arm to right tied with yellow synthetic twine (polypropylene?). One gold bracelet at each wrist; both hands held with fingers flat. Long checkered cotton skirt in grey and beige.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb286 a-c

Three-dimensional male puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with shirt and skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure's left arm is not jointed at elbow and the fingers of the hand are held flat with the hand bent back. The figure's pink face looks upwards and has white eyes with red irises, also looking up, and red lips. Hair, sideburns, beard, and facial details are painted in black. Red round cap with diadem (jamang), and long sumping, black hairnet. Blue, white, and red curved decoration at crown. Slim torso with wide shoulders. Pink arms. Arm to figure's right has a red bracelet at wrist, and the hand is clenched with an extended thumb. Beige cotton top of two different textures (arms finer than torso). Five cloth buttons on chest, three at centre (red, green, beige) and two near shoulders (green to the figure's left, and to the figure's right is an unravelled button with a semi-transparent blue fabric over a yellow, red, black and white fabric). Skirt of plaid cotton in green, red, and yellow.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEdz1369

Rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid and lock. Brass pieces nailed to the corners and sides are decoratively engraved with floral and avian designs.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door PostAe40

Door post of squared timber divided on two surfaces into three sections of carving. Sections are separated by horizontal tooth-like incisions. The central section has a geometric motif consisting of a domed centre surrounded by a ring with two lines meeting in each corner. This central section is flanked by a geometric design composed of semicircles and arched lines with recessed areas against a corrugated background. Both top and bottom of post are shaped to fit into horizontal sills.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffSf805

Carved wooden staff. The top 2/3's has a series of four human heads with crowns. Top is largest, decreasing in size down post. All have three pointed crowns except the second has four pointed ones. U-shaped faces with lozenge shaped eyes with round centres, and small pursed mouth. Chins suggest short beards - three or four lines diagonally across both cheeks, long straight noses, diamond shaped crosshatched forehead bands, and centre of crowns have inverted step with horizontal and vertical hatching and triangular peaks with horizontal incised lines. Depicted below faces are a crawfish ? decorated with diagonal hatching, horizontal lines and crosshatching and a bottom figure of llama, head to top, tail to bottom, four legs on left. Diamond hatching on back and neck, vertical lines across tail and horizontal lines on ears. Carved on one side only. Light brown deposit over dark brown wood. Raised surfaces are dark and smooth. A few longitudinal cracks.

Culture
Andes
Material
wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIb369

Winged red animal with fangs, claws, and a lion-like tail standing on the head of another fanged red animal. Wings and tail are attached to the main body. The three-tiered wings are white, black, and gold with green and yellow, blue, and red and pink added separately from the innermost to the outermost tier. It's right claw is raised upward.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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