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LadleAa33

Unpainted and unfinished light brown wood ladle with a notched handle and a wide flat bowl.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketIb427

Basket of light-coloured rattan, in a trumpet-like shape, with light brown strips of bamboo running vertically from the light, wooden edge at the top to a mahogany (?) base. Two natural coloured handles are attached around the centre.

Culture
Jenki
Material
bamboo grass, rattan, mahogany wood ? and metal
Made in
Jambi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteSa167 a-b

Flute of brown stained wood, which has a three part reed mouthpiece. There is a tube, and a bell. Mouthpiece has remains of fibre(?) reeds in a cylindrical metal container, both within a circular wooden enclosure. Tube of six finger holes, side by side, lengthwise. Base of bell has four holes equally spaced, cylindrically intersecting tube. White cotton thread is used acoustically to prevent air escape and as handle. Larger piece is part b, and smaller piece is part a.

Culture
Quiche
Material
wood, tin metal, cotton fibre and fibre ?
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxAa91 a-c

Red-brown wooden container carved and hollowed (part a). Tapered cylindrical shape, narrower at base than at mouth. Fitted with lid (part b) made from animal hide which has been stitched and dried to assume the shape of the mouth. Round brown coloured nut (?) (part c) inside container.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
wood, skin, sinew and nut ?
Made in
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh116

Mask depicting an astrologer with a yellow humanoid male face surmounted by a green turban that has a red and white floral pattern. The mask has bulging upward looking eyes with red rims and a crescent-shaped slit below each, thin black eyebrows, a black moustache with slightly upturned ends, a straight nose with a pointed tip and flared red nostrils, a short chin, and a slightly open mouth with thick red lips and two rows of white teeth. Incised lines on the forehead represent wrinkles. Two lengths of string are attached at holes either side of the mask. Inscription in blue ink on reverse near top reads, "astrologer."

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Kalutara, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh127 a-c

Mask depicting an animal head (a) that is painted black overall with a long snout, a rounded ridge running from the top of the forehead to the tip of the animal's nose, large protruding eyes with black pupils set in red, ovoid sockets. Two black and red ears are inserted into holes in the right (b) and left (c) sides of the head. The animal's long, slightly opened mouth contains 22 white teeth on the upper jaw and 21 on the bottom. A red tongue cut from thin leather extends out the left side of the animal's mouth and has three holes cut in a row near the end.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
leather skin, paint, metal and wood
Made in
Okressa, Sri Lanka ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh138 a-c

Mask with head (part a) with an overall elongated oval shape with a grinning mouth that has thick dark red lips which reveal pointed teeth and curved fangs, a bulbous nose with large nostril holes, protruding eyes, eye sockets decorated with radiating lines, eyebrows formed from domed black shapes with yellow spiral decoration. The headdress is formed from five dark yellow spade-shaped protrusions with black and yellow line decoration surmounted by a domed segment and finial that are dark red with black, grey-green and yellow vertical stripes. The disc-shaped earpieces with a lotus design (b and c) fit into the head via mortise and tenon joints.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, paint and gesso ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh90

Mask depicting Hatababura Sanniya with a dark pink elongated face, black painted hair and eyebrows, small, close-set bulging eyes with red around the rims, a long nose, and a mouth with open red lips revealing two rows of upper and lower teeth. There are also crescent-shaped holes under the eyes. Label on reverse side of mask reads "Hatababura Sanni" written in blue ink.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh34

Mask depicting Pandam Paliya ("the torch-bearing apparition") with a humanoid face that is squarish in shape. The mask has bulbous eyes and nose with a wide mouth stretching across whole face. Each feature (eyes, cheeks, forehead, and nose) is a separate piece of wood wired together. Cloth covered wire outlines the back of the eyes and the bottom of left cheek. Oval mouth of red stuffed fabric wired at intervals around lips. White plastic teeth, two large protruding fangs on top row. Under nose and around mouth is a beard of black wool strands. Nose and cheeks are flesh-toned. Protruding eyes are carved on circular backgrounds with red, yellow and black petal designs on the lids. The black pupils are outlined in red. The brown wool eyebrows are knotted, tied and wired to the eyes. A label on the reverse reads, "PANDAM PALIYA: The torch-bearing appartition" in typed letters, and also a circled "7" in pencil.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
metal, fibre, paint, plastic, wool fibre and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh41

Mask depicting Salu Paliya ("the shawl-clad apparition"). The mask has a fringe of dark brown hair around the top of the head, a black wool beard , and a moustache made of black knit fabric. The facial plane is rubber with eye holes cut in the cheeks, just below the eyes, and is painted black. The eyes and nose are made of wood and are nailed to the rubber. The lips are made from red cloth and tied to the rubber. The lower jaw is moveable. The separate white plastic teeth are sewn into the lips. The prominent nose is curved and painted orange-pink with a yellow and red stripe across the tip. The nostrils are flared, and the crease between the nose and nostril is defined with a black line. The eyes are discs and crescent-shaped with red and yellow eyelids that have radiating black lines. Strips of rubber are tied around centre of each lip and also serve as ties.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
metal, hair, plastic, wool fibre, fibre, rubber, wood and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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