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Sago Peg3134/2

Sago peg with carved, painted head. Peg is split from its tapered bottom to midpoint, where it is wrapped with a wide band of woven rattan as well as two thin rings also of woven rattan. Its top is painted a dark brown with areas of lacquering, and carved into the heads of a human and a bird. Two faces each span two facets of the diamond-shaped human head, featuring protruding eyes and brows, and protruding lips in an undercut chin. Above is the bird’s head, sitting atop a long curved neck with parted beak dropping toward the forehead of one of the human faces. Small wings are blunt and partially unfurled.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, rattan, paint and lacquer
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/7 a-c

Mask made of carved wood, animal skin and cloth. The face is painted orange, and displays an open mouth, small nose with a curved bridge and flared nostrils, small eye holes bored through the wood and lined with fibres, wide fibre-covered brows, and large ears to the sides. A small tuft of hair is glued to the upper lip for a mustache and paper has been inserted into the mouth to create teeth behind the lower lip. The head is covered with a thick cotton fabric lined with burlap that covers the wearer’s head and neck. Large course stiches are incorporated, as well as a rope made of plant fibre and a piece of red and white cotton fabric. Parts b and c are pieces of hardened skin with long, light brown hair attached.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, cotton fibre, goat skin ?, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/6

Mask made of carved wood, animal skin and cloth. The face is painted orange, and displays an open mouth, small nose, eye holes bored through the wood, and rounded ears to the sides. Tufts of hair are glued to the upper lip for a mustache and wool is attached around the eyes and for brows. A strip of wood is inserted into the mouth for teeth, unpainted, and white paper is set inside the eyes with holes torn in the centre to allow the wearer to see. Long black goat hair is attached to the top of the head. Flowered fabrics hang from the chin and back.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, cotton fibre, goat skin, paint and adhesive
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/5

Mask made of carved wood, animal skin, cloth and feathers. The face is painted orange, and displays an open mouth, small rectangular nose, small eye holes bored through the wood, and small ears to the sides. Tufts of hair are glued to the upper lip for a mustache. Three lines are drawn to the outside of each eye, and a half circle with two groups of three lines sits between the eyebrows, which are small pieces of hide. Small carved wooden teeth, unpainted, are attached inside the mouth, and white paper is set inside the eyes with holes torn in the centre to allow the wearer to see. Short-haired goat hide is attached around the edges of the mask with crown of head left bald, and to it at the back is sewn light brown cotton fabric that covers the head of the wearer. Atop the mask is a group of tall brown feathers.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, goat skin ?, feather, cotton fibre, plant fibre and paint
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/4

Mask made of carved wood and cloth. Face is round and painted pink. A small chin set into a wide rounded jaw, mouth a small carved line with slightly protruding lips, under a small nose with prominent black nostrils. Eyes are also small, carved through the wood and rectangular in shape, topped with black fabric brows. Ears are large and pointed. A head covering of synthetic black fibre is sewn to the mask’s edges and surrounds the face.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/3

Mask made of carved wood, animal skin and cloth. The face is painted dark red, and displays an open mouth, small nose, eye holes bored through the wood, and small rounded ears to the sides. Small tufts of hair sit under the nose for a mustache. Feathers are attached to the top of the head, mimicking hair, with hide on the sides. A thick thatch of matted grass is attached to a dark brown flap of cotton that covers the wearer’s head at back.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, cotton fibre, goat skin ?, grass, paint and feather
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/2

Mask made of carved wood, animal skin and cloth. The face is painted a shiny black, and displays an open mouth, protruding nose, and eye holes bored through the wood. Large ears are carved at sides. Strands of hair are glued to the upper lip for a mustache, and pieces of hide are used for eyebrows. Paper is attached inside the mouth with ink lines drawn for teeth. Paper is also set inside the eyes with small tears that allow the wearer to see. The paper has writing in blue ink on the interior. A blue headband sits across the forehead. Large flaps of skin are attached around the face and used as a head cover for the wearer.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, goat skin ?, paper, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3137/1

Mask made of carved wood, animal skin and cloth. The mask is painted black, and displays an open mouth with white paper behind the lips, blue pen used to draw teeth. Above a small protruding nose are bored eye holes also with inserted white paper, torn to indicate a pupil. Large ears are carved at sides. A series of wrinkles are carved into the forehead and along the cheeks. Pieces of hide with long strands of light brown hair are glued to the upper lip and chin for a mustache and beard, as well as around they eyes and to the top of the head for hair. Burlap covered in goat hair and matted grass covers the back of the wearer’s head.

Culture
Chewa
Material
wood, goat skin ?, cotton fibre, paper, paint and grass
Made in
Lilongwe, Malawi
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2990/639

False head, or mask, from burial bundle. Red face, prominent nose, incised and horizontal mouth and eyes have pearl shell pupils on cream ground. One hole below face and six at its back.

Culture
Wari
Material
paint, adhesive, wood and shell
Made in
Huacho, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Veil3132/2 c

Veil, or shawl, worn with wedding ensemble (3132/2 a-b). Fabric is wild tussar silk in a light orange-brown colour. It is hand embroidered with small images of standing birds, elephants with tusks and long tails, and human figures with arms spread, in gold metallic thread, round wooden beads, and tubular glass and metal beads. The back of the veil shows the yellow and white thread used to attach the beads.

Culture
South India
Material
silk fibre, glass, wood and metal
Made in
Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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