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Spindle3263/71

Spindle. Long, thin wooden shaft pointed at both ends and thicker at centre; pierces a clay bead in centre. Encircling lines in dark brown, yellow and white paint decorate the shaft on both sides of bead. Bead is round, painted black and decorated with an incised line towards its top. Line is filled with white paint. Tufts of wool(?) spun around the shaft, above the bead.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre ?, wood, clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/88

Fragment of a spindle shaft. Top end is tapered, bottom end is splintered. Dark and light brown bands painted near the base. Dark yellow cotton yarn wound around shaft, above the painted decoration.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.62 a-b

Doll (a) representing a male figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. His face and hands are painted white with painted black hair, eyebrows, eyes, a drooping moustache and a chin beard. He wears a separate black paper hat (b) with a narrow brim and black silk ribbons that tie in a bow under his chin. A nail at the top of his head helps keep the hat in place. He wears a long sleeveless blue silk vest, gored and pleated under the arms, and fastened with a dingle button over a gored long-sleeved white silk coat fastening with ribbons tied in a single loop. Beneath this are an under-jacket with blue ribbons tied in a single-loop bow and under-trousers. His ankles are wrapped in white material, and he wears pointed shoes made of paper (?) covered with white cloth and painted with black linear and looped designs at the front and back.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, silk fibre, dye, glass, paste adhesive and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleN3.97 a-b

Oil bottle (yu-byeong; 유병; 油甁). Celadon pot with vertical bands of circles separated by vertical lines. Squat, compressed spherical shape with raised neck and flared rim. Unmarked. Round wooden stand (part b) with three legs.

Culture
Korean
Material
clay, glaze and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snowshoes (Pair)19/637 B

SECOND REPORT ON THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY. FROM NOTES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER, CAPTAIN JAMES S. MUTCH, AND REV. E.J. PECK. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 15, 1907

Culture
Tlingit: Chilkat
Material
wood, hide and string
Made in
Chilkat, Haines Borough, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Snowshoes (Pair)19/637 A
Bear Costume, Left Arm16/9761 D
Bear Costume, Right Arm16/9761 C
Basket2899/1 a-b

Large rectangular lidded basket with handles and a tight weave. The basket body is deep with a wide mouth, narrowing to a smaller base, with imbricated diamond, triangle and arrow shaped patterns in colours of tan, dark brown and red-brown decorating all sides. The lid (part b) is flat and has a low profile. It is decorated with imbrication similar to that on the body. The basket has two half circle handles attached at the shorter sides, just under the rim (one reattached in 2019).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar wood, cedar root, cherry bark and cat-tail grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3387/3

Large kifwebe mask carved with striated designs. The striations are painted in alternating colours, reddish-brown, black and off-white. The eyes, mouth, and nose extend outward, with a large fan-like crest extending back from the nose, between the eyes. The eye lids are semi-circular at top, with a rectangular cutout below. The mouth piece is rectangular, with a square cutout at the end. A neck covering extends down and flares outwards. Many small holes are drilled through at the edge of the mask. The back is red.

Culture
Songye
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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