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Basket3194/16

Birch bark basket. Basket is made from white bark on exterior, with a rectangular base from which sides flare widely upwards toward rim. Interior is made of a sheet of brown bark, which also covers the upper exterior sides. Rim is made of a thin branch, pink in colour, attached to the basket by bark wrappings. Corners of the basket are slit and stitched into place with willow thongs.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
birch bark, willow wood and willow bark
Made in
Eagle, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model House3201/7

Model rondavel style house, made of clay and sticks. Cone-on-cylinder hut is round, with a slightly overhanging cone-shaped roof. Walls are thick, and reinforced with thin wood sticks which hold the roof onto the walls, and emerge slightly at top. A door and two small widows are cut into the clay, and a plaque has been attached by sticks above the door. At back is a second door with a prominent frame, filled by a cube of clay. The house and roof surfaces have scratched writing in English, with text such as “good clay soil”, “beautiful”, and “strong one hut”.

Culture
South African
Material
clay and wood
Made in
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3213/2

Carved figure of a kingfisher. Bird sits with legs and feet at front of body, wings held close to sides. Bill is long and somewhat rounded, with a tall crest sweeping back from the forehead, painted red and black. Black eyes are small and round, while face has designs in green and beak is light grey and red. Head, back, and feathers across torso and wings are outlined in black, with legs painted black and grey. Wings have green and red decoration.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3213/1

Carved figure of an owl. Bird sits on a small round base, legs and feet at front of body, wings held close to sides, with head angled slightly forward. Beak is large and hooked, under a heavy brow and large square ears atop the head. Eyes are large and round, painted black, while face and beak and are painted green with lines of red. Head, back, and feathers across torso and wings are outlined in black, with yellow bands across the legs and feet. Wings have green and red decoration.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3187/2

Belt of rattan. A long strip of thin wood is curved into a circle and wrapped with thin strips of rattan. On the exterior, the rattan is woven into patterns of ‘x’ shapes, triangles, and blocks of colour in dark brown and light yellow. A seam of green plastic runs horizontally through the centre of the designs. The interior rattan is dark brown and undecorated. At each end, a small stick is attached to aid in fastening the belt.

Culture
Western Melanesia
Material
rattan, wood and plastic
Made in
Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hook3183/3

Carved wooden yipwon (hook figure). In the shape of a standing person, with a large foot at bottom below a single leg with bent knee. A face in profile sits at centre of object, with a protruding nose and mouth and large forehead with brow that overhangs the inset shell eyes. A flower is carved onto the cheek. Surrounding the face are three oblong circles, the inner and outer of which are carved with rounded designs that are painted white and orange. The other side of the object is carved similarly but is unpainted.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3183/2

Mai mask. Mask is long and narrow. The forehead rises at centre, meeting the long, sharp bridge of the nose. Eyes are made of inset cowrie shells, emphasized with black paint. On a light tan background, red-brown linear designs swirl around the eyes and cheeks and along the nose. The mouth of the mask is tubular in shape, protruding above the chin and holding a short snake with a squared head. The lower portion of the mask, as well as its outside edges and forehead, are covered in tiny white-grey shells inset in a light brown mud. Larger concave shells sit at regular intervals, and white cowrie shells line the bottom edge. Long, sparse feathers protrude from both the chin and top of head. A leather cord emerges from the top. Mask is concave on back.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, shell, feather, earth, plant fibre and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Suspension Hook3183/1

Carved hook. Large round face, flat in profile, sits on top of object, with protruding eyes made of seeds below a pointed brow, with scale-like carvings on forehead and cheeks. Nostrils are wide, mouth is small. Long strands of twisted plant fibre are tied through the narrow ears. The long neck is carved with circular and scale-like motifs, and connects with a large triangle below, its upper corners sharply carved into rounded spikes. A face with inset shell eyes and a smiling mouth with prominent teeth is carved into the wood. A tie of plant fibre is set through the nose. At bottom is a hook in a half circle shape, top corners elongated and curved into spikes mimicking the triangle above. It too has a carved face, with nut eyes, brow and cheeks carved with scale-like half circles, and a plant fibre tie through the nose. Mouth at bottom is wide, smiling, showing many prominent teeth. The back of the object is similar to the front.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, plant fibre, seed, shell and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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The Donors3170/1 a-y

Contemporary retablo with ceramic figures, miniature retablos and paper books. The wooden box itself (part a) has a structured hole at centre front, taking the form of a stage. The wood is painted black and several images are adhered to it, such as a typewriter, human and animal figures, flowers, and Albert Einstein surrounded by pigeons. Ceramic figures of the donor and her husband (parts b and c), their dog (part d), and a small stool (part e) are placed in the retablo, as well as a small woven basket (part f) containing a crumpled sheet of paper (part y). There are three miniature retablos (parts g-i) of glass and wood, one of which is held by the woman, and many miniature books (parts j-x). Six of the books are filled with blank paper, while the other nine have titles and writing inside.

Culture
Argentine
Material
wood, paper, clay, glass, plant fibre, paint and adhesive
Made in
Argentina
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3092/44

Wooden carving of a pig. Its head is carved in a wedge shape with a defined angle running down the centre of its face. It has a small cirular eye and a string of triangles carved along the jaw line up to its ears on either side of its face. the ttorso is rounded with short legs. Along its spine is a pattern of "u" shaped marking bordered by lines on both sides. Along the sides of its torso, the pig has a similar pattern of "u" shapes carved between two lines, in the centre of which there is a sideways "hourglass" shaped marking. The carved areas show traces of white lime.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
teak wood
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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