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String Puppet3351/8 a-g

Opera dei Pupi puppet of the character named Agricane (King of Mongolia). Three-dimensional marionette carved of wood (part a) with detachable head (part b) mounted on a long, hooked metal rod. He has a thick black moustache and long goatee. He wears a gold tunic, gold pantaloons adorned with vertical red bands, and a blue with gold brocade cape. He is heavily armoured on his body and shoulders, with guards on wrists, ankles and neck (part c). He wears a crown with pointed leaf projections and a long black wool train; he also has a red-yellow-black wool braided headband. The body is jointed at the elbows, shoulders, and hips – held together by fabric underneath main outfit. The left wrist has a length of black-brown cord tied to it, which also attaches a small circular gold shield, with an eight-petaled floral design, to the forearm. The right hand is clenched in a fist, which a small silver and gold-coloured metal sword (parts d-f) is inserted through, which also inserts through the eye of one end of a long metal rod (part g) with an eye hook on each end. Both hands are painted silver. There is a metal band across the bottom of each heel.

Culture
Sicilian
Material
wood, copper alloy metal, paint, fibre, plant fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Catania, Sicily, Italy
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3352/16

Calungo hand puppet of a 'Casimiro Coco' character. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black skin, glass eyes with sparkles, orange wool hair and beard, red lips and eyebrows, metal teeth and prominent white eyelashes. His jaw is hinged, and is operated by a control wire under his chin. He wears a basketry hat, with the rim wrapped with light blue ribbon. His fabric body / tunic is sky blue with large pink flowers and green leaves, with a cutout floral pattern within. The fabric is adhered to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
wood, glass, fibre, wool fibre, paint, adhesive and metal
Made in
Icapui, Ceara, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunter's Tunic3420/45 a-b

Hunter's tunic (part a) with matching hat (part b). Tunic made of bright blue cloth. Rectangular black leather patches are attached all over, with long, thin strips of brown leather knotted to both sides, creating fringes. A few pieces are dyed red or green. White cowrie shells outline the neck, and are sewn in lines on the tunic. There is a five-sided pocket on the front, centre - with the three stitched edges lined in cowrie shells. The bottom edge is unfinished, and somewhat fringed from unravelling fabric. Small horns and small mirrors inset in leather are attached over the tunic. The woven hat has a circular mirror inset in leather between two curved horns at front, centre. A single row of cowrie shells lines the bottom edge.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wool fibre ?, fibre, skin, glass, metal, cowrie shell and horn
Made in
Bamako, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunter's Tunic3420/44 a-b

Hunter's tunic (part a) with matching hat (part b). Tunic made of brown cloth. Rectangular black leather patches are attached all over, with long, thin strips of leather knotted to both sides, creating fringes. White cowrie shells outline the neck, and are sewn in lines on the tunic. Small horns and small mirrors inset in leather are attached over the tunic. The woven hat has three black leather patches with long, thin leather strips knotted on either side, evenly spaced on sides and back. At front, centre - there is a circular mirror inset in leather between two small horns. A single row of cowrie shells lines the bottom edge.

Culture
Dogon
Material
wool fibre ?, skin, glass, metal, cowrie shell, horn and fibre
Made in
Bamako, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/66 a-b

Two fragments of a sling. Consists of cradle (part a) and section of one of the handles (part b). Cradle is light brown with a repeating pattern of a bird profile, on a plain background, done in geometric style. Pattern alternates between dark brown, light brown and light orange. Sides where the cradle would meet the handles are bordered with thin vertical stripes, done in dark brown and black. Handles extending from cradle and handle fragment (part b) are light brown and are wide flat braids. Have rows of black and red diamonds along them.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile3263/1

Fragment of a mantle (shawl). Horizontal rows with designs inside of them, trimmed with patterned bands along their bottom edges, across entire surface. Overlaying, woven fringe tabs hanging from bands. The design elements along the left and right sides- the patterns, band and fringe- are dark brown and the design elements in the middle are red. Step pattern inside of the light brown horizontal rows, with wave motifs inside of them. Bands have two lines of light brown through them. The upper line has a wave motif through it, done in red, and the bottom line is plain.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Fragment: Band3263/14 a-c

Three fragments of a band from a set of matched male garments. All band fragments are pink with groupings of three stripes- dark yellow, dark blue, dark yellow- along the entire length. Stripes are trimmed in dark red. Tiered, pendant tassels hang from each band. Tassels are predominantly dark red with pink, dark blue, yellow and light green throughout. Largest fragment (part a) has three tassels; second largest fragment (part b) has two tassels; smallest fragment (part c) has one tassel.

Culture
Chimu
Material
dye, camelid wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Bag3263/89

Adornment, or paleta, from the bottom of a coca bag. Bell shaped with gold brown background and light red-orange diamond pattern across entire surface. Three plain stripes, down the centre, on both the front and back. Concentric diamond patterns along left and right sides, done in black. Black line border along bottom edge. Small bunches of short golden brown and light red-orange fringe attached to bottom.

Culture
Andes
Material
dye, camelid wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash3382/8

Woven wool sash with decorative motifs in light tan on a red background, appearing in opposite colours on the reverse side. Running down the length, on either side, is a band of repeating pinkish-red and green squares. Ends are unfinished.

Culture
Mapuche
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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