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Hand Puppet3350/9 a-b

Devil puppet. Hand puppet of the Devil character, from a Punch and Judy puppet set. Head and hands carved from wood. Components painted dark red. Character has protruding chin, hooked nose and pointed ears. Two tall, angled horns on forehead. Has black goatee. Eyes are circlular, and painted yellow with small, black pupils. Black lines on face highlight nostrils, chin, ears, furrowed brow and cheek bones. Frowning mouth is painted black. Has large slanted eyebrows. Fingers have pointed ends. Character is wearing a separate black, satin cape with a red interior (part b). Cape has high, ruffled collar. Wearing a silver-gold vest with black lines, giving it a scaled appearance. Vest only on front side of puppet and is overtop a red, velvet-like robe. Above vest, attached to robe, is a black, lace-like ascot tie. Velvet-like robe has braided trim around the bottom edge. Braid made from small gold, emerald green and dark purple plastic ribbons. Metal ring along bottom edge of body opening. Operated by inserting hand inside the body of the puppet to control the head and hands.

Culture
English
Material
fibre, linden wood, acrylic paint, plastic, metal and oak wood
Made in
United Kingdom and Axminster, Devon, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3350/1 a-b

Punch puppet. Hand puppet of the Punch character (part a) and his slapstick (part b), from a Punch and Judy puppet set. Head, hands and legs carved from wood. Head and hands painted beige. Character has protruding chin and long, hooked nose. Nose, cheeks and chin are rosy. Lips are red and eyes light blue. Small red dots in the corners of the eyes. Character is wearing blue eye shadow and has large black eyebrows. Dark brown lines on face to highlight nostrils, mouth, chin, furrowed brow, ears and wrinkles around eyes. Punch has white fuzzy hair, glued to his head, and is wearing a red, yellow and gold jester’s hat. Character is wearing a red tunic with a large, yellow ruffled collar and a frilled hemline. Collar has a line of dark red trim. Cuffs have a line of wavy yellow trim. Bottom edge of tunic has two rows of wavy gold trim. Two lines down front of tunic, with an oval in between them. Lines and oval made up of yellow and orange fringe decoration. Stuffed, oval-like shapes attached to the back and belly of Punch. Shapes are same colour as tunic. Tunic connects to a black fabric body for the puppet. Hanging in front of the black fabric are two wooden legs. Legs are painted bright yellow. Has short-heeled, red shoes with yellow and red ruffles on them. Metal ring along bottom edge of body opening. Operated by inserting hand inside the black fabric body to control the head and hands. The slap stick is made of two and a half grey-brown, thin slats of wood.

Culture
English
Material
fibre, acrylic paint, linden wood, oak wood and metal
Made in
United Kingdom and Axminster, Devon, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem Pole3342/1

Model pole, carved and painted. From top: bird, human figure, rectangular section with three faces (one with body), two figures (one wrapped around the other), and a human figure at the base. Mounted on a small wooden base painted red, off-white and black. The base is square, with a wide angled notch cut out behind the pole.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Port Essington, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blanket3356/1

Weaving with a background of natural off-white wool. The design features a box created by a black and off-white checkerboard pattern with some brown-yellow within. This box is bordered by brown-red checkerboard with two black lines across the top, and three black lines across the bottom. Within the box, a series of horizontal bands with triangles and zigzags. Between the bands is a grid of four by four small sections of bold zigzag designs with small natural off-white sections in between (three by three). The loops along the top of the blanket are shorter than those along the bottom.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
dye and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Musqueam, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3289/42

Blouse made of two rectangular panels of fabric, stitched together, and with an opening for the head. The sides are stitched together with multiple sections of thread leaving armholes. The front is heavily decorated with embroidered geometric diamond design around the neckhole, armholes and across the abdomen. There are braided pink, red and green ties at the keyhole neckline.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Aldama, Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3289/89

Necklace made of seeds threaded onto black string through their ends. The beads are dark red and there are some separations between the beads, making the thread visible.

Culture
Maya: Lacandon
Material
seed and fibre
Made in
Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Tunic3289/21

Rectangular shaped tunic made of pounded barkcloth from fig tree bark. Hole cut in centre for head, and reinforced with some orange stitches. The tunic is predominantly covered in jaguar print markings, which are a deeper orange-red on the back. There are small human figures and a bull(?) on the chest, also a circle with five points inside, four in a square and a central point. This design is similar to traditional ceremonial xikules (large circles with a central point). The bottom central line of the tunic is painted with water droplets.

Culture
Maya: Lacandon
Material
fig bark and annatto seed pigment
Made in
Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3289/90

Necklace made of seeds threaded onto black string through their centres creating a stacked effect. The beads are dark red.

Culture
Maya: Lacandon
Material
seed and fibre
Made in
Chiapas, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll Mould3289/84 a-b

Heavy, ceramic articulated female doll mould. The arms and legs are tied to the torso with fibre thread, the ends of which extend out from the thighs and shoulders as tassels. The doll is shown as wearing a hat, with short curly hair. The left hand is broken/separate.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay and fibre
Made in
Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Costume Mask3289/82

Devil costume mask. Black fake fur is stuck to the face, which is also painted purple. The nose resembles a black devil-like creature with a tongue hanging out, with a similar reddish-brown creature extending from the chin. Attached to the mask are two pairs of natural horns. A small animal pelt, possibly deer, hangs from the back of the mask. A pair of serpents and a pair of pumas are carved and jut out of the sides of the mask. Horse hair(?) extends down from the chin. The interior is lined with brown cord fabric, and has bungee cord strung through eye-hooks.

Culture
Mexican
Material
wood, horn, skin, paint, metal, synthetic fibre and hair
Made in
Teloloapan, Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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