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War canoe dance - Canoe Paddlers mask3546/2

Painting on paper depicting war canoe dance. Two figures stand in foreground, facing one another, and holding upright paddles. Large canoe in middle of painting with a flying bird motif along side. Canoe is being paddled by five people; sixth figure, wearing a feathered headdress, stands at the bow with a spear. Directly behind the canoe is a large masked figure. All figures are wearing a variety of neck rings, wristbands, headbands, belts, and button garments. Formline design motifs throughout scene and figures; done in black, green, blue, red, gold, and brown. Title and artist signature written in pen along bottom edge of painting. Additional numbers written in corners on front and back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Costume3473/2 a-b

Two-piece mask (part a) and tunic (part b) costume. Mask consists of a rounded basketry headpiece, crowned with ten horns, and a rectangular panel hanging from the front. Headpiece is covered in thick braids, made of hair, which wrap around the bases of the horns. The braids then extend downward, draping over the chest and back of the wearer. Braids have red cloth tied at intervals along their length with cowrie shells hanging from their bottoms. The mask panel is covered entirely in cowrie shells with stuffed red fabric in the centre, imitating eyes and a nose. Additional cowrie shells and red fabric decorate the horns. The tunic is sleeveless and indigo-dyed, with off-white designs throughout. Designs are inside rectangular blocks across surface. Designs include: interlocking abstract “X” shapes, dots, concentric diamonds, and propeller-like shapes. Fringe decorates bottom edges and slits are cut underneath arm openings. Black cloth lining around neck opening and slits.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye, hair fibre, dye, horn, cowrie shell, wood ? and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Side Dancer's Gift3520/2

Hand-pulled linocut print depicting a female dancer standing in the sea, with mountains and a cloudy sky in the background. Dancer is wearing a shawl, shirt and knee-length skirt; hair is down and she is barefoot. Head is tilted and right hand is raised to her ear; left hand is held out to the side. Wide curved lines extend from around her hands, touching the edges of the print. A lightning serpent is depicted below her in the sea; shown in profile. Along the bottom edge of the print the edition number, title and artist signature are written in pencil.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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We Dance Them Back In3520/1

Woodblock layered print depicting a female dancer wearing a headdress of a female lightning serpent; dancer is also being led by the supernatural being. Figure is wearing a shawl with circular motifs, short pants and tall boots. Large white circle behind dancer's face; filled with curved rows of dots and trimmed with plain bands and dots. In bottom right corner of print, there is a row of dancing women; heads are tilted down, left hands are raised and right are at sides with their palms down. All are wearing shawls, shirts and knee-length skirts. Wavy bands stretch across print; bands are either plain or filled with circular motifs. Small lightning serpents throughout background; circles with star-like shapes in their centres throughout background. Print has a yellow background with designs overtop done in black and white. Along the bottom edge of the print is the edition number, title and artist signature are written in pencil.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Mask3476/1

Large three-headed bark cloth dance mask. Central head extends from dome-shaped headpiece. Identical smaller heads jut out from either side of its neck. They all have large semi-circular foreheads, wide round eyes, long straight faces, and thin protruding lips. Mouths are open and have large curved circles attached underneath. Entire mask surface is painted white with stylized triangular and circular motifs done overtop in black and red. Black rectangular panels painted across backs of heads and across headpiece. Panels are filled with triangular, linear and floral motifs. Mask frame made out of bamboo rods, bent and tied together.

Culture
Baining
Material
paper mulberry bark, bamboo grass, pigment, paint and plant fibre
Made in
East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Super Clear-Cut3493/4

Etching of a clear-cut landscape in black ink on off-white paper; vertical orientation on black background. Large tree is in foreground with a humanoid figure sadly looking up at it. Figure is holding a staff with two smaller figures wrapped around it. Background is filled with tree stumps; mountains and hills throughout. Mix of fluffy and dark clouds in the sky. All depictions in etching are made of formline design elements. Etching number, title, artist signature and date made written along the bottom edge; blind-embossed stamp in bottom right corner. Framed.

Culture
Coast Salish and Okanagan
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Untitled (Landscape)3493/3

Drawing of a barren landscape in black ink and graphite on off-white paper; vertical orientation on white background. Ovoids, filled with formline design elements, are piled in centre of drawing with broken pieces around them; smaller ovoids are half buried in the ground nearby. In the background is a large pole with a small figure halfway up it. Figure has an ovoid-shaped head; face and body are made up of formline design elements. It is holding a decorated ovoid above its head; plain ovoids attached to top of pole. Artist signature and date made written in bottom left corner. Framed.

Culture
Coast Salish and Okanagan
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Untitled (Figure and Toxic Waste)3493/1

Drawing of a humanoid figure in black ink and graphite on off-white paper; vertical orientation on white background. Figure has a large ovoid-shaped head with long hair and its tongue sticking out. Face and body are made up of formline design elements. Figure is crouched in water, with its hands raised, water trailing from its fingers; fingers are long and tentacle-like. Water has dark patches throughout. Artist signature and date made written in bottom left corner. Framed.

Culture
Coast Salish and Okanagan
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Costume3473/1

Egungun costume. One-piece mask and costume; the cloth mask, with a circular frame, is made of black velvet-like material. Metallic, silver scalloped ribbons decorate the sides and back. The front of the mask is made of a cowrie shell embroidered mesh panel, with wide gaps between the rows where the eyes would be. In the centre of the mesh panel is a hanging strand of cowrie shells and painted beads, with a small bell at the end. Strand secured to panel with plant fibre. A small red, stuffed ball is attached to the bottom centre of the panel. Along the forehead of the mask, above the cowrie shells, is a wide curvilinear motif done in sequins and beads. Fabric covered square board is stitched to the top of the mask. It has a central floral motif and short brown fringe along its edges. Heavily beaded panels hang from all sides of the board- three on the front and each side, one along the back. Panels depict curvilinear, geometric and animal motifs in sequins and beads. Back panel has “AYÏBAMA” written across it. All are lined with orange cotton. Bottom of mask has a frilled collar. Collar made of dark green velvet-like material with metallic gold ribbons, red trim and thick white and red fringe. Underneath the collar, attached to the front and back of the mask, are two weighted bags. Extending from the bags are three layers of long lappets. The top layer is covered entirely in sequins and beads. The designs are geometric, animal and curvilinear. The second and third layers are made of velvet-like material and have geometric, linear and curvilinear motifs. All beaded lappets are trimmed with metallic red zigzag ribbons. First layer of velvet-like lappets are trimmed with silver zigzag ribbons, second layer trimmed with gold zigzag ribbons. All lappets are lined with machine-printed cotton that have frog designs across them. Underneath all of the lappets is a plain red cloth, trimmed with a black zigzag ribbon.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood ?, metal, plastic, cotton fibre, glass, plant fibre, cowrie shell and synthetic fibre
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Power Figure3420/10

Shrine or power figure. Roughly shaped in the form of a bush cow; made of various compacted (unidentified) organic materials. The body surface shows cracks all over in the dried, layered materials. Also a layer of orange-brown streak marks running down the sides.

Culture
Bamana
Material
earth, wood, cotton fibre, plant and iron metal ?
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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