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Hitori musuko ni yome hachininN2.1165 a-b

One print in two pieces (parts a-b). The scene shows nine figures in a comical scene. Part a, the left half, shows a male kabuki actor, to the left of a flowered screen. The other side (part b), shows eight female figures, his fans, who are in the back at the right side with a screen separating them from the actor. The screen has two white and pink flowers, with yellow centres and green leaves, on a speckled off-white background; the panel stands in a brown wood frame. The male figure at the left is facing forward with his head turned toward the women behind the screen. He is sitting cross-legged and is wearing a robe with a beige and dark brown floral pattern on a brown background. The eight female figures are in various positions, wearing clothing that is red, blue, brown, and grey. The floor is blue-green; the background is off-white. In the upper left side (on part a), is the title: 獨息子に娵八人 (Hitori musuko ni yome hachinin), which appears in black on red, in a vertical rectangle. Next to the title is a poem by Umeya. There are two circular black censor seals below the poem. Signed 一勇齊国芳戯画 (Ichiyūsai Kuniyoshi giga), with a red outlined shape below. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image overall.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.1179 a-b

Two-part print, showing two men (part b) and one woman (part a). The woman is crouching down over a white rod with a yellow basket at either end on the left side. Her right hand is on the white rod while her left hand is in an upward motion as she turns her face to the right side. She is wearing clothing that has a white floral pattern in circles on pale pink and blue backgrounds. The men are on the right side with one holding the other by the scruff of the neck with his left hand while his right hand is holding up the lower portion of his garment. He is wearing clothing that has a white floral pattern with zig zags on light blue and pale blue backgrounds. The other man is wearing clothing that has a brown and black checker-like pattern on a yellow background covered by a green garment. Yellow houses are in the background with a grey-black sky and a green ground. Around the woman from the top (right clockwise) are the following: a vertically rectangular, red seal; a circular red seal with a black character next to it; and a vertically rectangular, red and yellow seal with three circular black ones around it. In the upper right corner above the men are two vertically rectangular, red seals; in the lower right corner is a vertically rectangular, red and yellow seal surrounded by three circular black seals, a circular red seal, and a black character. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pages, creating a horizontally rectangular image overall.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.1243

Print showing Kabuki actors performing on stage with musicians in the background. The actress on the left is crouching down with her head turned to the left. She is wearing clothing that has an orange and brown floral print on a turquoise background. The actor in the middle is sitting on a bench as he is rolling up his right sleeve with his left hand and has his head turned toward the actress on the left side. The actress on the right side is standing facing to the left side and is wearing clothing that has a black geometric star-shaped print on a brown and turquoise striped pattern background. The five musicians at the back are wearing clothing that has a white floral print on a black background with brown underneath lined by turquoise. The three musicians on the left side have red books open in front of them, and the two musicians on the right side are playing an instrument. The wall behind them has a white floral bouquet print on a light blue background. Each lower right corner has circular and oval black seals with the furthest right one also having black characters next to it. Made of two vertically rectangular prints adhered to a horizontally rectangular paper mount.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PrintN2.1177

Three actors in a winter garden setting. The actor on the left side has his body facing to the left side while his head is turned to the right side. He is wearing clothing that is dark blue. The actor in the middle is crouching down with the body facing to the left side while the head is turned to the right side. This actor is wearing clothing that is grey. The actor on the right side is sitting on the ground and is facing to the left side. He is wearing clothing that has a green, beige, and black striped pattern. All three actors are enclosed by a green barrier with green trees in the background. The background is grey. There are black characters along the top. Each left side has a circular red seal, two circular black seals, and black characters. The print is made of two vertically rectangular pieces, creating a horizontally rectangular image.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6157

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6154 - A6156).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressA6154

Headdress in the form of a bird with the head and chest at the front, and two wings folded over a tail at the back. The figure is painted white with a black animal figure design on the chest, the outlines of feathers on the wings and tail in black, the eyes and eyebrows in black, and the mouth in red. Off-white fabric attached with metal nails behind chest. One of a set of four (see A6155 - A6157).

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poó witsa (Whaler's Dream)2667/1

Whaling themed print with red, bright blue, yellow, and black rectangular design. The central design consists of a thin red four-pointed cross-shape with the following black images in each corner, from the top right, clockwise: a whale tail; a lightning bolt with two semi-circles; rain and a wave?; and a whale dorsal fin with a bird face design. The surrounding images consist of the following, from the top right, clockwise: a red and black human in a blue boat; a red and black paddle; a red and blue human mask; a red and blue fish/whale, with teeth; a small black canoe; a red and black harpoon, with four yellow and red floats attached. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'Opetchesaht Tribe Poo'witsa 51/75 by Hupquatchew.' There is an embossed stamp on the lower right corner for the Northwest Coast Indian Artists Guild. Printed on vertically rectangular, light brown paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA8429 a-b

Mask (a) made from two separate pieces of wood and joined at centre at an angle with a triangular support at the top. The face is painted with heavy black eyebrows that have arched blue design elements above them, light blue around the eyes, red on the nostrils and lips, a black moustache, a red scalloped line design and a black line curving from the nostrils to the chin, and a blue scalloped design under the mouth. The remainder of the face is painted white. A tuft of feathers affixed to a tapering wooden stick with blue string and off-white adhesive fabric tape (b) fits into a hole at the top of the mask. A pencilled in design is visible on the cheeks.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, feather, paint, fibre, adhesive and dye
Made in
Blunden Harbour, British Columbia, Canada ? or Ba'as, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6159

Mask with elongated face, small eyeholes rimmed in black, black eyebrows with red and black u-shapes above them, red nostrils, and red lips with two curved red lines to either side of the mouth. The remainder of the face is white. Cedar bark fringe hangs from top of head where it is attached with off-white fabric strips.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar bark, wood, paint and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1404/3

Oblong, rectangular, yellow woven fabric with a purple, green, red and white plaid-like pattern; thick band of purple along three edges.

Culture
Western Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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