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Incense BurnerN2.398

Celadon ware with four legs, octagonal shape and circular well bordered by simple geometric petal design. Repetition of design on four-sided base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN2.643

Porcelain vase with long narrow neck that leads to a bulb-like body. The ground of the body is decorated with arabesque floral design in brown, red and green overglaze. Three panels in the shape of a flower, a circle and a leaf, respectively, are filled with designs of baskets of flowers in polychrome glaze. The underside of the vase bears an empty double ring mark in underglaze blue.

Culture
Japanese
Material
glaze and clay
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA1930

Model totem pole figures portraying an eagle with upswept wings perched on a whale, embellished with a face on its tail. The black eyes are surrounded by a dark green area with black brows above and a red lined beak. The upswept wings each have five feather sections painted dark green and red outlined with black. The chest has a face that has its black eyes surrounded by a dark green area. The whale is painted black with black eyes that are surrounded by a dark green area, a red nose, and red lips, with eiqht pairs of circles along each upper side of its back. "Alert Bay" written on back of bird.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceA6697

Necklace made from dentalium shell interspersed with blue and pink trade beads. Rectangular piece of abalone strung as pendant, placed at the end of a string of alternating red beads and dentalium dangling form the main necklace..

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
dentalium shell, glass, abalone shell and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA3523

Model dugout canoe. Upswept bow with a protruding prow-piece. Both sides of canoe decorated in abstracted red and black designs.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
alder wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Herring RakeA4507

Long wood rake painted three-quarters green with nails driven in with the sharpened ends downward.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model CanoeA6982

Southern style model dugout canoe. Upswept bow with a protruding prow-piece. Painted black on the outside and red on the inside.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeakerN2.618

Ceramic cup depicting social activities - men and women kneeling in kimonos. Tea ceremony activity shown. Richly gilded. Inscription on underside of base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaddleA3513

Painted wood paddle with an eagle design in black and red on both sides. Has circle in ovoid eye with a split u above and behind the beak. There is a u form within a split u within a larger u form with three split u's below. Near the tip, there is a split u band.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PendantC1177

Pendant in the shape of a stylized female figure (hei tiki) with geometric patterns. The figure's head is tilting to her right. The circular eyes are inlaid with abalone (paua). The figure's right arm is at the waist; the left arm is at the face; legs are crossed. Four holes are bored through the figure, two at the arms and two at the legs. An off-white cord threads through the two arm holes; the cord closes with an bone screw clasp.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, whale bone and silk fibre ?
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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