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Water Puppet3127/1 a-b

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of a princess character. Puppet consists of the body (part a) and separated head (part b). Carved from wood, the puppet has a white face, carved facial features emphasized with paint, a crown of painted petals in gold with a green forehead ring, and long gold and red earrings. She wears a full length robe with decorated shoulders and chest, tiered colourful skirts and a long layered panel and bow at front. The puppet’s arms and hands are wood, covered with long sleeves of blue polyester. Arms are lifted by pulling on a thin plastic tube that emerges from the base.

Culture
Vietnamese
Material
fig wood, synthetic fibre, metal, paint, plastic and lacquer
Made in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile973/3

Rectangular shaped fabric textile with a red border around a dark brown background and a central figure. The figure is wearing red leggings, a striped garment and an orange top. In its left hand is a torch and the right has a rooster. The eyes are large, the tongue is protruding and the hair is sticking out.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt973/21 g

A circular, purple skirt. The pieces of grass are dyed purple and secured around a fibre string, also dyed purple. The ends of the string extend beyond the skirt as ties.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
grass, dye and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh149 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (jester character): head (part b) fits into body clothed in a shirt and pants with floral print and multicoloured pom-poms and a short red skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure's head, hands and feet are painted pink, and the figure has long hair and a beard of undyed plant fibre. The figure is holding a stick with orange-brown feathers in his right hand.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ?, paint and feather
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh152 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body clothed in a dark blue jacket with metallic floral print sash and an orange, pink, and blue plaid skirt with yellow leggins underneath (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. Hands and feet are painted pink, and the feet have black shoes with a painted design in yellow, green and red. The figure is wearing a green-grey plastic headdress and has purple twine hair tied in a bun at the back of his head with a black hair moustache that extends out to the ears. The figure's face is painted with a light brown-pink colour.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh148 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body with shirt and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The figure is wearing a yellow cloth on its head, a pink kerchief around its neck, a light green-blue t-shirt, and a grey-blue skirt with a linear floral design in grey. The figure's face, hands and feet are painted brown and he has a moustache and hair in dark purple-grey plant fibre.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe100

Dark brown bear-like mask with large eyes, ears, two rounded protrusions underneath the chin, and an open mouth displaying teeth, fangs and a small tongue; the remnants of multicoloured paint are visible. Yellow cord is strung through two small holes at the top of the mask.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe107

Small, brown, humanoid mask with a protruding nose, earrings, and a large headdress with three small skull-like heads atop the forehead; remnants of gold paint on earrings.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, stain and paint
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe104

Dark brown human mask with two small protruding ears, an open mouth, two eyeholes, a long, protruding nose, a beard, and a crown-like garment on the head; the crown and areas around the eyes and mouth are all shallowly carved with details. Twined cord is strung in the back through two holes on either edge of the face.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe98

Devil-like mask with bulging eyes, an upturned snout, a snarling, fanged mouth, protruding ears with circular earrings, an eye-like shape on the forehead, and a headdress with five human skulls; painted black, red, yellow and white. Cloth rigging attached at the top of the head.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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