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Figure2942/3

Large black stone sculpture of a kneeling female figure in a parka. The figure has stylized features: long slanted eyes, rounded cheeks and forehead, a bulbous nose and a wide mouth. The hair is demarked by horizontal chisel marks and is parted at the centre of the figure’s forehead. The ends of the arms are also roughly chiselled. The junction between the figures legs and torso is emphasized by a deep ridge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vase2942/2

Bulbous cream-coloured vase with flared neck, decorated in dark blue and purple designs. One side depicts a shield, in which the bottom is half blue and half cream and the top half features three blue fleurs-de-lis. The other side has an abstract design encircled by a purple vine-like line with blue circles. The vase’s neck and base are also decorated with rings of vine-like patterns.

Culture
“Central & Eastern Europe” ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Europe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pedestal Dish2942/1

Short pedestal dish with white base. The imagery on the dish is divided into four quadrants decorated with geometric blue and white designs. Sections opposite one-another have the same pattern. Two have cross-hatched wavy and straight lines and the other two have a diamond-like pattern with crosses at each of the diamonds’ points. At the centre is a green circle with the initials VHS and two star-like designs in orange. The dish is encircled by a thick blue rim.

Culture
“Central & Eastern Europe” ?
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Europe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff2748/5

Long brown wood staff with teardrop shaped finial and four groupings of carved spheres on the shaft. Below the finial are a group of five, then three spheres, then a long plain mid section of the staff, then before the tip there are two more groupings of six and two spheres. Cylindrical shape narrows at bottom to blunt tip.

Culture
Southern African
Material
wood
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Staff2748/4

Short staff with finely woven wire covering and, at mid-point, a carved full frontal of figure wearing a head ring. Brown and black wires have been woven to create an alternating spiral pattern.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Club2748/3 a-c

Ironwood club with finely woven, decorated grass sheath (two detached pieces of sheath are parts b-c). Zigzag patterning varies in red, black, and dark brown against the natural grass coloured background. Club has a flattened diamond cross-section and a centre ridge that runs from edge of sheath to tip of pointed end.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
ironwood wood, grass and dye
Made in
Malaita, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle2748/2

Dark wood paddle with decorative motifs, different on each side, incised into the pointed blade and painted with red and yellow clay and black kerosene.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Borneo, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2748/1

Necklace of ten individual argillite plaques, varied slightly in size and shape, showing animal crest designs (grizzly, eagle, hawk, thunderbird, killer whale). Thin brown leather strip onto which they are strung is bound together at ends with purple thread. Each plaque has a description, place, date and artist signature incised into the back, e.g., "Haida Eagle Crest 69 Skidegate McGuire."

Culture
Haida
Material
argillite stone, leather skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Skidegate, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2748/7

Carving of female figure in porous dark stone with flat base and roughly hewn back. Figure has squared head with shoulder-length hair and her arms are cinched into her sides by a wide rope(?) wound around her body below the breasts. She wears a head band and a V-shaped skirt.

Culture
Meso-American
Material
stone
Made in
“Central America” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorated Skull2748/6

Decorated skull covered in clay with tight curls of human hair. A red clay face, formed onto a toothless human skull and decorated with brown, beige, and reddish orange facial tattoo, has Cowrie shell eyes, three rows of brown seeds implanted at the hairline of long twisted black hair locks, and circular bone earrings tied into a hole in each ear.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
human bone, human hair, cowrie shell, clay, seed, paint, cotton fibre and bone
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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