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Prayer Wheel1431/4 a-f

Part a: cylinder, part b: lid, part c: handle (wood), part d: base cap for handle (metal), part e: top cap for handle (metal), part f: post with pointed end. The first piece is a plain wood cylinder with a metal bottom and has a brown rope with a ball at the other end attached through a metal loop (part a). The second piece is the flat circular lid (part b). The third piece is the wood handle (part c). The fourth piece is the metal base cap (part d) for the handle. The fifth piece is the wood top cap (part e) for the handle. inside the cylinder (part a) there is a small rolled scroll.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
metal, wood and fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Wheel1431/14 a-e

The first piece is a small rolled scroll (part a). The second piece is a metal cylinder (part b) with a floral design in relief and a chain attached through a loop with a square weight at the end. The third piece is the cylinder lid (part c) which is a two-tiered circular metal piece. The fourth piece is a pointed cap (part d) which goes through the centre of the cylinder lid (part c). The last piece is the wood handle (part e) with a metal prong.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
metal, stone and wood
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1431/13 a-e

The first piece is the cylindrical wood container (part a) which tapers upward into a circular rim with a gold-coloured band around the side. Three gold-coloured rings decorated the container around the top, the middle, and the bottom (part b). The longest gold-coloured band on the front left is part c, and the gold-coloured band is part d with one long end on the front right. The gold-coloured band with one long end on the back is part e.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
metal and wood
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1431/16

A cylindrical metal container which tapers into a smaller neck and then expands into a medium-sized lip.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
metal
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1431/6 a-d

Part a is the metal knife with wooden handle. The blade has a slight curve and is engraved on both sides with a design of lines and dots that end halfway down the blade. The handle curves outwards and has five carves lines that circle around the midway point of the handle Part b is the leather sheath or knife covering that has a yellow stitched seam down the centre. It is slightly curved and tapers to a point. A smaller sheath is attached to the outside and inserted are two smaller daggers with brown handles (parts c and d). The edge of the smaller case is embroidered with red fibre.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
metal, wood and leather skin
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Print Block1431/5

Woodblock, or print block. Rectangular-shaped brown and black wood block with three rows of characters carved in relief and raised on surface. The top and bottom lines are in the Lantsa Sanskrit script and the middle line bears the mantra in Tibetan script, which may be transliterated as **||Om mani padme hum|. Thinly carved border around entire frame.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood and paint ?
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup1431/3

Flared metal cup that tapers towards the bottom and has two bands of ridges around its centre, a cylindrical base, and a metal ring attached to rim of cup by a metal bracket.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
copper alloy metal
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz826

Oval-shaped basket with a short foot and two handles. Diamond-shaped geometric motifs in red, black and white.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger1431/2 a-b

Dagger type knife, with metal and bone handle and pointed metal blade. The handle has three parts, a narrow, round metal section below the stop, a wider section of alternating metal and bone inlays, and another metal section that tapers to a blunt point. The two metal sections on the handle are decorated with a dotted pattern. The sheath (part b) has a metal band at each end, with a brown, padded, leather case between. The top metal band on the sheath has a protruding hook.

Culture
Spanish
Material
metal, skin and bone
Made in
Spain
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNbz828

Oblong coiled cedar root basket with overcast rim. Parallel slat base and wall construction. Decorated with vertical, imbricated columns in cat-tail grass with red cherry bark designs (cluster of flies pattern).

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar root, wood, cat-tail grass and cherry bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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