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TextileSa297

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripes sets in black, yellow, turquoise, green, and white on a red ground. White adhesive tag reads '10'.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa296

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets on red ground; thin blue on either side of blue and white; thin yellow on either side of green; thin yellow on either side of blue. White adhesive tag reads '9'.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa295

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets in black, brown and yellow on a red ground. Red weft runs through all. White adhesive tag reads '8'. Red thread flaw runs through lengthwise on one side.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb386 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure (part a) with large head (part b) and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. There is a single controlling rod that is tapered and pointed (part c). Light green face is positioned straight ahead and there are red lips and exposed teeth. Eyes, hair, moustache, and beard are in black. Straight pointed nose. Gold neck and torso. Headdress with red flower at forehead. Double sumping in gold and grey, red trim. Wide lungsen (and suri) in gold with green trim. Keling headdress with reverse hair curl with green at rear. Each arm has red and green ornaments at wrist and bicep; hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering and apron with red waist band: decorated with wavy brown trim and green and red sequins. Yellow fringe at apron bottom. Lower torso covered by batik skirt (blue, dark brown on beige)

Culture
Sundanese
Material
fibre, paint, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb385 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure (part a); large head (part b) and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Single controlling rod with a tapered point (part c). Discoloured pink face positioned downwards; very straight pointed nose, exposed white teeth. Moustache, hair, facial details and eyes outlined in black. Large headdress with gold diadem dominated by backwards-facing green, grey and red Garuda Mungkur with siyung jawi, red and gold sumping (sekar kluwih). Long black hair in six curls. Gold neck and upper body with slight discolouration; each arm has two gold and red ornaments at bicep and wrist. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Badly discoloured red chest covering and apron with brown wavy trim, cross shaped patterns on each in sequins and beads. Apron has discoloured red waist band and yellow fringe at bottom. Large beige batik skirt, with blue and purple.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNa992

Cable-backed bow made from wood and other materials. There are 2 places where thin pieces of bone have been attached to either side of the wood with copper pins, one has sealskin sewn over the top of the bone, and the other has sinew lashed over it. There are knobs on either end of the bow, around which 8 braided sinew cords are strung. The cords are lashed onto the wood in 2 places, and they are twisted and wound with sealskin in the middle section. (Bow string no longer attached.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, sinew, seal skin, bone and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowNa991

The triangular copper arrow point is inserted in a bone shaft and held in place by three copper pins with a wedge of slightly different material that has been added on. The bone shaft is inserted in the wooden one and lashed on with sinew. About 5cm. above this, a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. There is another cut about 30cm. above it which is held together with sinew lashed around it. The end is notched and there is sinew wrapped around it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb419

Two-dimensional male humanoid figure; large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Body and face in profile; pierced, elaborate designs and features. Red face positioned forward with long straight nose. Red details on face (moustache, eyebrows). Small eyes, beard. Very rough headdress with (?) diadem, wrapped hair, and sumping. Red Garuda. Long black hair (?). Gold neck and body: hands are held with three fingers extended, two touching to thumb. Upper body covered with painted grey pattern (faded and stained), black and red, with band over shoulder (red and black). Yellow, red and black skirt (blue stocking ?). Plain upturned shoes; legs widespread.

Culture
Javanese
Material
leather skin, hemp fibre, fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScarfEe94

A simple bleached gauze-like unsewn cotton fabric. Near each end, there are some weft fibres absent, creating a fringe effect with closed ends.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt411/136

Burgundy men’s shirt of heavy woven cotton with polished outside and felted inside. The shirt has a quilted standing collar, tapered sleeves and side slits. The side opening has metal frog closures engraved with swastikas. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside is unlined. There is a white stamp of the map of India on the inner front.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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