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Toy Tree Sculpture3197/1

Wooden toy-vendor tree. Tree is made of an upright central bar, in three connected pieces, with two widely spaced bars tied horizontally above midpoint on front. String connects the bars to each other in order to enhance balance. 102 toys are tied or connected by thin dowels to the horizontal bars: 12 standing birds, 14 birds on perches, 3 fish, 12 snakes, 5 crocodiles , 5 dancing couples on elastic string, 7 house boats, 10 canoes, 2 houses, 7 open boxes with either a small snake or turtle inside. Also included in this count are several mechanical toys: 10 armadillos with moveable tails and heads, 5 pairs of woodpeckers pecking a dowel, 5 pairs of people using a pounder, 5 pairs of birds pecking a box. The toys are painted in tempura, with the standing and perched birds realistically coloured, and the rest of the toys painted simply and brightly. Most of the toys have signatures or inscriptions of Spanish names, written in black paint.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
wood, paint and plant fibre
Made in
Abaetetuba, Para, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hammock3182/2

Full size hammock. Hammock is made of many thin strands of rolled palm fibre running parallel on the horizontal plane, doubled over at the ends. Dyed and undyed stripes alternate. Two very long ties are strung through the fold at each end. Along the body of the hammock the palm fibre is bound by white wool braided in a fishtail pattern, running perpendicular to the palm. The last two braids on each end are dyed red. The braids finish in thin tassels that hang from the edges of the hammock.

Culture
Xingu: Kuikuro
Material
palm fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hammock3182/1

Full size hammock. Hammock is made of many thin strands of undyed, rolled palm fibre running parallel on the horizontal plane. These are joined together at each end in a thick woven loop. Along the body of the hammock the palm fibre is bound by braided white wool in a fishtail pattern, running perpendicular to the palm. The four-strand braids end in thin tassels that hang from the edges of the hammock.

Culture
Xingu: Kalapalo
Material
palm fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Mato Grosso, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3182/23

Ceramic ritxoko doll. Figure in the shape of a sitting woman has two thick, short legs extending outward, a prominent stomach, long torso, breasts, and a small featureless face. Thick, heavy brown hair comes to a point above the forehead and falls down the back and sides past the shoulders. Large concave orange beads are added to the hair at the sides. A fringe of red and white wool falls down the figure’s front, attached to a string that passes through holes bored into either side of the neck. A large hole is bored through the pelvis front to back, and another partially through the stomach. Figure is painted with square designs in orange and dark brown.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay, paint and wool fibre
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3182/22

Ceramic ritxoko doll. Figure has two thick legs above tiny feet, a long torso and chest, and a small face with thick heavy brown hair high at top and falling down the back and sides past the shoulders. Large orange beads are added to the hair at the sides. A fringe of red and white wool falls from the face, and a plant fibre loin cloth is attached through a hole in the figure at midpoint and by a belt around the waist. Figure is painted with designs in orange and dark brown with triangular motifs.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay, paint, wool fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3182/21

Ceramic ritxoko doll. Female figure with two sphere-like feet at the base, with the body narrowing as it rises to the head. The face is featureless but for two vertical lines. At midpoint are small, covered breasts. The top shows thick brown hair high on the head and extending down the back. The doll is painted with orange and brown lines, inside which are geometric designs in ‘x’, diamond, and linear shapes.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3182/20

Ceramic ritxoko doll. Female figure sits cross legged, holding in her lap a small child. The woman has thick brown hair that sits high on her head and flows past her shoulders, and an oblong face with painted features, including orange brows and brown chin tattoo. Her torso and legs are painted with orange and brown lines, including a design of triangles down her stomach. The child’s face is obscured by its hair, and its torso is covered in painted brown lines. Hands are orange. One arm reaches around the waist of the female.

Culture
Iny
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Ilha do Bananal, Tocantins, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish3182/19

Unfinished gourd dish. Half shell of a dried, unpainted gourd is of a slightly irregular oblong shape, round on bottom, flaring toward lip. Both interior and exterior are undecorated. Several naturally occurring scars and scratches sit on the exterior.

Culture
Brazilian: Ribeirinho
Material
gourd fruit and paint
Made in
Santarem, Para, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish3182/18

Unfinished gourd dish. Half shell of a dried, unpainted gourd is of a slightly oblong shape, round on bottom, flaring toward lip. Exterior rim has a wide band of incised concentric triangles carved in groups of two, points on the horizontal. Each grouping is divided by two vertical lines. Interior is undecorated.

Culture
Brazilian: Ribeirinho
Material
gourd fruit and paint
Made in
Santarem, Para, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dish3182/17

Unfinished gourd dish. Half shell of a dried, unpainted gourd is round on bottom, flaring toward lip. Exterior rim has a wide band of incised concentric triangles, which alternate point and base facing upward. Interior is undecorated.

Culture
Brazilian: Ribeirinho
Material
gourd fruit and paint
Made in
Santarem, Para, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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