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DrumEh171

Drum made from a cylindrical wooden frame. Skin is stretched over each end with strips of skin that run from end to end. The wood has alternating thin and thicker incised bands that have been painted black, and the wood is varnished. There is a red fabric strap attached through skin loops at either end.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, dye, fibre, skin, lacquer and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1416/10

Bright magenta fabric sewn into a skirt-like tube. A vertical band of magenta woven fabric with multicoloured geometric designs and roman numerals is sewn down the length of the front of the skirt. Two horizontal bands of magenta woven fabric with multicoloured geometric designs are sewn near the top and bottom of the skirt.

Culture
Philippines
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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My Guardian Angel1355/7

Rectangular design of a seated figure with a hat and upraised hands holding a sword in red and black. The stylized figure has black ovoid eyes with the rest of the square face split down the middle by the long downward pointing triangular nose. At either side of the nose, there is a split u, half of a red moth, and four teeth. The chest has two large black ovoids, two pairs of red u forms surrounded by a larger red one that is surrounded by a larger black one, and three pairs of red 'ribs'. The legs are at either sides with the knees bent upward and the feet flat on the ground. The arms are upraised at an angle holding a black sword across and above the head. The figure is wearing a dome-shaped hat, and the head is surrounded by outlines of red spikes with a split u at either side. There are wing-like features at either side of the arms. The figure is sitting on a dome shape that has five split u's surrounded by a red u form and outlined by black. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads '36/75 15/8/75 MY GUARDIAN ANGEL Roy Henry Vickers TSIMSHIAN TRIBE KITKATLA B.C.'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner for 'NORTH WEST COAST INDIAN ARTISTS GUILD member' with a salmon-trout head at the centre. The print is on a vertically rectangular, light brown paper piece.

Culture
Tsimshian
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Life on the 18Th Hole1465/2

Poster showing a human head in black and white with a red and green kerchief covering above the brows and a red and yellow cloth covering the lower face and shoulder. Framed by a row of ten soldiers above and below, two feathers along each side, and a four-arrowed bulls eye at each corner. One line of bold print along the bottom edge reads '"We're tired of just surviving. We want to live." / Chief Saul Terry, President of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.' with 'D. Neel 90' printed on the bottom right corner. The poster is on vertically rectangular paper with a grey border.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ka Ka Win Chealth1355/11

Silkscreen print. A red, baby blue, and black seawolf design. The main head is in profile facing to its left with a circular part behind, and above along with a fin-like shaped part below, and at the back. The figure's upper right limb has the shape of an enclosed three digit paw. The body is curving inward. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '36/75 Ka-ka-win-Chealth J. DAVID - 77'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner. The print is on vertically rectangular, yellow-white paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hanu-Qwatchu1355/12

A red, blue, and black design consisting of a stylized human figure with a large head, ears, its right hand facing upward while its left fin-like arm is facing downward, and two short legs that have the shape of a fish-tail-like appearance with a downward turned black face within its chest. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '36/75 HANU-QWATCHU J. David - 77'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner. The print is on a vertically rectangular, yellow-white paper piece.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Eats-Qwin1355/13

A red, blue, and black design consisting of a stylized mouse-like figure that has human-like features in a merman-like form surrounded by an open black rectangular house-box-like shape encasing the arms with an L-shape wall/ceiling-sky/universe-like feature above the head. The skin is red with a horizontal blue band around the eyes. The head is in profile facing to its right to the wall-like feature in front of it, which is blue with black circles. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads '36/75 EATS-QWIN J. David - 77'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner. The print is on a vertically rectangular, yellow-white paper piece.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poó witsa (Whaler's Dream)1355/2

Whaling themed print with red, bright blue, yellow, and black rectangular design. The central design consists of a thin red four-pointed cross-shape with the following black images in each corner, from the top right, clockwise: a whale tail; a lightning bolt with two semi-circles; rain and a wave(?); and a whale dorsal fin with a bird face design. The surrounding images consist of the following, from the top right, clockwise: a red and black human in a blue boat; a red and black paddle; a red and blue human mask; a red and blue fish/whale, with teeth; a small black canoe; a red and black harpoon, with four yellow and red floats attached. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'Opetchesaht Tribe Poo'witsa 36/75 by Hupquatchew.' There is an embossed stamp on the lower right corner for the Northwest Coast Indian Artists Guild. Printed on vertically rectangular, light brown paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasaht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Teetskin and Hayitlik1355/4

A design consisting of four figures encircled by a blue border. A blue and red whale is shown at the bottom of the image with a black and red thunderbird with an orange beak above the whale. The bird's two/three-feathered wings extend into sea snakes that have red and orange heads with long red tongues. The bird's head is in profile and is facing to its right. The whale is in profile facing the left side. Pencil inscription along the bottom edge reads 'Opetchesaht Tribe Teetskin and Hayeetlik 36/75 by Hupquatchew'. There is an embossing on the lower right corner for 'NORTH WEST COAST INDIAN ARTISTS GUILD member' with a salmon-trout head at the centre. The print is on vertically rectangular, green-brown paper.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasaht
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1416/12

Bright pink fabric sewn into a skirt-like tube; purple, yellow and blue stripes with multicoloured geometric patterning.

Culture
Philippines
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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