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String PuppetEh147 a-b

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (jester character): head with pointed cap (part b) fits into body with tunic and pants (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The face is painted light brown, and the arms and legs are painted dark orange-pink. The cap is made of orange, pink, red, blue and black floral print fabric, and the tunic and pants are made from green, red, and off-white patterned material with a grid and flower motif. The figure's shoes are painted black.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh161 a-b

Male puppet figure: detachable head (part b) has a rod that extends down from the neck and fits into a socket in the top of the torso of the body (part a). The figure is wearing a green and off-white floral print shirt, an off-white fabric skirt, and off-white pants underneath the skirt with horizontal green, grey and pink lines. The figure's legs have been wrapped in newspaper (horse racing results ?), and the figure has been blindfolded with a strip of green, blue, red and off-white fabric.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb330 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached, and is painted black with a beige, brown and black patterned skirt. The head has a pink face and neck with black hair, moustache and goatee, as well as a red, blue, white and gold hat.

Culture
Sundanese ?
Material
paint, wood and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Java, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh146 a-b

Three-dimensional female puppet representing the daughter of a farmer family. Head (part b) fits into body clothed in shirt and skirt (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs, and plant fibre that has been dyed blue-green represents the hair. The figure is also wearing one earring on her right ear, and her feet are reversed. Skirt is a yellow, pink and green floral print on a geometric square and grid patterned blue background. Shirt is purple with white dots grouped in circles.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetEh156 a-b

Three-dimensional humanoid puppet: head (part b) fits into body with dressed in shirt and pants (part a). The body has jointed arms and legs. The face is painted, and black cotton string and yarn has been attached to the head to simulate hair. The shirt is red with the collar, cuffs, and pockets in red polka dots on an off-white background. The pants are made of the same polka dot material.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe114

Multicoloured paper mache zoomorphic mask of a bear-like face with a protruding snout, an open mouth, a third eye in the centre of the forehead, and an elaborate, jeweled headdress; face is red with green patches of bristles. Headdress has multicoloured jewels set against a brown and yellow striped background. Eyeholes are located in the pupils. Short cord looped at back.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
paper, paste adhesive, paint and fibre
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEe112

Paper mache mask of a red elephant-like face with trunk, multicoloured green headdress, and two small tusks. Short red string looped at back.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
paper, paste adhesive, paint and fibre
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb291 a-c

Three-dimensional female puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with jacket and skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure has a white face with slit-shaped eyes positioned forward. Small, straight nose. Red dot at centre of forehead, red lips. Head bending forward. Metal cylinder at base of neck. Headdress consists of green and gold painted jamang, sumping and lungsen. Clothing consists of close-fitting jacket of black cloth on torso and green corduroy sleeves, diagonal beaded band of black and floral patterned material on chest with multicoloured glass beads, red and multicoloured floral waist band, and brown and black batik patterned skirt. Hands held flat with all fingers held together and gold paint residue. Hand at figure's left is straight, hand at figure's right curves outward slightly.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Trumpet HornEe4.46

Trumpet like horn. One end is a large darkened bone (human?), dark brown with two holes bored through one end. The other end is capped with a metal cap with a small hole in its centre. Half of the bone towards the metal-capped end is wound in gold-coloured metal wire; running from this wire towards the other end are four decorative bands of metal with raised designs that, excepting the central band, are each set with three red and blue stones or minerals.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
bone, metal and mineral ?
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumEe4.45

Double-sided drum made from the tops of two skulls (human or simian), joined back to back with rawhide skin pulled over the open ends. A decorative metal band with raised patterning and red and green-coloured round stone-like objects mounted on it covers the joint in the centre. Attached to the metal band is a length of twined string with an egg-shaped, pitch-covered weight at the other end.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
bone, skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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