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Bentwood Box2779/1 a-b

Bentwood cedar box (a) with lid (b) has painted sides nailed to base and nails along seam corner. Each side has a design of staggered black eyes, some with red and white details, and a thick greenish blue border. The undecorated lid is made of two pieces of planked wood and has 4 strips of wood nailed to the underside.

Culture
Heiltsuk
Material
cedar wood, paint and metal
Made in
Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada and 'Qvuqvai, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wine PotEdz1415 a-b

A hexagonal metal pot (part a) set on six short feet placed at junctions of ajoining planes. There is a flat base, a spout, and a handle. The shoulders curve in to a high hexagonal neck with a projecting lip. A lid (part b) of equal depth with the neck is fitted tightly within it, with a matching projecting lip resting on that of the neck. The hexagonal dome lid flattens at the top and is surmounted by the figure of a lion with one front paw resting on a ball.

Culture
Chinese
Material
lead metal and tin metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask2761/1

Cylindrical dark brown wooden initiation mask that pulls down over the head. Triangular shaped face with pointed chin, small ears, and rounded brow is carved into the front beneath an elaborately ridged hair style or headdress. The face is framed with a band of thin ridges, behind which large thick ridges and a crown ? run back to end in a circle of rounded knobs at the crown of the head. There are cut-outs at the eyes, a large opening at the back, and two bands of punched holes around the base.

Culture
Bassa
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket, Bowl Shaped50.2/1146
Basket W/ Cover16.1/1645 AB
Basket Lid With Rattle16.1/1645
Horn DipperE381876-0
Headdress2735/3

Brightly coloured feather headdress. Small round basketry cap is almost completely covered with pink, purple, blue and a few orange feathers that have been sewn together in rings and woven into the cap in layers. Inside the cap is a long loop of twisted grass.

Culture
Central African
Material
grass, feather, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2735/4

Beaded red and black elephant mask. Two long panels of black cotton fibre with red bordering, red, white, blue and multi-colour bead decoration, and burlap backing are sewn together at one end to form a stocking face mask, with large eye openings and large round protruding ears, that pulls over the top of the head. Attached to the top is a large plate-shaped basketry headdress with white canvas covering the flat top and red and black textile on the sides and bottom. Several figures with beaded facial features are attached to top brim and slope down to bottom of cap.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
cotton fibre, grass fibre, plastic and wood ?
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot2735/2

Dark brown, round ceramic container has a figure, wearing a grass skirt and neck ring, squatting on the top. Pot and figure have similar decorative patterning of connecting bands of two, three, or four lines of tiny oval impressions, at one spot on the pot forming a diamond shape. There is a round opening in the pot below the rear end of the figure and another hole at the top of the brimmed headdress.

Culture
Zande
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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