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Box2878/48

Fish-shaped brass container. The head of the fish is hinged to the body on the top and latched to the body at the bottom. On the bottom latch there is a short length of black and yellow textile rope. The head has two large half circles on either side which represent the gills. The main pattern on either side of the body is carved in such a way to look like scales. On the top of the box there are three fins, the largest being closest to the head and then getting successively smaller towards the tail. There is a hollowed out circle on the largest fin. On the bottom of the fish there are four wavy lines separated by a straight line. There are two protruding half circles are on top of the line design. Near the tail there is a design that wraps around the fish that is made up of straight lines, wavy lines, arrows and a braided line.

Culture
Indian
Material
brass metal and fibre
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box2878/47

Rectangular, footed brass box with hinged, pyramid-shaped lid. The lid of the box is decorated with several different designs including straight and wavy lined patterns. In the centre of each of the four side panels of the lid are six spirals designs, three on either side of a centre line. There are four ‘balls’ on each panel, two at the bottom corners and two on at the top. A curvilinear shaped handle is fixed at the top of the lid. The lid is hinged to the body of the box on the back side and on the front side there is a hinged, loop-shaped latch which closes over a corresponding fixed loop-shaped protrusion extending from the front of the body. The main body of the box has a open work pattern that resembles a cage. There are also three ‘balls’ along each of the four vertical edges of the box. The box rest on four small feet, one in each of the four corners.

Culture
Indian
Material
brass metal
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/46

Carved turtle shell comb in the shape of a fish with a tail at one end and an eye and mouth at the other end. The comb teeth make up the bottom half of the body of the fish, and the tail serves as the handle. The colour is a mixture of brown and light brown with the main body being darker brown and the tail a lighter brown. The comb curves down the length of the body.

Culture
Indian
Material
turtle shell
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/45

Carved turtle shell comb in the shape of a fish with a tail at one end and an eye and mouth at the other end. The comb teeth make up the bottom half of the body of the fish, and the tail serves as the handle. The colour is a mixture of brown and light brown with the teeth and the tips of the tail being light brown and the rest of the comb being gradients of brown.

Culture
Indian
Material
turtle shell
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Betel Nut Container2878/44 a-b

Rounded, copper cast container with lid. A lotus flower is carved into the lid and base with leaves around the flower. There is a raised circle that surrounds the flower and leaves and where the leaves connect to the circle there are openings cut into the metal. Around the edges of the container there are flower petals engraved into the metal and at the base there are three leaves in between each petal.

Culture
Indian
Material
copper metal
Made in
Puri, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2878/43

Small, carved, painted wooden figure, flat across the base and back, with a large head and short body. The face of the figure is painted yellow with two large white eyes with black pupils outlined in red and an intricate set of black eyebrows, one over each eye, with two horizontal lines and several angled lines coming off of the top line. The figure also has a bindi, which is red and yellow and a black nose with seven lines drawn towards the mouth. The body is black with orange and yellow vertical stripes down the centre. The top of the head is white and there is a black, red and yellow outline around the edge and a round red, yellow and black design with three black lines protruding from it in the centre.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2878/42

Small, carved, painted wooden figure, flat across the base and back, with a large head and short body. The face of the figure is painted white with two large white eyes with black pupils outlined in red, a red mouth, and an intricate set of black eyebrows, one over each eye, with two horizontal lines and several angled lines coming off the top of the top line. The figure also has a bindi, which is red and white and a black nose with seven lines drawn towards the mouth. The body is blue with black, orange and yellow vertical stripes down the centre. On top of the head there is a round red, yellow and black design with three black lines protruding from it, and there are two "arms" protruding from either side of the face, which are white with an orange and black tip.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2878/41

Small, carved, painted wooden figure, flat across the base and back, with a large head and short body. The face of the figure is painted black with two large white eyes with black pupils and outlined with a red circle, and the body is green with a black, orange and yellow vertical stripe down the centre. There is a black, red and yellow headdress painted around the edges of the figure's head, which is flat across the top, and there are two "arms" protruding from either side of the face, which are white with an orange and black tip.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shrine2878/40

A chariot platform on four wheels with a "temple" resting on it. Each wheel is attached with a single nail, and has a green “x” painted on it. The overall colour of the base is green and around the edges of the base there are red, white and yellow stripes. There is also a white design painted on top of the green base; short lines surround the temple portion and there is a flower burst at the front of the base. There is a figure in the temple with a face, arms and a short body. The face of the figure is black, the mouth is red, and the eyes have a circle of red and white with a black dot in the centre. The sides of the figure are white and on the figure’s forehead there is a bindi surrounded by 11 small white dots. The figure’s clothes are green, red and yellow and it has a white necklace around its neck. The temple is open on three sides, and has blue, green, red, white, yellow and black designs on the outside. The base and back wall of the temple where the figure is attached is purple and white.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb2878/39

Small rectangular comb made of several small, thin pieces of light brown wood, each tapered to a point at one end, set closely together in a reddish-brown clay-like material that has shiny surface and geometric design incised on the surface. The clay-like material forms a sort of handle for the comb, and is pointed at the corners of its outer edge. The incised pattern consists of one large triangle, below which there are four horizontal lines of dots. In the centre of the triangle there are three circles close together in a triangular shape, and there is one circle in each top corner of the handle. The pattern is the same on both sides of the handle.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood and clay ?
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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