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TextileN2.202

Bamboo, pine and flowers in bright colours, dark blue ends with geometric designs.

Culture
Japanese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Yaeyama, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileN2.200

Long, rectangular shaped, cream textile with a repeated black and turquoise diamond pattern. The large black diamonds have a central floral design. Both the narrow ends have a black line while only one has a faded, think blue strip along with numerous red stamps of various shapes with different calligraphy.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ?, hemp fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatN2.1152

Conical hat made from palm leaf secured with concentric bamboo rings.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
kuba palm leaf, bamboo grass and plant fibre ?
Made in
Kuhagasa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UrnN2.1051 a-b

Urn (a) and lid (b) in the form of an elaborate house or temple with decorative floral patterns. Top of lid has two grotesque fish, a dragon and other animal-like motifs on the sides. Parts of the inside are glazed brown. The interior is blue and yellow on white. Inscription on bottom of urn dated back to Kuang Hsi Period (1875-1908).

Culture
Okinawan
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueN2.985 a-nn

Plaque (a) on stand (b). The stand has two detachable posts with gold pointed finials (c-d) at either side that hold two panels with scrolling edges (e-f) at an angle against two taller posts that support the plaque. The rectangular divided frame that forms the plaque contains 34 "ancestral tablets" (g-nn), each of which is a slat of wood with red lacquer on the front and black on the reverse, and the slats are two deep with 18 in the bottom section and 17 in the top section. The plaque is black with two gold dragons, clouds and waves in gold, red, white and black inside a gold border. The base is black with gold accents, scrolls on the taller posts in gold and green, a lotus flower and two lilypads in gold and green on red at the centre, and wave motifs on the two removable panels.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
lacquer and wood
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall HangingNa1440

Rectangular, red felt wall hanging with rounded corners. Multicoloured felt appliqué of various zoomorphic figures with human heads; six bird and two musk ox-like figures. Figures are covered with multicoloured linear embroidery. Edges are rolled with maroon and white whipstitching.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wool fibre and fibre
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Orange Kayak Transforming BeingsNa1462

In the upper left corner there is an orange and blue bird with a light yellow owl in the middle and an orange kayak in the upper right corner. Dangling from the orange and blue bird, there is a human wearing turquoise clothing with purple trim who is holding onto a blue dog on the left side and a yellow dog on the right side. Above, there is ahuman wearing grey clothing and blue boots with a human-animal-like creature in the lower right corner with a grey and orange cariboo ? above. The background has grey dots and dashes. In grey, across the upper edge, are syllabics. The drawing is on horizontally rectangular off-white paper.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumNa1474

A black and white image of an animal figure on the left side of a circle slightly above with a human on the right side. In the lower left corner, there is a small grey image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Drum A/P 1969 XXXI Etonlookatma L. Amarouk'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on horizontally rectangular off-white paper.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NagyuleekNa1499

Two central large figures in red, black and brown with antler-like head pieces. Surrounded by smaller black and brown figures. In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'Nagyuleek 7/10 1974 Uqayyuittuq, Ukpaqaq'. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on a horizontally rectangular, off-white paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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People and GrailingsNa1496

Five human heads are depicted including one central ornage figure who is depicted in full with the head in profile, the arms outstretched, and wearing a grey robe. Two blue and black frontal human heads are surrouned by orange semi-ovals at either top side of the central figure. Two blue and white human heads shown in profile on lower portion of print have a blue and purple animal ? or a red fish coming out of their mouths. Colours in between include blue, orange, yellow, purple, and brown. In the lower right corner, there is a small yellow image of a right pointing arrow emerging from a bulge pointing to pencilled syllabic. Pencil inscription across the bottom edge reads 'People and Grailings 27/50 1974' and has a signature. In the lower right corner, there is a circular embossing. The print is on a vertically rectangular, light white-yellow, hand-made paper piece.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada and Qamanittuaq, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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