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ToyK2.390

A wood bird decorated with black dots on its body and having its wings which are tucked in close to its body outlined with green. Long beak. Black tail. On a base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyK2.383

A wood bird with its wings tucked close to its body. Body is mainly dark blue. The dark green wings are decorated with a red starburst shape surrounded by smaller dark blue dots, outlined in red, with a white diagonal off centre, and a red wing tip. The back is decorated with two red dots. The eyes are white with dark blue pupils and outlined with red. Beak slighty open, and outlined with red. Tail is red, decorated with dark blue, and outlined with white and green. Blue legs standing on a circular base.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Boli, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.214

A wood figure ithe closed oval eyes, heavily lidded underneath. The eyebrows are grooved. There is a nose and a wide open mouth with teeth. A pair of diagonal tribal scars are on cheek with another horizontal pair leading to the laid back ears. Carved rounded hair line above the head. Large bulging stomach, under which the hands rest. Short, stubby legs bent slightly at the knees. Colour: black.

Culture
Ibibio
Material
wood
Made in
Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.8

Much stylized human figure, black, with faces on both sides of the head. The front face has large open eyes, curved upraised eye brows, a big nose with wide nostrils, and an open mouth with an indentation within each cheek. The back face has small closed eyes, a slight upraised brow, a small nose, and a slightly open mouth with slightly fuller cheeks. The elongated neck has five protruding bulging rings. The wide shoulders round out to the arms resting at the sides. Figure has breasts, and a navel on the one side with the open eyes while the figure has a flat chest (or back ?) on the other side with closed eyes. The front side has feet with toes while the back side has rounded feet. Both faces are sharing a rounded dotted cap. On a base.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Aba, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxN1.510 a-c

Circular box with a carved red lacquer exterior that has arabesque, chrysanthemums and peonies in relief, and consisting of a lid (part b), a base (part a) and a stand (part c). The top of the lid has an elaborate landscape and garden scene with human figures engaging in social activities. The edges have key patterned borders. The interior of the box and the bottom of the base are black laquer.

Culture
Chinese
Material
lacquer and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN2.1298

Relief carving of two ducks swimming in water, surrounded by leaves, flowers and cattails. The carving sits inside a rectangular, grey frame. The carving is painted in gold, red, blue and green.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, gesso, paint and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game BoardK2.225

Long wood piece with parallel sides and both ends tapered to a point. There are six pairs of circular pots in the middle, totalling twelve, with a triangular dish at each tapered end. There are two rectangular legs, one at each end, and both of which are carved with a closed wall at the end and opening up toward the middle with three pairs of columns where there is a cylindrical leg in the middle which flares downward. The columns are carved with various geometric designs. The cylindrical leg tapers upward into a smaller square hole at the centre top of the wood piece which is surrounded by a carved grooved diamond shape around which the top has a design of many longitudinal grooved lines. Stained black.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
wood
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureK2.24

A stone sculpture of two bodies back to back. The smaller body consists of a large face carved with eyes, a nose with nostrils, and an open mouth with five teeth. The larger body consists of a big face carved with eyes, a nose with nostrils, a closed mouth, high cheek bones, short crouching legs, and arms that extend around backward to embrace the smaller body behind it.

Culture
Mende
Material
stone
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN2.1294

Elaborately carved rectangular wooden panel depicting two quails perched on a blossoming camellia tree; carvings are three-dimensional, bordered by a thick frame, and incorporate expanses of open space. Colours used are red, blue, green, brown and grey.

Culture
Japanese
Material
gesso, wood, paint and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.899

Hina doll set. Polychrome figures on tiers covered in red are a set of hina ningyō (雛人形; hina dolls) representing the emperor, empress, attendants, and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period. There are five steps. Top tier: two figures sitting on a rectangular platform are dairi bina (内裏雛), representing the emperor and empress with another figure known as inubako (犬筥, “dog box”) to their outside side. Second tier: a seated figure in the middle with a standing figure at either sides and a lamp at each end are three court ladies known as san’nin kanjo (三人官女). Third tier: five seated figures are five male musicians known as gonin bayashi (五人囃子). Three seated figures in the middle hold drums, one seated figure holds a flute and another, a singer holds a fan. Fourth tier: two seated figures are two ministers known as udaijin (右大臣, minister of the right) and sadaijin (左大臣, the minister of the left) with two hishimochi (菱餅; diamond-shaped rice cakes) on hishidai (菱台; diamond-shaped stands) in between. Fifth tier: three seated figures between sakura cherry blossom and tachibana citrus trees are helpers or protectors of the emperor and empress known as shichō (仕丁) consisting of nakijōgo (泣き上戸; crying drinker), okorijōgo (怒り上戸; angry drinker) and waraijōgo (笑い上戸; laughing drinker).

Culture
Japanese
Material
cotton fibre, clay, wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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