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Fertility FigureAj106

Wood figure representing a young man. Elongated slender figure carved in wood and blackened. Straight crude limbs and small delicately carved features. Rough black wool yarn has been glued on for hair and small white beads glued at eyes. Dressed in an outer apron. Inner apron and dress-like front apron in leather with large rich coloured beads in green, red, blue, and white.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, glass and pigment
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb384 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 that 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. Green face with wedge shaped nose, bulging white eyes with red irises, red lips, exposed white teeth. Black moustache, hair, sideburns, beard, facial details. Black upswept curl headdress (gelung supit urang) with gold, red, and yellow diadem with long sumping and very wide Tali Garuda. Two large badong with red and green dawala extending from Tali. Garuda Mungkur extends high above curl, coloured red with gold siyung jawi. Gold neck and upper torso; each arm has red and green ornaments at wrist and bicep. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering and apron with brown wavy trim, cross shaped pattern in sequins and beads (red and green). Apron has red waistband, long yellow fringe at bottom. Long batik skirt in beige, brown, and green.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb383 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 that 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. Pink face positioned downwards, with straight nose, red lips, white teeth. Hair, moustache, facial details and eyes outlined in black. Large headdress with gold diadem (jamang), black cap, and backwards facing blue, white and red Garuda Mungkur (long tongue) called sekar kluwih. Very small forward curl in front of Garuda (gelung keling?). Gold sumping, single kendit, green, red, blue decoration overall. Neck, upper body gold; arms with green and red ornaments at bicep and wrist. Black chest covering with wavy brown trim, sequins and beads in cross pattern on both chest covering and apron, which has a red waistband, red wavy trim and a long yellow fringe at bottom. Long batik skirt; beige with light brown, blue, and dark brown; seam at centre front.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb382 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 that 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. Blue face (Bima type) positioned slightly downwards; wedge-shaped nose, bulging white eyes with red irises, closed red lips. Teardrop-shaped red decoration on each cheek. Thick moustache, beard, sideburns, hair in black. Very ornate crown (mahkota) in red with gold diadem, karawista with green trim. Gold sumping in green and red, above black Tali Garuda. Double badong beneath grey Garuda Mungkur (short-tongued) with siyung jawi. Considerable discolouring of head and torso. Neck and upper body dull gold, each arm with black and red (?) ornaments at wrist and bicep. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering and apron with cross-shaped wrapped wire designs, white wavy trim, sequins. Apron has purple waistband, and worn yellow fringe at bottom. Long batik skirt in yellow, beige and green.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEd5.1509

Carving of a boat, in medium brown wood. Boat has pointed bow, square stern and slightly rounded bottom. Midway along length is square canopy 1.7 x 2.6cm. Mounted on four square posts at corners. On boat are three human figures, one standing at bow with net, one seated under canopy, one at back with oar.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAe82

Cylindrical brown carved wooden headdress with human head features. Surface is smooth with a few adze marks. Head is hollow with rectangular orifice at the back; and one on top of head surrounded by an oval carved rosette with white outer edge. Neck is open to fit head above the brow of wearer. Ears are small, flat and scooped out; face is long with flat nose, puffy checks, white lenticular eyes and mouth, bared white teeth (six upper and five lower). Three incised parallel scarification marks are incised on upper cheeks from below ears to nose and three similar lines arch from above ears and meet at mid-forehead.

Culture
Central African
Material
chalk stone and wood
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolAe81

Wooden stool, smooth, carved in one piece. Circular, slanted seat; solid tubular edge; supported by four standing human figures with the seat resting on their heads. All with three bracelets incised on their right forearms, supporting jars with their left hands. Jars are joined to bodies and fingers. The other two figures hold in their right hands narrow bag-like objects with long necks curved around sideways. Left hands are pressed to left abdomens. Knees are slightly bent with feet very roughly carved or missing. A spotted standing animal with joined front paws supports underneath the centre of the seat with its back. At the edge a wooden column supports the seat from the hind end and a broken tail hangs down. Solid circular wooden base.

Culture
Central African
Material
wood and oil ?
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubA2606

Antler, oval in cross section; carved animal head at one end which projects to one side; second animal head about one quarter of the length of the antler from the first head, and projecting from the same side. Most of club surface incised with designs.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
antler
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2605

Elongated, curved length of bone; bottom tapers to a point; top is carved in the shape of a stylized human head wearing a truncated conical hat. Rectangular teeth exposed.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
bone
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerA2590

Whalebone dagger with a bilaterally symmetrical blade that has a groove carved down the centre. Slim handle flares to a pointed oval at the end where there is a face carved. The face has circle in tapering oval eyes with brows above and an open mouth smiling with multiple teeth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
whale bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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