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Canoe ProwIe400

Canoe prow with a large animal head with upward-sloping jaws or a beak at the front, an upper figure of a double-headed animal with a forward-facing face reminiscent of the larger animal's head, and a rearward-facing face with down-sloping jaws or a beak. Below this figure is a support with two incised and painted concentric circles. The geometric designs and facial features are emphasized with black, light pinkish-brown, and white pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe386

Short bamboo section, bound with fibres and with fibre and feather rings at top and bottom. The stop is a kneeling man with a crested bird on his head. Both have cowrie eyes, the bird also has a row of fibre tassels on its back while the man has 1 in his nose. The bird also has a tuft of feathers on its cheek.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, fibre, bamboo grass, cassowary feather ?, pigment and cowrie shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe385

Bamboo pole bound with bamboo grass, covered with dark pigment, and divided by three rings of woven bamboo grass and dark feathers. The wooden stop forms a crocodile merging into a crested bird. Both have cowrie eyes; the bird also has a row of fibre tassels hanging from the back and a cheek mound with feathers, shells, and a fibre loop.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pigment, cowrie shell, cassowary feather ?, fibre, wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe384

Flute formed by a bamboo tube, split its whole length, held together with rings and lashings of bark and with a hole in the side near the stop. The wooden stop has a kneeling woman, with a bird on top of her head, and a human head upside down behind her legs with black cassowary feathers adorning it. Cowrie shells are inlaid into the eyes, the bird's neck, and the human foreheads. There is hair on the human heads and another fringe of cassowary feathers at the open end.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, wood, cassowary feather, pigment, hair, cowrie shell and bark ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2875

Birch base with bark has carved figure of Ainu man with long black hair and a beard. Wearing a brown kimono with blue and white border and a green belt.

Culture
Japanese and Ainu
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEd5.2873 a-b

Small lion head mask (part a) with gold tuft of hair on top of head, white hair fringe over eyes, gold eyes with black eyeballs, red nostrils, and gold teeth. Lower jaw operated on wooden peg. Red tongue. Ears attached with pegs. Part b is a yellow cotton bag.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paint and hair
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA7020 a-d

Four carved poles with a rectangular segment at the top, followed by an eagle figure with its wings spread, a killer whale with recurved tail at top and nose at bottom, and a rounded, roughly cylindrical segment at the bottom. Painted in black and red on white. (Illegible inscription on back of A7020 b.)

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor MaskIe441

Large wooden mask. Has a pointed brow with slanted oval eyes that have white rings for irises. Large beaked, inward curving nose which becomes part of the face. The eyes and the mouth areas are painted black with the remainder stained with red ochre. The mouth is very small and has an open u-shape. From ear to ear, there are small notched ridges from around the face. The whole mask is surrounded with grasses and other natural fibres. Eight holes hold grass ring to mask.

Culture
Murik
Material
wood, fibre, pigment, plastic ? and adhesive ?
Made in
Murik Lakes, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.2895

Folding silver paper fan mounted on twenty-seven thin wooden ribs. Red galleon stenciled on silver background. Tips of waves(?) are sketched in white. Thicker end ribs each have carved and incised Japanese characters.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paper, paint and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEd5.2956

Wood mask that has an open, hollow mouth with four fangs. Pointed ears and straight, coarse, black to dark blue hair framing blue green face. Eyebrows, pupils, and nostrils are black. Eyes and mouth are lined with purple. Whites of eyes and teeth are not painted or varnished. On ther back, there is a square stamp in Japanese script. Hair is groups of strands formed by individual holes approximately one centimetre across. Green cord at back for hanging.

Culture
Japanese
Material
horse hair, lacquer, nylon fibre, paint and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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