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FigureNa982

Miniature, carved, standing dog with painted black eyes, red nostrils, and red mouth. It has a long curved tail.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNa981

Miniature, carved figure of a dog standing with painted eyes, nostrils, mouth and tongue hanging out.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and paint
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb408 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure; large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Light cream face with slightly curved, pointed nose, white eyes with black pupils cast downwards. Red lips; moustache, beard, hair, other facial details in black. Large red crown (mahkota) headdress with gold, green, and black components, notably a large badong, red Garuda with black tail, and single black hair curl with gold stripe. Neck, upper torso gold: arms with green, white, and red ornaments at bicep and wrist. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Purple chest covering and long apron with white wavy trim and sequins and twisted wire decoration. Apron has black waistband, and yellow frills at bottom. Long batik skirt (orange, red, blue, and lavender).

Culture
Sundanese
Material
fibre, paint, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb406 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure (part a) with large head (part b) and jointed arms attached to controlling rod (part c). Pink face with slightly curved pointed nose positioned forward with white teeth. Eyes outlined in black, cast forward. Hair, moustache, beards, other facial details on black. Long curved (gelung supit urang) headdress with very long sumping in gold with green dawala, two forward sumping around a flower motif at forehead. Single long black hair curl (kendit). Gold neck and upper torso; gold and red ornaments on each arm at bicep and wrist. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Red chest covering and apron with wavy brown trim, green sequins with bead centres. Apron has red waistband, yellow fringe at bottom. Long batik skirt (blue, purple, and beige). 'Sadewa' in blue ink on white lined paper glued to skirt front and headdress (to right).

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb405 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. White face positioned downwards: straight, pointed nose, red lips, white teeth. Eyes, hair, moustache, outlined in black. Wide red crown (mahkota) headdress with large gold diadem and karawista. Green Garuda Mungkur (long tongue) with floral (?) design. Green and grey trim. Neck and upper torso gold; pair of gold and red ornaments on each arm at wrist and bicep. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Red chest covering and apron with beads and sequins; apron has red waistband and yellow fringe at bottom. Batik in red and blue on rough beige cloth for skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb401 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. Head positioned downwards; green face with exaggerated features: bulging white eyes, red irises, large wedge-shaped nose, red lips, and white teeth. Thick moustache with small beard, other details in black. Black gelung supit urang headdress with Garuda Mungkur in pink and red. Neck, upper torso gold; pair of gold and red ornaments on each arm at bicep and wrist. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Red chest covering and apron with green and blue sequins, beads, brown trim. Apron with red waistband and yellow fringe at bottom. Purple, blue and beige batik skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, fibre, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf479

Mask sepicting a male face with a raised band across the forehead, stylized ears, and eyes with crescent-shaped holes underneath each. Two holes each on both sides of face are threaded with stem (?). Painted black overall with traces of off-white on the lower portion of each eye and in two vertical bands under the nostrils.

Culture
Igbo
Material
paint, stem ? and wood
Made in
Umuahia, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlA2448

Wood bowl in the shape of a seabird, probably a loon, with the neck extended outward and forward and the back hollowed to form a dish. The bird has circular abalone shell inlaid eyes surrounded by a plain tapering oval and a beak covered with red ochre. The body of the bird is painted black with eight oval opercula inset around the rim. On the upper surface of the tail, there is a face design that has small white circular inset bead eyes surrounded by an oval and a tapering oval, a nose, and an open mouth coated with red ochre showing four plain teeth.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
glass, abalone shell, paint, ochre pigment, operculum shell and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf495

Hardwood piece with reddish patina and thick black paint in areas. Upper half consists of large and small human heads placed back to back with one long neck continuing into large u-shaped structure. A twisted and knotted cotton cord passes through a hole in the top of the larger head. Both heads have carved facial features in relief: long slit eyes elongated nose, pointed chin with protruding lips, long crescent-shaped black eyebrows, black cap-like hair. Black paint also in rings around neck and front and back faces of u structure. European thread spool attached by wood rod placed through ends of both stems of u structure at a perpendicular angle.

Culture
Guro
Material
wood and bituman paint
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Heddle PulleyAf494

Hardwood piece that has a worn black-painted surface with two-thirds of which is a woman's long neck and head. The other third is a rounded U-shaped structure. Tripartite coiffure, chin length, blunt cut with incised lines for hair texture. Facial features are carved in relief. Face has semi-circle shaped eyes and a wide nose. The forehead has seven small raised squares that are placed horizontally in groupings of two and three. Flange of neck has extensions and each have a hole for attaching roller at perpendicular angle. Roller is now missing. Horizontal perforation through hair section at back.

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