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Shadow PuppetIb422

Javanese Wayang Kulit puppet of monkey general. Brown pudgy body with red face, red and white eyes, open mouth with red teeth. Curling black beard and hair; feet set wide apart on red base. Wears yellow, blue, red, headdress; bracelets on wrists and ankles and on upper arms. Necklace extending to waist. Bare upper torso. Wears checked black and white skirt with red lines, blue, green, black, white, flounces going down legs and between legs onto base. Plastic rivets on elbows and shoulders. Green stick ties horn to hands. Support stick goes from head, down body and extends further to a carved pointed end. Paint faded or peeled off in areas. Three fingers missing on one hand. A bird is on hat, and one on his waist sash.

Culture
Javanese
Material
plastic, fibre, paint, ink, water buffalo horn and water buffalo skin
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb421

Javanese Wayang (shadow) Kulit (leather) puppet of man wearing elaborate crown and outfit. Upper torso bare except for floral pink and red sashes that connect to crown. Large trousers go from hips to knees, highly decorated in pink, blue, and green, and gold leaf all over. Feet together on a red platform. Plastic rivets at shoulder and elbows. Support stick goes from head all down body into point attached by white string half way to end of horn stick curved. Arm sticks also black attached to hands with white string.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, plastic, fibre, paint, gold metal and water buffalo horn
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1384

A large shadow puppet of a Chinese man. Wearing an elaborate ceremonial hat once red, green, yellow, and pink, now colours faded in most areas. Wearing long oriental style robes with floral decoration on half of the body on the front. Large green sleeves edged with pink. Has black high heeled shoes. Plastic rivets on shoulders, elbows, hands, and knees. One right angled black water buffalo horn stick pointed downwards connected to the hat end with black string. One black horn stick on each hand.

Culture
Chinese
Material
horn, skin, paint, plastic, fibre and ink
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1383

A large shadow puppet of a male Chinese warrior with a black chin beard and a long black moustache. Floral warrior hat. Wearing long sleeved floral robes with matching trousers. Flowers are pink and yellow with green leaves. Edges of sleeves and trouser bottoms are black as are his shoes. Plastic rivets at shoulders, elbows, hands, hips, and knees. One handling stick is at an angle facing down tied to the ear and the hat.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, horn, fibre, ink, plastic and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head CoverAj117

A thin pliable piece made from one piece of dyed red leather. Long hood style gathered in four places on the crown. Has two white cords on tje upper two gathered places as ties. Two beads per stitch run around the entire edge, across the upper part, and down the centre to the end where a silver chain is attached with a brass (?) arrow point is at its end. Stitching is done with black and red cotton thread and blue nylon thread. Beads are multi-coloured,and different sizes. Smooth inside. Rougher outside texture.

Culture
Maasai ?
Material
metal, glass, nylon fibre, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchCc3

Pouch of stiff dark brown leather. Flat envelope-like pouch with high sides and dips in centre. Stitching along sides and has decoration doubled on centre of bag with yellow, blue, white, green beads at intervals, two on each side and two on bottom. Also stitching in u-shape with beads. Decorated only on one side. Stitching dyed red, now faded. Stitching loose, broken in one area on front side and back side. Handle is thin strip of leather. Bag does not open, leather is very stiff.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre, dye, glass ? and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1382

A shadow puppet of a young Chinese man with elegant smooth features and long black hair with a round green, yellow, and red hat. Wearing a floral robe of red, yellow, green, pink, and light brown with trousers to match, and black sandals. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with plastic rivets on the arm parts, and hide rivets on the body. Black horn bent at right angle following length of hair connected to sideburn with black string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
ink, paint, horn, skin and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1381

A shadow puppet of a Chinese man with a wrinkled face, short black hair, and a long moustache. Wearing a red hat with yellow plumes on the back and two flowers. Wearing black high cut Manchu laced boots and intricate floral robes with trousers to match. Three horn handling sticks, one at the back of the head bending downwards at a right angle, tied with black string, and one at each hand tied also with black string. Plastic rivets connect parts, shoulder, elbows, hands, waist, and hips. One boot shows completely while with the other, only the foot appears from under the long robes.

Culture
Chinese
Material
plastic, ink, paint, horn, skin and fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj128

Fat container with leather bottom cap and straps which are connected to a ring of leather at the neck. Handle is braided cowhide with brown hair. Lid is also leather moulded onto container.

Culture
Turkana
Material
cow skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkinK4.342

Skunk skin that has been folded in half. Skin has black and white fur on outside. Tail protrudes from one end of the folded skin.

Culture
Southern African
Material
skunk skin
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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