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LyreCa39

Lyre with two arms and crossbar, all incised with a criss-cross design. The arms fit into plastic bowl covered with two pieces of tanned skin and hand sewn with goat gut. Six plastic strings are fastened to six pegs and lashed around the pegs and the crossbar. The strings are fastened across the front of the sound box over a wooden bridge and are all tied to a piece of gut which is sewn onto the sound box and stretched.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
goat intestine, plastic, goat skin and wood
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEd5.2792 a-e

Square wooden box (a) with a metal handle on the top. Box has a sectioned interior with four compartments; compartment on top left holds two tea bowls, right top contains tea container, lower left compartment contains tea bowl and tea container, lower right compartment contains tea whisk and stand. Door (b) slides up and into two grooves. Part c is a drawer, while parts d and e are partitions.

Culture
Japanese
Material
metal, wood and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNe224

Small wood, black-painted cradle board style baby carrier. U-shaped willow holder held in position by strips of tanned buckskin, accompanied by black cloth cover with canvas lining. String crisscross pattern down centre of cloth piece. Beaded floral designs in red, blue, pink, and green. Majority of flowers are clear beads. Edges lined with transparent blue and clear bead lines. Top of board is carved in wave design. Top's centre has heart-shaped hole. Above hole, bent band of wood with dip in centre is lashed twice, at both sides, with buckskin strips and held in place by a wood strip placed underneath board and nailed in three places. Inside is unpainted.

Culture
Plains
Material
cotton fibre, paint, sinew, metal, fibre, wood and glass
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN2.921

Three full-length geisha figures standing on an orange flat rectangular wood base. All are dressed in polychrome robes. Their black hair is tied up in buns and adorned with ornaments.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2883 a-b

Figure of a dancer (part a) dressed in a dark blue kimono. Holding a small detachable torch (part b) in the figure's right hand. Wearing a black cap with ties of which are formed by red silk thread running through holes drilled into the head.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, wood, paint and silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToyEd5.2882

Long pointed ovoid base. Distinctive outline of Mount Fuji.

Culture
Japanese
Material
glass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BoxEd5.2881 a-b

Wood box with red stamp and black grass character on lid. Label on bottom: "Stationers".

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2880

Egg-shaped paper mache doll painted to indicate mother and child. Woman wears pink floral kimono with light blue-green leaves on a dark blue background and a red trim. Hand on right holds Japanese flag. Mounted on black painted wooden base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paper, paste adhesive and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2879

Carved Noh dancer with a white face. Red trim on kimono. Long black hair tied at back with ornament. Holding a gold object with blue ribbon in her right hand.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2877

Figure in full armour, seated on a black canted base. Wearing a headress with two outward pointing gold-coloured protrusions. Painted red, black, light blue, yellow, green, gold-, and silver-coloured.

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