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PencilEd5.2841

Unsharpened pencil with kokeshi doll at one end. Round head rotates above smaller oval body with stepped base. Painted topknot with red decorations, stylized features, traditional dress.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paint, adhesive, graphite mineral and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2834

Wood doll with round head on cylindrical body. Top of head has a point at the centre. Crescentic eyebrows and eyes and dot for mouth. Stylized kimono in brown, black, and green. "J.M.M." written on base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paint, adhesive, lacquer and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2832

Wood doll with round head on cylindrical body. Hair is painted black with a line down the middle, a swirl at the front and two lighter shades of lines at either sides in between. Crescentic eyebrows and eyes, teardrop-like nose, and two dots for mouth. Six sets of horizontal white and black lines divide body into seven segments. Three vertical lines of green foliage flow downt the body.

Culture
Japanese
Material
lacquer, adhesive, paint and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll Box422/21 a-v

Box (a) with painting of four children playing with dolls on lid; red calligraphy on lid and sides; floral design on sides. Box contains sheets of cut-out paper dolls (b-d), fabric doll heads on wooden sticks (e-g), cardboard dolls (h-j), rolls (k-r) and strips (s-v) of patterned crepe paper for making doll's clothes.

Culture
Japanese
Material
adhesive, paper, fibre, paint, wood and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2824 a-q

Set of fifteen paper costume dolls with stands (parts a-o). Dolls contained in an envelope stamped "Set Number One / Typical Handpainted /Japanese Paper Dolls" (part p).

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, adhesive, paint and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2823

Doll has rounded fixed head with molded features of crescentic eyebrows, inset crescentic eyes, and red mouth. Ridged body with soft upper arms and thighs and molded lower arms and legs. Kimono has floral design on red ground. Red and gold checkered obi and white tabi. Wooden post with calligraphy at back of doll. Noise box under obi.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, silk fibre, adhesive, paper, paint, wood and hair
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf420

Figure representing a dentist wearing a short-sleeved tunic, short pants, and a soft pointed hat. The dentist is standing holding the right hand of his patient with his left hand. The patient is wearing a sleeveless tunic, and short pants, and is sitting on a stool. The dentist is placing a y-shaped wooden implement in the patient's mouth. There are similar implements on a table. The table, tunics, and stool are light yellow-brown. Hat is light red-brown. Limbs and heads are dark brown. Base is brown plywood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, stain, wood, rice adhesive and egun thorn
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf390

Two figures representing people. One is sitting on a cylindrical stool with the legs bent backwards at the knees, wearing a sleeveless shirt and knee-length pants, and holding a long pole in the left hand. The other figure is standing, bent forward at the waist, wearing a conical hat, a sleeveless shirt, knee-length pants, and holding a club-shaped object in the right hand while resting a machete blade on a high cylindrical table surface. Between the two figures is a fire pit with bellows. Light yellow-brown clothing, stool, pole, and machete handle. Hat and fire ash are light red-brown. Heads, limbs, fire pit, and table are dark brown. On a wood base.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, stain, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf389

Figures representing people at a sewing machine and a cloth on the table which is between a standing figure and a figure sitting on a cylindrical stool. Both figures are wearing elbow-length shirts and knee-length pants. The thread on the sewing machine is wound around a thin piece of wood leading to the cloth. Shirt, pants, and stool are light yellow-brown. Heads, limbs, and table legs are dark brown. Table top, and base are light brown wood. The cloth is light brown with blue and orange stripes.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood, stain, cotton fibre ?, paper and fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thorn CarvingAf388

A standing figure representing a person wearing a soft pointed hat, a short-sleeved shirt, and knee-length trousers is holding, in both hands, an inverted container with six coconuts in it. On the ground at the feet of the figure, there are five coconuts. The head and limbs are dark brown. Clothing and container are light yellow-brown. Hat and coconuts are light red-brown. Base is light brown wood.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
atum thorn, egun thorn, rice adhesive, wood and stain
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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