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Sample: PaperN2.1279 e

Square of handmade rice paper in translucent beige with two vertical brown and one horizontal orange stripe.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1279 d

Square of handmade rice paper in translucent blue and green with visible fibres. The blue area has an egg-shapes white area at its centre.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1279 c

Square of handmade rice paper in translucent beige with visible fibres. Two stripes of grey run vertically across the paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1279 b

Square of handmade rice paper in translucent beige with visible fibres. Diagonal brown stripes run across the paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1279 a

Square of handmade rice paper in translucent cream with designs of a faded flower with a dark green stem in front a few stalks of light green grass.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NeedleK2.278

Plain metal needle. Pointed tip at one end. The other end curls over to create a loop, the end of which inserts into the side of the needle itself. Along this same length, the metal is folded over to close the needle length in a flat, cylindrical-like manner.

Culture
Hausa
Material
metal
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM1.131 a

Figure representing a votary composed of grey-brown, fairly fine-grained clay with white limestone particles and fine silver mica covered in white slip and the details of the face painted in reddish-orange, and there is reddish-orange also painted on the arms and torso. The figure has a tubular body with its hands raised in front of its chest holding tympanum. Small fringe of hair on forehead. Tympanum and arms made separately and applied.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM1.131 b

Figure representing a votary composed of grey-brown, fairly fine-grained clay with white limestone particles and fine silver mica covered in white slip and the details of the face painted in reddish-orange, and there is reddish-orange also painted on the arms and torso. The figure has a tubular body with its hands raised in front of its chest holding tympanum. Small fringe of hair on forehead. Tympanum and arms made separately and applied.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BraceletA17175

Bracelet made from a piece of silver curved and rounded to have a slightly convex shape. There is a clasp at one end. Early form of Kwakwaka'wakw silver work. The engraved design, depicting an eagle surrounded by floral motif, is taken from the American eagle. Several pieces have been cut from the bracelet.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
silver metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NeedleK2.284

Long thin metal needle with a loop on one end, and a sharp point on the other. Pointed end is slightly bent.

Culture
Hausa
Material
metal
Made in
Zaria, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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