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FigureSa337

Brown clay seated figure with hollow back. Formed facial features, open mouth, decorations around neck and chest and protruding belly. Hands resting on rounded belly. Sitting with knees bent. Some red slip remains.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleSa336

Red-brown whistle with white slip. Hollow, rounded form with projecting mouthpiece and flat bottom. Two small holes in form, hole at mouthpiece, and round hole cut at bottom. Some modeling and incising at back. Whistle in the shape of an animal head, possibly a wild pig?

Culture
Central America
Material
glaze and clay
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe394

Unevenly rectangular slab of wood incised on one side with a central crocodile figure bordered with geometric patterns of triangles, ovals and diagonal lines on the top and bottom pattern. Fibre ties run through four holes in the wood on the back. The surface is covered in charcoal pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
oil, charcoal, pigment, fibre and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.36

Spouted jug. Cream fine-grained clay with a dark red slip. White filling in incised decoration. Hemispherical shaped body, tall cylindrical neck terminating at a cut-away mouth. A pierced lug is found at junction of neck and body opposite handle. Vertical twisted handle extends from body to neck below mouth. From the lug a vertical relief band decorated with incised lines extends along body. On neck are four groups of five encircling grooves. On body there are vertical zigzag bands consisting of a row of short strokes framed by lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleAf476

Globular calabash rattle with neck extending slightly off centre. Decorated by incising painted surface to expose linear geometric design in natural yellow. Stopper is fitted to top by loop of five strands of purple thread strung through holes in neck. Paint is red.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
fibre, paint and gourd fruit
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleAf475

Elongated gourd rattle with stopper and leather fringe. Neck and pointed base of gourd are stained black. Elaborate decoration of mid-section consists of three panels each repeating the same linear and curvilinear patterns separated by crosshatched forms and bordered top and bottom by two parallel lines enclosing interlocking forms. Black decoration is burnt and stained. Light yellow of gourd is exposed where incised, skin is light brown. Stopper is red, and fringe is black striped.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
gourd fruit, stain and leather skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAf471

A calabash with geometric relief designs around shoulder, above, and on flat base. At the widest circumference are four supernatural beasts. Between and beneath the beasts are shield-like forms and above back tails are wedge-shaped designs. Texture on carved forms is achieved by fine incised lines. The animal portrayed has the body and claws of a cat, a bird-like head, and beak, and a long tail terminating in a spade-shaped tip. Above and beneath the animal are geometric designs consisting of wedge shaped bordered by seven straight horizontal lines encircling the container. The base design consists of tapering arms radiating from a circle. The negative background of the calabash is yellow-red and the positive areas are black. The black forms are outlined in deeper relief than the surrounding background.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Oyo, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumIe389

Carved wood drum with an hourglass-like shape. At the middle is a carved, rounded handle with two lines of diamond-shaped protrusions on either side; in between are bands of a repeated design that have a cowrie shell-like appearance. Each opening has a similar triangular design detail (crocodile?). One end of the drum has a carved rim.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HornIe381

A cylinder tapering from an open mouth to a closed end with a hole which apparently is for a tether. The blowhole at the top is surrounded by four-prong star-like incised lines. Within the longest arm are six notches. Carved lines encircle the mouth rim and the opposite tip. Stained black but mostly worn to brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear ThrowerIe375

Bamboo tube, cut open more than a third of its length, which is undecorated but pierced by a hole near one end. Wood hook is carved like a bird profile, with incised 'eyes', 'crest', 'beak', and 'body marks'. The hook is bound to the tube with fibre. Painted brown but the pigment is worn off the bamboo on the sides and the underside.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass, fibre, charcoal and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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