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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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LampCe220

Lamp with a deep, rounded body, a rounded, protruding handle, a short nozzle with a larger filling hole and a slightly smaller wick hole. Inscribed in pencil on the underside of the base.

Culture
Roman
Material
clay
Made in
Italy
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollAe94

Miniature clay doll with abstract moulded arms. There are three holes for the face, and the hair is scratched on. One side is sloped at bottom edge.

Culture
Bira
Material
clay
Made in
Ngbulanzabo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollAe93

Doll made from a piece of corn cob with the head, breasts, and buttocks made from clay.

Culture
Bira
Material
clay and corn seed
Made in
Ngbulanzabo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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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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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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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FigureEd5.2826

Male doll holding a staff(?) in his right hand and has a wooden chest on his back. He is wearing a ball- shaped hat attached under his chin with a cord, a checkered shirt and a black jacket with gold calligraphy. He has yellow feet and red on the bottom. There is a tuft of black hair in front of each ear.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, clay, fibre, adhesive and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj126

Container with flat wide bottom that has a narrowing neck and flat smaller top. Camel hide with brown white hair still on it, covering the bottom connected with five longer strips to a narrowed neck where a ring of leather is tied. Cap is made from hide connected with handle.

Culture
Turkana
Material
camel skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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