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Fragment: LeisterNa1047

Straight piece with a metal spike at top, forming reverse angle barb. Base of piece cut on diagonal and curves outwards with a lip on the outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
metal and musk ox horn
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: LeisterNa1046

Curved piece with a square metal spike at top, forming reverse angle barb. Base of piece is cut on diagonal with lip on outside.

Culture
Inuit
Material
metal and musk ox horn
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: LeisterNa1045

Curved piece has metal spike forming reverse angle barb. Base of curved piece is cut on diagonal and has small lip.

Culture
Inuit
Material
musk ox horn, metal and antler
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Game PaddleEd5.2846

Short handled paddle shape cut from one piece of wood. Flattened female figure on curved cardboard backing attached to front surface. Figure has a high rounded crown gold hat with a red trim and silver flowers which is tied with a white cord under the chin. Painted face. Multi-coloured brocade gown with conch shell, umbrella, clouds, and mountain design. Her left hand a holds gold and black carrying stick. Red cord on one end attaches to a brocade bag. Figure is raised by three wooden props: one under the shoulders and two under the head. Handle is covered with green and gold brocade in a tortoise shell pattern. Face of board covered with sille painted with wisteria. Back is painted with a black branch and white berries. Small metal bell under head of figure.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, silk fibre, paper, metal, paint and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChestEd5.2893 a-h

Black lacquer chest (part a) with metal corner pieces on top and metal handles on sides. Five drawers (parts b, c, d, g, and h), two doors cover upper two drawers, and one door covers drawer (part h) on lower right. Top drawers (parts b and c) have floral design and metal pulls. Doors have floral design on interior while bird, and floral design on exterior with metal strapping, and round metal medallions. Silk tassels from metal rings at top of doors. Third drawer (part d) has pine decoration and two metal pulls. Drawer on lower left (part g) has two cranes and pine design, two metal pulls, and a round metal knob, inside which drawer contains box (part e) with lid (part f) decorated with bamboo and a bird. Drawer on lower right (part h) has floral design, and metal pull. Door covering drawer has floral design on interior while bamboo design on exterior with metal hinges, and round metal knob.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, lacquer, metal, adhesive and silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StandEd5.2892 a-e

Oblong stand (part a) with two drawers (parts b and c), a lid (part d) and a rectangular box (part e). Scalloped perforated side panels with gold floral design form the legs on the stand (part a). Top of stand (part a) has pine tree and two gold cranes. Drawers (parts b and c) are side by side on one side and have metal pulls with a design similar to the top of the stand. One drawer contains a rectangular box (part e) with gold floral design on the lid (part d).

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, lacquer and metal
Made in
Japan
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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HeadrestAj124

Headrest carved from single piece of wood. Round, hollowed, convex base. Flat stand with large vertical pit down one side. Top curves upwards at ends. Nailed in three areas from top. Has small silver metal sheet wrapped around one side. Nailed with three nails on each side. Two holes on top and two on base where braided leather goes through.

Culture
Turkana
Material
leather skin, metal and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoAc253

Thin brown smooth-backed wood piece. Narrow rectangular wood platform has on top seven metal tongues (keys), once nine, evenly-spaced in a row, placed lengthwise to the wood piece, and held in place by a lateral bar wrapped in metal strips that are inserted into the wood piece through to the back. Length of knotted hide strung through two holes at same end. Large hole in the middle of the wood piece. Lateral bar inserted in the edge with two loosely-wrapped metal bands. Carved with a main geometric design consisting of four parallel horizontal bands, from top to bottom: diagonal lines, opposing diagonal lines, four double-outlined u-curves, and four upside down u forms with diagonals inside.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
skin, metal and wood
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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