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MaskEh48

Mask depicting the demon Gara Yaka with protruding eyes, a crooked nose with flared nostrils, wide red lips borderd in black, white teeth, curving cobras emerging from the corners of the mouth, disc-shaped concave ears, scrolling protruding elements above each ear, and a headdress formed by five cobras. The mask is painted in glossy pink, red, white and black. Strips of red fabric are threaded through the eye slits and the centre of each roundel to secure them to the mask. Twine attached at back. A label written in blue ink on the reverse reads, "Gara Yaka."

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal, plant fibre, cotton fibre ?, brass metal, paint and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb352 a-c

Three-dimensional humanoid puppet: the large head (part b) fits into a body clothed in a green patterned shirt and purple and green plaid skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure has a blue face, neck and hands. The figure has light blue bulging eyes and a large bulbous nose. Lower tooth row is visible; upper and lower fangs present at each corner of mouth, between red lips. Human hair nailed in small bunches to head; bump at base of skull at rear. Torso unpainted under shirt; upper arms made of twisted cloth rope, lower arms and simple outstretched hands of wood. Head movement controlled by removable rod extending though body to handle beneath skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, paint, human hair and metal
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh134

Mask with black painted face, a nose with two bumps on the bridge, flaring nostrils, a moustache made of dark brown hair, and bulging eyes, each with a semicircular socket decorated with radiating black lines and yellow and red bands that follow the curve. Painted white vertical lines decorate the nose, and curved white lines indicate wrinkles at the centre of the forehead as well as below each eye. Each eye also has a crescent-shaped hole beneath it. The mouth has a red fabric upper lip only and from which white plastic teeth and curved fangs protrude. A braid made of black woven hair ? is attached around the edge of the mask. Twined fabric ties attached to reverse.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal, paint, plastic, fibre and hair
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3571

Bentwood box, kerfed, steamed, bent, adzed. Pegged at one corner, and bottom of all sides. Three sides are decorated with an incised rectangle, leaving an undecorated border around it, that has carved horizontal lines. Fourth side is plain.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3572

Bentwood box with a lid, bent with outside corners opened and joined at the seam with wooden nails. Three of the four sides have chiselled decoration: one of the longer sides is almost completely covered in rows of chiseling with a border of relatively smooth wood, and the two shorter sides are split down the centre with one half chiseled in rows, and the other half chiseled at the top with four rows and a border on the sides and top of relatively smooth wood.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA3581

Bentwood box with sides decoratively adzed in rows.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Totem PoleA8069

Model totem pole depicting three animal figures: the pole has a square base on which sits the head of a fish surmounted by a bear figure and finally a thunderbird figure at the top. The pole is nailed to its base.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA5278

A painted brown wood mask of a hawk. The green outlined cut out pupils of the eyes are surrounded by a green area. The eyebrows are black, and the forehead is red. The hook curved beak has red lips with red dashes around the lower mouth area and a black area under the chin.

Culture
Heiltsuk ?
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4485

Mask composed of a humanoid face surmounted by a bird's face with a long, protruding beak. The humanoid face is painted with a black forehead, black eyebrows, black bordered by green around the large circular eye holes, black over the tip of the nose, red nostrils, black lips and chin, and black and red designs on the cheeks. The bird face has metal discs for eyes, black eyebrows, and a green face with brown cheeks. The lower portion of the bird's beak is movable, and the paint on the beak fades from green at the base to greeny-brown to reddish-brown at the tip. A strip of light brown fabric is attached to the humanoid mask on one side with four metal nails.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
metal, fibre, wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Herring RakeA4507

Long wood rake painted three-quarters green with nails driven in with the sharpened ends downward.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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