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PlateCg318

Circular plate with flat base, short angled sides and flat rim with scalloped, raised border. Sponged glaze and mottled colour patterns overall are brown on yellow-white on exterior; grey-purple, green, blue, yellow and red on yellow-white inside.

Culture
English
Material
glaze and clay
Made in
United Kingdom and Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6223 a-b

Wooden mask adorned with cedar bark fringe at back that extends down past the bottom of the mask. Face is carved forward with a strong downward slant. There are two deeply carved ridges running from nose to temples that are accentuated with black lines. There are heavy black brows at the top of the face, a scalloped design in black below the cheeks, a dark yellow hooked nose with red nostrils, pursed protruding red lips, and a slightly pointed chin with a short horse hair beard. A feather with a long shaft protrudes upwards from one side and there is a bunch of white, grey and grey-brown feathers attached to a pointed piece of wood with adhesive fabric tape (b) and inserted into a hole in the top of the mask. The edge of the mask on the sides of the face and chin is painted brown.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, fibre, paint, horse hair, cedar bark and feather
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA6307

Carved, wooden, raven mask with a long beak. The beak is hinged with rubber pieces on either side; glued shut. The beak is painted black with a red mouth and nose. The eyes are outlined in black on a white with a green ovoid shaped background; brow is black. Attached to the top of the head is a braid of cedar with long stripes that hand down to cover the wearer. The inside of the mask is hollow with the exception of an attached twine cord that assisted the beak in opening and shutting. The mask is painted black, red, green and white with Northwest Coast stylized designs.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
metal, rubber, cedar bark and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerEdz1057 a-d

Wooden container with a bamboo handle (a), two trays and a lid (b-d). The outside is painted red-orange with gold trim and with panels of flowers in pink, white, green and yellow-green. The base (a) sits on a raised ring with bamboo handle; deep tray (b); shallow tray (c) with six compartments; and a lid (d) with a raised outer panel with flower and bird designs.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
wood, bamboo grass and paint
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlateCg317

Circular plate with low foot, concave sides and flat angled rim. The green-brown rim has incised and cutwork triangular pattern; mottled design in well has a central flower and surrounding border in green and yellow with a mottled brown background.

Culture
English
Material
paint, glaze and clay
Made in
United Kingdom and Staffordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 e

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part e). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
gesso ?, paint, bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal and wood ?
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 b

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part b). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.838 e

Chinese characters in gold embroidery, on deep pink ground with plain turquoise border on three sides, white on side hanging from staff. Black Chinese characters at bottom back of white border. Curved staff has light green silk fringe at gold painted tip.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShieldIe504

Rectangular shape shield with a carved human figure sitting on the top holding a cylindrical shaped object to his face. The shield is carved in relief with geometric design painted with black pigment. The recesses of the shapes are painted dark orange with the surrounded areas painted white. The sides of the shield are decorated with bunches of fibre strips tied through to the opposite side. There is a large carved handle and a black and orange painted diamond design at the back of the shield.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, fibre and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugCh97

White pyriform jug on flat spread base, wide outward flaring mouth with pinched spout, loop handle from mid-neck to mid-body. In centre below spout is a crossed yellow wheel with "1607" in separate numbers. Around are blue wheeler's emblems, initials, N. B.

Culture
Slavic
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Czech Republic and Slovakia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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