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DishCg153

Circular white dish with thick flat base, shallow curving sides and fluted wavy rim. On one side of well is a spray with rose, tulip and other flowers; on other, a single flower. Small flowers and leaves on rim. Gold lip.

Culture
French
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Strasbourg, Lorraine, France ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1059/1

Hat with narrow, downwardly curving brim and tapering, truncated crown with flat top. Black silk gauze ribbons at each side. Hat is woven of black, shiny material and is translucent. Circular rims around head and edge of brim. This hat is relatively coarsely made, and the crown has only one layer. Hats fits onto hat stand, 1059/2 a-b.

Culture
Korean
Material
horse hair ?, bamboo grass, lacquer, paint, wood, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Paddle1378/1

Small wooden paddle, with a painted bird head design. Tip of letter opener is painted red with red cross-hatching at the other end; handle and reverse side are unpainted. Artist signature and date on the back.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1376/2

Very long, narrow, black and grey textile, decorated with many horizontal rows of resist-dyed or painted red disks that are overprinted or stamped with black cross-shaped motifs, like petals of a flower. Sections woven with wool or goat hair yarns alternate with sections woven with cotton yarns. Long black fringes at each end are made by tightly twisting the warp yarns.

Culture
North India ?
Material
wool fibre ?, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureNi83

A red painted earthenware hollow seated female figure, sitting with the knees folded under. The figure's left arm is bent so that it's left hand is at the back of the head. The figure's right arm is bent so that the right hand is holding a rattle forward. The rattle is a round ball with a protruding point at the top centre and a cone-like handle. There are breasts and a slightly rounded belly. White eyes with black pupils, open mouth with white teeth. Earrings and necklace.

Culture
Western Mexico
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thunderbird Headdress686/4 a-c

Small (child's) thunderbird headdress with a curved beak, protruding ears, cedar bark hair, and red and black paint. Inscription on reverse.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceCh289

Woman's necklace of 23 painted or stained wooden beads of various sizes and shapes (cubes, spheres, barrel-shapes), strung on yellow, red and blue twisted cord.

Culture
Polish
Material
wood, fibre, dye, lacquer and paint
Made in
Lowicz, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA4371

Tall square bentwood box with black and red painted Northwest Coast stylized distributive designs. The front and back have complex designs; the sides have two sets of thinly outlined black ovoids. The box is pegged together at the side seam and on the bottom. Base is split and joined with nails. There is no lid.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
paint, metal and red cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Totem PoleA50038

Pole of T’st’entsit. Carved in high relief out of cedar wood. Crest figures from top to bottom: mythical woman; Kulus (related to Thunderbird); sisiyutl (double-headed serpent), its horns now missing; human form of sisiyutl, holding a copper; Gwa’wina (raven). The large protruding beak of the raven has been attached. The entire surface is painted in black, white, green and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and Tsaxis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.61

Doll representing a male figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. His face and hands are painted white with hair, eyebrows and eyes painted in black, and a mouth painted in pink. A braid hangs down his back, tied at the top with a long black ribbon on one half of which are adhered four square gold decorative elements. He wears a very pale blue hip-length silk jacket lined in white, lapped to his right and tied at the waist with a separate pink sash tied in a single-loop bow. The sleeves of the jacket are made of parallel bands of various bright colours. The jacket has a self-facing at the neck and a narrower white facing. Under it is a white cotton jacket that is slightly shorter. The figure wears full white cotton pants tucked into ankle wrappings which extend over white socks.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, fibre, silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye, horse hair ?, paste adhesive and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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