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Mother and SonNa797

Print depicting two figures, the taller female figure is front-facing and has a small child's face in her hood. The other figure is pictured in profile, and both are in traditional Inuit dress, which is brown and blue-green. Below the image is written, "Mother and Son Stonecut 18/50 Dorset 1975 Pauta," and the artist's name is written in Inuit syllabics. The artist's name is also written in Inuit syllabics above the printmaker's name, also in syllabics, which is printed above the Cape Dorset stylized red igloo in the upper left-hand corner of the image. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind embossed stamp is in the bottom right-hand corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fox in CampNa816

Complex of eight igloos in landscape; nine silhouetted human figures, some carrying snow beaters, central figure wears sunglasses. Profile fox near lower left; large smiling yellow fox face in upper right. Names of artist and printmaker above Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal at upper right. Pencil inscription below image from lower left: "Fox in camp" stonecut and stencil 18/50 Dorset 1975 Pudlo. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp in lower corner on right.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Summer OwlNa814

Black owl with profile body and frontal head, purple tufts. Man's head with brown hood behind owl. Names of artist and printmaker in Inuit syllabics, Cape Dorset stylized ''red igloo'' seal in lower corner on left. Inscription below image from side on left reads: "Summer owl stonecut and stencil 38/50 Dorset 1975 Kenojuak." Canadian Eskimo Arts Council's blind embossed stamp in lower corner on right.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Military Door Gods with GuandaoEdz995 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline, with an armed military door god (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with guandao pole weapons (立刀将军) in green, red, and purple. Faces and background are orange. White paper left uncoloured in some places. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders. Figures are 65.5 cm high. Part (a) is the figure in a green robe, part (b) is in a red robe.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God PrintEdz994 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline with a civil officer door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen; 文門神). The door god on part (b) wears a green robe with red and yellow patterns and the name of the printing shop 新元發 (san1 jyun4 faat3/Xīn yuán fā) appears near his face. The door god on part (a) wears a red robe with green and yellow patterns. They both hold a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵) each. Faces and background are orange. White paper is left uncoloured in places. Figures are 58 cm high. (The gods would normally be shown facing each other.)

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UmbrellaEd5.2862

Paper umbrella. Bamboo ribs; white stenciled floral design over faded purple oiled paper; black painted band holds ribs to shaft; metal ferrule has green silk cord tied through it; round black knob at end of shaft has metal band at neck.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, oil, bamboo grass, lacquer, metal, silk fibre, paint and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UmbrellaEd5.2861

Paper umbrella. Oiled paper of green floral design over light brown interior lining paper with green dotted stencilled boarder; short ribs covered with three bands of paper, two with stencilled green dots and one green; green band at smaller edge; bamboo handle; wooden toggle attached with blue cord; metal ferrule has two metal rings attached to top; oval ring tied to shaft secures ribs in closed position.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paper, oil, lacquer, fibre, metal, adhesive and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UmbrellaEd5.2860

Paper umbrella with wooden ribs. Conical; ribbed; oval handle; brown finial with silver tip; leaf motif graduates in size and extends from edge spirally to adjacent edge.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, metal, paint, lacquer, paper, silk fibre and oil
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.2895

Folding silver paper fan mounted on twenty-seven thin wooden ribs. Red galleon stenciled on silver background. Tips of waves(?) are sketched in white. Thicker end ribs each have carved and incised Japanese characters.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paper, paint and adhesive
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileN2.203

Fans and flowers on trellis in green, orange red, blue, pink, purple and maroon. Various blossoms of similar colours on marroon design.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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