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FigureEd5.2821 a-b

Male doll (part a) with white kimono and black trousers. He is holding a broom (part b) in his right hand over his left shoulder. His knees are flexed as he is bending and looking down. Bald head. White tabi socks and brown sandals.

Culture
Japanese
Material
clay, paint, metal, grass and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2817

Female doll with child on back. Female holds drum on stick in her slightly upraised right hand. White molded clay head, hands, and feet for the female with child's head of white molded clay. Part of woman's black hair is in a top knot. A red hair cushion is visible in front and back. Pink string bow on top knot. Red, blue, pink, and green flower at side of head with orange and white strings hanging from it. Rest of woman's hair chin length. Blue and white dotted scarf tied around head above eyes. Brown eyes in eye socket, painted faint black lower lashes, molded nose, closed mouth with red lips, and cheeks faint pink. Orange lining visible at neck, sleeve cuff, and hem of under kimono. Under the kimono there is a checkered yellow, green, orange, and red piece. Green top coat has scattered toy design in white, yellow, blue, red, black, and orange with pink edging at sleeve cuff and hem. Black edging at neck and front. Orange and white diamond design skirt beneath kimono. Black lacquered sandals have faint red flower design on sides. Orange string forms top of sandals. Metal spikes protrude from heel. Child has shoulder length black hair with bangs. Facial features similar to mother's. White textured cloth around child's neck. Three tiered drum staff in woman's hand. Top drum has floral cloth ends. Orange string joins drum ends together. Light green in centre of drum. Next is a red cylinder with gold wrapping. Green, pink, white, yellow, and red string hang from each end. Last drum has floral cloth ends. Red centre with one gold band. Red staff is wrapped in gold, partially hidden by sleeve. Standing on a clear white base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, paint, fibre, metal, adhesive, paper, wood and clay
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2815

Female doll (part a) with plaster face, hands, and feet. Black hair. Red round flat hat segmented and edged in gold which is tied under the chin with red silk. Top kimono is floral orange with light red lining. Under kimono is red with geometric gold cranes. Obi is gold brocade on orange ground. Woman is carrying wisteria branch in her right hand with the branch extending over her shoulder. Red lacquered wood and glass case (part b) surrounds doll. Base tied to cover with silk thread and having four panels of which three are glass and the fourth back panel is covered with silver dotted paper. The four panels are in a red lacquered frame.

Culture
Japanese
Material
fibre, lacquer, paper, glass, wood, paint, metal and plaster
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1058

Crescent-shaped object with rounded ends; colouring is mottled yellow and brown; eight lines have been cut in to form a symmetrical design. Braided leather thong is threaded through drilled hole to form stiff loop bent in half.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and leather skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleNa1038

A yellow white crescent-shaped object with rounded ends. Hole drilled in it through which leather thong is looped.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and leather skin
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCa67 a-b

Large, round, bulbous-shaped container, part (a). Mouth of container is wrapped with yellow grass. Container is repaired with yellow grass in three areas, vertical stitching. Ring of small triangles in pattern around top of container, also four incised squares, two with one carved 'X' and two with two carved 'X's. Lid, part (b), is short, bulbous, hollow and deep, narrowing at top with carved 'X' and incised design on flat top. Four sets of parallel incised lines. Lid also repaired.

Culture
Borana
Material
wood and grass
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj113

Large, heavy container of dark wood. Circular shape with three hoops of wood rounded on the outside: two lower on the bottom and one on the upper part under the lid area. Lid is leather with two loops at the side pierced and connected to a hoop with a strip of leather. Leather carrying strap is also connected to a wood hoop. Some red-brown hair is still on the hide.

Culture
Turkana
Material
skin, leather skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj112 a-b

Container (part a) of orange-red brown wood. Bulbous-shaped that has a rounded lower half with narrow neck. Hide with hair is still on, covering the bottom, connected by four thin pieces to ring of hide around the neck of the container. Has a small hide strap handle connected to two straps on top of the ring of leather. Lid (part b) is also made of hide with a vertical slit going up one side.

Culture
Turkana
Material
cow skin and wood
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerAj111 a-b

Container (part a) of wood with a leather lid (part b) held by a strap. Container (part a) is bulbous-shaped and flared at the bottom. Painted black and red with a design of inverted 'u's'. Lid (part b) has a sewn top with four small flaps. Leather strap is connected by two cords on either side of container. Bottom is coiled in concentric rings of grass; some white particles on area near strap of handle. Red plastic melted on lower bottom near flared edge, in large chip of wood, and a rounded bottom.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood, leather skin and grass
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd5.2813 a-b

Female doll (part a) in a semi-reclining position. Her left arm rests on a brown and gold brocade stool (part b) with two decoratively carved black lacquered legs. Her right arm is bent and holds a folded black paper fan. Doll's long black hair is pulled up and back from her face, and is tied in three sections with silver paper folded around the first tie. Hair next to her face is cut in two lengths. Silver floral hair ornamentation is on top of her head. Painted face has black eyebrows, upper eye lid outlined in black, black irises with white pupils, a shaped nose, and a closed mouth with red lips. Wearing a red kimono with white flowers having green and yellow centres. Visible at neck is under kimono of silver flowers on white background. Textured white under kimono visible at knee. Silver obi tied with white cord. Red and gold brocaded rectangular cloth wrapped in orange cord with tassels protrudes above obi. Doll is attached to a rectangular black lacquered base .

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