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Rod PuppetIb392 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with 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. Head positioned forwards; cream face with white eyes. Black pupils looking slightly downwards; black hair, moustache, facial details. Small closed red lips. Curved pointed nose. Large crown (mahkota) headdress in red, gold and green; includes Garuda Mungkur and large badong. One hair curl (kendit) with gold stripe. Gold neck and torso; black chest and shoulder covering with rectangular apron; white trim, sequins, twisted wire decorations. Yellow frill at base of apron. Long batik skirt in beige, orange, blue and red. Each arm has ornaments in red, white, and green at wrist and bicep.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, wood, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1498/1

A woman’s headdress made from coarsely woven dark brown wool textile. Consisting of a headband and an attached narrow “tail” or streamer that hangs down the back. Lavishly decorated with cowrie shells, red, and white glass beads, buttons, and embroidery. The headband is embellished with two rows of cowrie shells separated by a row of red glass beads. The bottom edge of the headband is finished with multi-coloured embroidery resembling a braid. The “tail” is trimmed with many buttons, red, and white glass beads, and cowrie shells forming floral and geometric shapes. The bottom is fringed (about 13.5 cm) and the side edges are finished with red, blue, and yellow-green embroidery resembling a braid. The textile used to construct the headband is woven in plain weave while the streamer is made from warp yarns which have been braided and loosely woven together to form a fabric.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre ?, cowrie shell, glass, plastic and dye
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1496/1

Large, rectangular wool textile, bordered on the long edges with darkly coloured and brightly coloured woven stripes, and embellished horizontally with (mostly) lighter coloured narrow stripes in various patterns and colours, on an off-white background. Embellishments are either embroidered (counted thread technique) or worked in discontinuous supplemental weft. Fringed ends. The piece is woven in two identical, long, narrow halves which are joined in the centre, using a decorative embroidery stitch. The two ends of the textile are identical, mirror-images. The textile is reversible; the patterns on the two sides are similar but not identical.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/12

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile (pieced at the time) which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured vertical stripe. Several ‘rosettes’ made of cowry shells are scattered across the width of the garment. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Many long (38cm) strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached just above this textile and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SieveH2.110

A square basketry object with a dark brown cross on a light brown ground.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
stem ? and wood
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH1.309 a-o

Nest of fourteen round, flat bottomed woven baskets. The outer basket (part a) has alternating bands of red and blue around the sides and a lid (part o). The lid has alternating bands of red, blue, and open work encircling its centre. The inner baskets each have a red rim. A broken braided handle arcs from one side of the basket to the other.

Culture
Chilean
Material
horse hair and dye
Made in
Maule, Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/1

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on both ends with narrow (3 cm) multicoloured, patterned, vertical stripes. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Three ‘rosettes’ of cowrie shells are spaced across the width of the garment above the row of shells. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below the row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1472/5

Rectangular, tie-dyed, dark red and black goat wool textile, decorated with off-white tie-dyed dots. The red central field has a large black circle in the centre and four smaller black circles. There are diamond-shaped clusters of white tie-dyed dots scattered throughout. There are black borders on all sides, embellished with rows of red and white linear and curvilinear designs formed by tie-dyed dots. The textile is constructed from two nearly-identical panels that are seamed together vertically down the centre, using a running stitch sewn with white thread. Woven gray-beige selvages are on the vertical edges, and there are woven cotton horizontal supplemental stripes at each end. A strip of black woven cotton textile (7.1 cm wide) is sewn at one end.

Culture
Rabari
Material
goat wool fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/11

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured, patterned stripe. Small floral-like motifs made of cowrie shells are spaced across the width of the apron. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached just above this patterned textile and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/10

Ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Two horizontal, parallel rows of closely-spaced cowrie shells are affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extend almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this double row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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