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Bentwood Box3641/1 a-b

Bentwood cedar box with red painted corners and lid. The lid has a red painted geometric design on the top.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
red cedar wood and paint
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jewelry BoxCh213 a-l

Yellow earthenware jewelry box (part a) in the form of an escritoire, with two long lower drawers (parts b-c), and 9 smaller ones above (parts d-l). Painted with purple-red scenes of buildings and trees in black framed, rectangular, white reserves on upper and lower sides and drawer fronts. Each drawer opens and has a knob handle.

Culture
Slavic
Material
paint, glaze and clay
Made in
Tata, Hungary
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box3445/3 a-b

Circular white-blue glazed box (part a) with lid (part b). The lid is decorated with a floral motif. The edge and side of the lid and side of the box are scalloped.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Packing BoxE7830-1

Rectangular box; no top/lid present. Card indicates this is Inuit made.E7830 is listed, but not described or analyzed, in Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/136 , retrieved 2-11-2020. General information on boxes available here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/12: The MacFarlane collection contains a variety of wooden boxes. Boxes carved from single pieces of wood, and boxes with sides made from bent pieces of wood with bottoms pegged to them, are traditional Inuvialuit forms that were used for storing tools and other objects. Boxes with separate pieces for each side, bottom and top identified in the Smithsonian Institution's artifact catalogue as 'Packing Box Made by Esquimaux' may have been commissioned by MacFarlane for packing artifacts that were sent to the Smithsonian.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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Box3321/4 a-b

Crescent-shaped box (part a) with lid (part b) made of carved wood. The concave side of the box and centre area of the convex are decorated with three bands of lines, zigzagging in a loosely plaited pattern. The other areas are filled with small repeating triangle patterns. The lid is decorated with squares which switch between horizontal and vertical lines, replicating a woven pattern. Two turtles are carved on either end of the lid.

Culture
Kuba
Material
wood
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet Box3341/1

Wooden box (caja para títeres), painted, to hold hand puppets. Box is cube-shaped, with a shallow hinged lid with handle aligned front to back. There is a small hook and eye latch to secure the box. Each side of the box is painted with a scene within a teal frame. The left side depicts a flying pole dance with four men suspended from a pole and "voladores" written below. The back side shows three men standing in a row in traditional outfits with "tocotines" written below. The right side shows four men swinging from a pole, and the front depicts two people standing side by side holding streamers(?). The lid is decorated with a scene of a flowering cactus, a church, and caged birds under the red sun. Each scene is bordered by a red dot at each cardinal point, and olive green filigree in each corner.

Culture
Nahua and Totonac
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Teziutlan, Puebla, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet Box3341/7

Wooden box (caja para títeres), painted, to hold hand puppets. Box is cube-shaped, with a shallow hinged lid with handle aligned front to back. There is a small hook and eye latch to secure the box. Each side has a scene painted within a frame of pinkish-brown with either yellow with red or black with beige dots in the corners. The front depicts voladores or flying pole dance with four men suspended from a pole. The left side has written, 'Tejon' and depicts a coati standing between some flowers and trees underneath the moon. The back depicts a blonde person by a house(?) with smoke from the chimney. The right side says 'maringuilla', and depicts four people dancing(?) in a row. The lid depicts two people standing side by side.

Culture
Nahua and Totonac
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Teziutlan, Puebla, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet Box3341/4

Wooden box (caja para títeres), painted, to hold hand puppets. Box is cube-shaped, with a shallow hinged lid with handle aligned front to back. There is a small hook and eye latch to secure the box. Each side has a scene painted within a frame of brown with either green x's or yellow dots in the corners. The front depicts a large coati(?) head surrounded by polka dots. The left side has written, 'Mexcal Pue. Tejonen Titirite-ros'. The back depicts a church, a cactus, large tree, and coati(?) under a large red sun. The right side depicts voladores or flying pole dance with four men suspended from a pole. The lid depicts two people dancing(?) in a row.

Culture
Nahua and Totonac
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Teziutlan, Puebla, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tackle Box3274/10 a-b

Tackle box of wood with a separate base (part a) and lid (part b). Together, the box is boat-shaped with both ends tapering in from lid to base. A length of twisted cord is attached to the lid through a hole in the wood, and is tied so that it forms a loop of cord. The base has a raised edge, which fits snugly into the lid.

Culture
Yapese
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Woleai, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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