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Doll3097/69

Knitted doll in a brightly coloured dress. The dress is hot pink with yellow, purple, red, and green details, orange sleeves, and a red belt. Yellow and blue yarn strands are looped through the neckline of the dress. Red and green cords of yarn are loosely attached to the top of the neckline. The green cord extends from the back side of the doll as a long strap. The doll has a yellow hat, pink shoes, and blue-black hair in two braids. Two smaller humanoid figures are attached to the doll's dress, below the belt. The figure on the doll's right side is wearing a red shirt, brown pants with a single pink stitch, and an orange hat with blue stitches. The figure on the doll's left side is wearing a green shirt, a pink skirt with green details, and a yellow hat with blue stitches.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3097/68

Knitted doll in a brightly coloured dress. The dress is orange with purple, green, and blue details and pink borders on the hem and cuff of the sleeves. There is a cream-coloured belt around the doll's waist on the front side. Yellow and blue yarn strands are looped through the neckline of the dress. Red, yellow, and green cords of yarn are loosely attached to the top of the neckline. The green cord extends from the back side of the doll as a long strap. The doll has a yellow hat, pink shoes, and blue-black hair in two braids. Two smaller humanoid figures are attached to the doll's dress, below the belt. The figure on the doll's right side is wearing a grey shirt, pink pants, and a pink hat with blue stitches. The figure on the doll's left side is wearing a beige shirt, a grey and blue skirt with red details, and an orange and pink hat with a blue stitch.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3654/14

Male doll, in standing position, wearing an RCMP uniform consisting of a coat, tunic, pants, tall boots, mittens, and hat. Eyes, eyebrows, and mouth are embroidered in dark brown on a skin face; nose done in relief, with fur moustache. Coat is dark blue with a wide yellow band around the bottom opening; white fur collar, brown-grey fur trim on cuffs, and RCMP patches on the shoulders. Doll's pants match and have yellow stripes down the sides. Upper sections and vamps of boots are white fabric; soles consist of naturally coloured skin. Openings of boots are decorated with dark blue bands and braided ties, done in dark blue and yellow; leather ties around ankles, to secure boots. Woven tunic underneath jacket is white, with a blue band bordering the bottom edge. Figure is wearing naturally coloured mittens that are attached with blue and yellow braided ties; ties are decorated with fringe and loop around the doll's neck. Orange-grey fur hat matches trim on cuffs of doll's jacket.

Culture
Inuit
Material
animal skin, fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Spence Bay, Nunavut, Canada ? or Taloyoak, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3612/10 a-e

Standing female doll (part a) wearing a red and white floral patterned dress. The dress is secured with a single snap fastener at the back of the neck. She wears long white pants under the dress with ornate floral ribbon around the hems. She wears a thin white veil (part b) with a head covering (part c) overtop which covers most of her torso at the front and extends to her ankles at the back. The head covering is blue with blue decorative embroidery on the front panel. Her black embroidery floss hair is braided and secured with an orange hair tie with a single pin holding it in place. She wears leather sandals (parts d-e) with silver metallic straps. Her eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nails are painted on and her nose and ears are sewn.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, skin, paint and metal
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3612/11 a-d

Standing male doll (part a) with hands at his sides. He wears a light grey tunic shirt with matching pants and a brown open-front vest with vertical stripes. The tunic has two clear buttons securing the front of the shirt. He wears a pinkish-beige hat which is secured in place with two straight pins, over black hair of embroidery floss. His eyes, eyebrows, mouth and nails are painted on and his nose and ears are sewn. He also has a white cotton with black plaid neck scarf (part d), and a pair of black vinyl sandals (parts b-c) on his feet.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, paint and plastic
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3502/5

Male doll, seated on a basketry base, with a stone face. Eyes and mouth are incised, wide nose and hair are carved in relief. Figure is wearing fur clothing, consisting of a parka, mittens, pants and boots. Mittens are hairless. Bottom edge of parka has leather fringe. Dark brown highlights down front of boot calves. Vamps have dark green embroidery along their edges. White stuffed dog, made of sheep skin, in front of doll. Dog is wearing a harness, trimmed with fur, and the doll is holding the leather reins in each hand. Basketry base is undecorated.

Culture
Inuit
Material
animal skin, sheep skin, leather skin, fibre, stone, root ? and bark ?
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.62 a-b

Doll (a) representing a male figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. His face and hands are painted white with painted black hair, eyebrows, eyes, a drooping moustache and a chin beard. He wears a separate black paper hat (b) with a narrow brim and black silk ribbons that tie in a bow under his chin. A nail at the top of his head helps keep the hat in place. He wears a long sleeveless blue silk vest, gored and pleated under the arms, and fastened with a dingle button over a gored long-sleeved white silk coat fastening with ribbons tied in a single loop. Beneath this are an under-jacket with blue ribbons tied in a single-loop bow and under-trousers. His ankles are wrapped in white material, and he wears pointed shoes made of paper (?) covered with white cloth and painted with black linear and looped designs at the front and back.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, silk fibre, dye, glass, paste adhesive and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Payback Doll3270/2 a-c

Carved male figure. Doll (part a) stands on large feet, legs spread, arms slightly akimbo and held away from the body. Legs are painted white, torso black, and face red. A black fuzzy beard surrounds the chin, mouth is open with small inset shell for teeth, eyes are made of the same shell, as is a headband tied around the forehead. A necklace of tubular sections of grass hangs down the chest, and arms have woven plant fibre sleeves. A bag of netting and plant fibre is slung over the left shoulder and adhered to the wood at the handle. A loin cloth of netting with long pieces of grass at back sits around the waist. Part b is a peice of netting similar to that of the loin cloth. Part c is a small feather grouping that attaches by a hole in the doll's head.

Culture
Mendi
Material
wood, plant fibre, fibre, shell, grass, paint, hair and feather
Made in
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Payback Doll3270/1 a-b

Carved female figure. Doll (part a) stands on large feet, legs spread, arms slightly akimbo, large breasts carved at chest. Head is covered in a woven fabric to represent a hat or hair, above protruding ears, shell eyes, and a large open mouth with inset shell teeth. A thick necklace of small white and brown shells is wound several times around the neck. A skirt of grass or bark is attached around the figure’s waist. Painted white. Part b is a ring of short grass, light yellow-brown, woven into a bracelet.

Culture
Mendi
Material
wood, plant fibre, shell and paint
Made in
Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3207/3

Female doll wearing beaded hide dress. Doll is made of hide with a small hairless head, short arms, and long legs. Dress covers her from chin to ankles, sleeves enveloping arms. Beaded decoration sits at neck, wrists, waist and knees, and fringe decorates bottom hem and arms. Ties hang from neck and knee area. Ankles are heavily covered in blue and white beads; facial features created with the same beads.

Culture
Sioux
Material
rawhide skin and glass
Made in
North Dakota, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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