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Siyawatuk Raksaya3392/12

A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being with a spotted, four-legged animal in its mouth and at its feet. The being has blue skin, ten arms, and three eyes. It is wearing a red skirt that ends just below the knee. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of white, yellow, black, and red horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. A thin piece of fabric hangs down from the skirt's waistband, which is decorated with a repeating circular pattern. Adornments are wrapped around the being's chest and neck. Decorative bands encircle its biceps, wrists, and ankles. The being has large, round eyes, and a grinning, fanged mouth. Its black hair is secured by a loop on top of its head, and then splits in two directions to hang down in front of its shoulders. Two large discs with black and white lotus motifs protrude from the side of the being's head. In its mouth is a small, yellow animal with four legs and black spots. In one of its arms the being is holding a small, light green human-like being in a brown skirt. It has a grinning, fanged mouth and black hair. In its other arms the being is holding a long, oblong object, a fork-shaped object, a bell-shaped object with a long handle, a small, hooked object with a long handle, a disembodied face, and a long, curved blade. At the being's feet is a crouching, four-legged animal. The animal is yellow with black spots and has a long face, legs, and ears, as well as a short tail. The painting's background is bright yellow and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. There is an unpainted section behind the being's head.

Culture
Sinhalese
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Guru3392/7

A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being with a smaller, human-like being kneeling at its feet. The being has yellow skin and is wearing a green and orange skirt that ends just below the knee. Decorations on both sides of the skirt curl outward at the hip. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of white, yellow, blue, and red horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. Four thin pieces of fabric hang down from the skirt's waistband, which is decorated with a repeating circular pattern. A blue dotted sash is draped diagonally across the being's chest. Additional adornments wrap around its chest and neck, and decorative bands encircle its biceps, wrists, and ankles. The being has half-moon shaped eyes, a small mouth, and stretched earlobes that extend down to its chin. It is wearing a headpiece that comes to a point on both sides. There is a teardrop shaped decoration on top of the headpiece, and side panels extends across the being's shoulders. One of the being's arms is raised by its side, and the other is holding a yellow jug with red decorations. At the being's feet is a smaller human-like figure with red skin and black hair. The figure is wearing blue and white striped pants, and kneeling with one leg under it. One of its arms is above its head, holding onto the yellow being's elbow. The other arm is looped underneath its remaining leg. The painting's background is red, and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. Blue and white oblong rings radiate from behind the being's head and shoulders.

Culture
Sinhalese
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amu Sohona3392/18

A watercolour painting which depicts a spiritual being with two birds perched on its shoulders. The being has red skin, three eyes, and four arms. It is wearing a blue skirt which ends just below the knee. The bottom of the skirt has a border made up of brown, yellow and black horizontal stripes. The main body of the skirt is covered in thinner horizontal stripes, and consists of two pieces which come together in the front. A piece of fabric hangs down from the waist. The being is wearing a snake-like creature around its neck as an adornment. It has half-moon shaped eyes, a small mouth, and stretched earlobes that extend down to its chin. Its hair and moustache are black. A portion of its hair is pulled up into a round ball on top of its head, and the rest hangs down to its shoulders. A yellow bird sits on each of the being's shoulders, looking outward. The birds have long, curly tails, wings with red edges, and black spots across their bodies. Between the being's teeth is a long green strand which connects to a green, disembodied head at its feet. All four of the being's hands are holding onto the strand, and one of the hands is also holding a y-shaped object. The being is standing on top of a prone human body. The body has brown skin, and is wearing a long blue skirt. It is lying on its back, and its arms are stretched out by its sides. The painting's background is blue, and a rectangular black border surrounds the image. There is a rounded, unpainted section behind the being's head and shoulders.

Culture
Sinhalese
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/26

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract geometric and linear designs painted across surface; done in black. Painting is divided into four horizontal sections. Top section is decorated with intersecting lines of varying widths; inverted triangle along top centre edge of band. Second section is filled with rows of inverted triangles; lines protrude from tips of triangles, connecting them to row below. Triangles in bottom row are facing upward and their protruding lines connect with those in the row above. Third section of painting is made up of three bands. Top band is decorated with variety of connected shapes, decorated with diagonal lines; shapes consist of triangles, diamonds, rectangles, and pentagons. Second band is filled with diamonds; negative space between diamonds and edges of band are decorated with diagonal lines. Bottom band of third section is covered with irregularly-shaped pentagons; negative space between shapes and edges of band are decorated with diagonal and horizontal lines. Bottom section of painting is divided into three parts: long thin rectangle along top edge, square in bottom left corner, and a rectangle in the bottom right. Small decorated triangle in top right corner of square; rest of section is undecorated. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/4

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with various abstract designs painted across surface; done in black. Painting is divided into four horizontal sections. Top band consists of diamonds and triangles decorated with diagonal and horizontal lines; multiple stripes underneath main design. Second section consists of rows of alternating triangles; triangles alternate between plain and decorated with diagonal lines. Third section is made up of three rows decorated with triangles, diamonds, and intersecting lines; short plain lines, "I" shapes and circles throughout. Bottom section of painting has a variety of designs, including irregular shapes, triangles, zigzags, circles, plain and curved lines, and twisted ladder-like shapes. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/2

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract linear and geometric designs painted across surface; done in black. Thin vertical lines cover entire width of painting; small triangles, semi-circles, and an hourglass-shape are in the top right corner of the painting, in between the lines. Hourglass-like shape is black; semi-circles and triangles have semi-circular and dot decorations inside. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/22

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract geometric and linear designs painted across surface; done in black. Top half of painting has a central design of connected triangles and diamonds; all are decorated with diagonal lines. "X"'s, stars and plain lines throughout. Main design is trimmed with wide bands along top and bottom edges. Top band filled with diamonds; negative space between diamonds and edges of band are filled with diagonal lines. Majority of diamonds have stars in their centres. Bottom band has a zigzag running through the middle; negative space between zigzag and top edge of band are filled with diagonal lines, bottom section is empty. Bottom half of painting is covered in rows decorated with groupings of vertical lines; "X"'s in between groupings throughout design. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/15

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract geometric and linear designs painted across surface; done in black and dark brown. Top half of painting has a variety of shapes inside a diamond grid; negative space between grid and shapes is filled with horizontal lines or plain brown. Several shapes on left side of grid have linear and curvilinear motifs in their centres. Bottom half of painting is covered with an assortment of zigzags; some have diagonal lines and shapes protruding from them. Additional irregular shapes and linear patterns throughout zigzags. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3574/1

Northwest Coast style imagery painted on a doubled piece of large, rectangular burlap. The image background and facial details are in red, with a vertical dark blue border along the edge of each side. There are four main faces, with round copper buttons for eyes. The bottom section has one of the larger faces, with a dark blue canoe in profile above the centre; then two smaller faces side-by-side in the middle, with two rectangles above, each with two small faces detailed inside; then another larger face at the top, with three dark blue copper shapes above it. The unpainted areas of the faces are natural light brown jute. There are two small white plastic buttons sewn on near the lower left corner. The piece is made of two pieces of burlap folded over at the top and sewn together, using the same jute fibre, along the sides, with the bottom left open. The back is unpainted, with a large Royal Coffee stamped logo in the lower half.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal, plastic, fibre, jute fibre ? and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3527/18

Rectangular piece of barkcloth with abstract linear and curvilinear designs painted across surface; done in black. Painting is divided into nine irregularly-shaped sections; five sections on left and four on right. All sections have designs of wavy and straight lines, with four or five straight lines protruding from them, throughout. A majority of the main lines end in a curl or solid triangle. Back of barkcloth is undecorated.

Culture
Mbuti
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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