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Trans Mountain3585/1 a-e

Multi-piece ceramic sculpture of a black ship hull with a crushed can, twisted product tube, log, and pitted sphere bolted onto it (part a). The can and product tube are black; tube has a red cap. The log is grey and dark brown, and covered with a small black blanket; olive green sphere, representing COVID-19, is perched on top of blanket. Additional components rest on the hull and sit around it; additional pieces are: small, crushed olive green can (part b), small, crushed black can (part c), grey pitted COVID-19 sphere (part d), and a dark brown flower with a wilted stem (part e). Ship hull, cans, and green sphere are glazed; rest of sculpture is painted.

Culture
Canadian
Material
clay, glaze, paint and metal
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Alice Through the Looking Glass3424/1

Ceramic sculpture of a book standing on end, opened. The cover is decorated with dark blue flowers and swirling vines with a dark yellow spine. The front cover has a white rectangle, which reads 'Alice Through the Looking Glass / And What She Found There', with a black and white drawing of Alice with her hands held together behind her back, looking away. Leaning against the back cover is a figure of a Jabberwocky or dragon-like creature, with its long neck and wing draped over the top of the book, and its other wing and claws reaching around the side. Within, the open pages have a heavily crosshatched drawing of a room with an armchair off to one side, and a fireplace mantel on the other. The upper corners of each page curl forward, revealing writing from the book. Standing in front of the open book is a tall, bright green chest with many small red drawers, some of which are open and have various figures emerging (chess pieces, creatures, flowers). A figure of Alice in her blue dress, white apron and long blonde hair, is facing the dresser. Her face is seen reflected in the mirror on the chest. Next to her, sits a black cat with a red ribbon around its neck. The sculpture's base is a closed book with a dark red cover and dark green spine, which reads 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. Illustrations by John Tenniel'.

Culture
Canadian
Material
stain, glass, metal, clay, acrylic paint and glaze ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tree of Life Sculpture3452/2

Miniature 'tree of life' sculpture made from clay in the shape of a tree with a thick trunk. The design appears to depict Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Covered with various large flowers in light yellow, red and black, small round fruit, and large dark green leaves extending out around the exterior, all attached to thin wires that are sunk into the tree. Amongst the foliage are two small naked figures with their genitals covered by fig leaves, a female and a male, with a large grey serpent wrapped around the trunk in between. Above, a winged figure in a pink and red tunic, and two light yellow birds on either side. There is one large candle holder extending straight up from the trunk of the tree with its rim painted red.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay, paint and metal
Made in
Metepec, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tree of Life Sculpture3452/1

Miniature 'tree of life' sculpture made from clay in the shape of a densely branched tree with a thick trunk. Densely covered with red, blue and dark blue clay flowers and green leaves attached to thin wires that are sunk into the tree. Amongst the foliage are placed a myriad of decorations, including trompo spinning tops, butterflies, birds, sunflowers, a sun, a blue and white lidded jar, and a mermaid with a pink tail holding a stringed instrument at centre. Behind the mermaid is a purple arch with flowers across it, and extending out from it. There are four candle holders - two on each side, one pink and one blue.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay, paint and metal
Made in
Metepec, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Impressions Salish Wolf3309/1

Large circular wood panel with a cast paper spindle whorl design. Centre of wood panel is concave, with a spindle at centre to mount the paper cast. Black paper cast depicting a wolf design. The negative areas are darker and spotted compared to the postive areas of the cast. The rim of the panel is painted black. Cast marked 1/5.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
paper and red cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ravens and Moon3309/2 a-c

Glass spindle whorl (part a) with convex glass that is etched on both sides. The central image is the moon depicted with two ravens below in mirror image. The moon is large, with a human-like face, and the mouth echoes the central hole of the spindle whorl. There are five crescents around the moon's face, with three more within the brow. The ravens' wings extend up and around the sides of the design. The spindle (parts b-c), is composed of two cone shaped pieces of brushed steel, which screw together at the centre.

Culture
Coast Salish: Musqueam
Material
glass and steel metal
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jellyfish Sculpture3308/1

Jellyfish figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets ("ghost nets"), plastic twine and rope. Woven white hood, and white tentacles, some loose and some braided, decorated with looped strands of orange or brown plastic. A matted section of plastic extends down from the centre, with the long tentacles around it. There is one coiled, disc-shaped decoration in the tentacles, white wrapped with thin brown strands.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plastic
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sepa3285/2

Jellyfish figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets ("ghost nets"), plastic twine and rope. Woven white with yellow hood, and white tentacles with yellow and black loosely looped tentacles.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plastic
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rosey3285/1

Jellyfish figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets ("ghost nets"), plastic twine and rope. White with orange and red hood; white and red tentacles.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plastic
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dama3285/4

Jellyfish figure made from reclaimed plastic fishing nets ("ghost nets"), plastic twine and rope. Woven white hood with a ring of red and a ring of green, and braided white tentacles decorated with small orange circles.

Culture
Torres Strait Islander
Material
plastic
Made in
“Torres Strait Islands: Erub Island” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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