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Figure3327/30

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a single woman. Carved from wood and painted. She wears a long red robe with a long yellow vest overtop, and green ties at the waist. White socks and black boots extend down from under the robes. Her arms are held lopsided in front of her abdomen, her left arm above the right. Her face is a light pinkish-grey with black facial features painted on, and small red lips. Her black hair is braided down the length of her back. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/61 a-b

On the front-side of part a is a poem, written in pencil, in both Nuu-chah-nulth and English. The poem on part a is horizontally oriented. To the right of the poem is the machine-printed descriptive information for the drawing printed on the reverse-side of the poem. On the reverse-side of part a is the left half of a whale print by the artist. The whale is a blue-grey colour. An open, red human-like hand is depicted at the end of the pectoral fin. A being with a yellow eye, red mouth, and grey tongue is positioned in the centre of the whale's body. On the front-side of part b is a story, written in pencil, about a girl singing a tsiikyak and then jumping off of a cliff. The story is written vertically on the paper. The reverse-side of the story is the right half of the whale print. The right half of the whale mirrors the left half (part a) with the exception that the red human-like hand on the right half grips a black raven. Printed in the bottom of part b, near the whale's tail, is the artist's signature and two lines of text.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/42

A series of pencil drawings on a white bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is a compilation of several drawings, all horizontally oriented. The background is coloured a light grey. Drawn extending outward from the left edge of the bookmark is a dark grey tower-shape surrounded by an arch with a dotted outline. Beneath and to the right of the arch shape is an inverted creature. Directly to the right of the arch is a carrying pole(?) with a segment of whale flesh with the dorsal fin still attached; a crescent is drawn on the flesh. A rope with six feathers(?) is draped over the dorsal fin. Above the carrying pole is a frayed rope with a harpoon attached to its left end. Four side-by-side fishing lures(?) are drawn extending from the top edge of the right half of the bookmark. Underneath them a seal-like feast dish is drawn. In the bottom right corner, a diagonal line with a dash in the centre creates a triangle with the corner; within the triangle is a dark grey right trapezoid and a two dash wide vertical line. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine-printed in blue ink on a white background. At the top is the bookstore's logo, three books leaning against the letters "AB." Listed below is the bookstore's commercial information including the bookstore's name, "Ascendant Books Ltd."

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drawing3223/46

A pencil drawing and a poem on a dark tan coloured bookmark. The front-side of the bookmark is a hand-drawn image of a human-like being and a hand-printed poem. At the top of the front-side, a grey star is drawn. Below, the face of a human-like being is directed downwards towards the bottom of the bookmark. The being has a large curled nose, thick lips, a pierced ear, a heavily shaded brow ridge, and a flat cone-shaped forehead decorated with small asterisks. A snake-like arm(?) extends from the being's forehead towards its nose; at the end of the arm is a human-like hand with an ovoid. A dashed line extends from the being's hand, through the lines of text, to the drawing at the bottom edge. At the bottom, an unclosed ring with rounded ends encircles a creature with a wavy tongue. Between the two drawings is the handwritten poem. The reverse-side of the bookmark is machine printed in black ink. At the top, an image of two people sitting and reading with their legs on a window ledge, is printed between two block pyramids. Below is the bookstore's name, "The Corner Bookstore," and commercial information.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Hupacasath
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/29

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of an elite man. Carved from wood and painted. Depicted wearing long green robes with red edging. He has a red nose, red ears and a red mouth surrounded by long whisker-like facial hair. On his head he wears a black hat with a flat top and wide brim. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/27

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a commoner man. Carved from wood and painted. Depicted wearing long green robes with a long red vest over top. His hands are hidden within the sleeves, which are held together in front. He has short black hair. The end of white trousers and black shoes appear under the robe. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/24

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a dong-ja or male attendant(?). Carved from wood and painted. Shown wearing a dark forest green top with red ties, and black trousers. His hands are held together, holding a red container with a hole in the top. He stands somewhat crouched and bowed forward. He has large eyes, and black facial hair around his mouth. His skin is a pinkish-beige. His black hair is tied into two buns on top of his head. Mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/36

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a wife. Carved from wood and painted. Woman stands with her hands down in front of her body. She wears a short yellow top with long sleeves and red ties, and a long red skirt with white ties. Her skin is pinkish-beige and she has painted black eyes and eyebrows, and painted red lips and inner ears. Her black hair is tied back into a bun at the nape her neck. Figure mounted on a wood dowel and base.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/21

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a man on a mystical creature. Carved from wood and painted. The man wears a long blue robe with red ties. He rides on the back of a yellow and blue spotted cat-like creature. Both the man and the creature have similar facial features and expressions - with wide eyes, bulbous red nose and wide red mouth with teeth bared.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3327/10

Kkokdu (꼭두) or wooden figure of a man on a mystical tiger-like animal. Carved from wood and painted. He wears a dark blue robe with red with yellow centre flower pattern. The man has long black hair, a stern face with black moustache and goatee, and he wears a black cap with a thick orange rim and red circular top. He holds on to the animal's neck with his right hand, and the tail with his left. The mystical animal appears like a tiger, with orange and black stripes, ears on top of head, and wide fanged mouth. On the creature's stomach there is a square notch cutout.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint and pine wood
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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