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Textile2960/9

Long narrow cloth, mainly off-white, with three horizontal areas of colour made up of thin lines in combinations of red, blue, black and pink; one on either edge, and a third running down the centre. Covering the cloth is a light pattern hand-drawn of thin dark grey lines in a large, open, geometric design.

Culture
Shipibo and Conibo
Material
cotton fibre, dye and ink
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2960/26

Carved wooden figure of a standing woman, with two very large feet. The toes are carved, knees are bent. The stomach and breasts protrude. Both arms are raised above the head and have carved fingers. The head is large and round, with a face defined by a sharp carved delineation and a colour change to light brown. The chin is pointed, and the face widens toward the forehead. The nose has a thin bridge and is long, extending through the forehead to an inverted point at the border of the face. Mouth is a small slash across the chin. Eyes are protruding small slits.

Culture
Lega ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Democratic Republic of the Congo ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress2960/23 a-b

Wooden two-piece headdress or helmet mask. The body of the headdress is in the shape of a crocodile head, with big round eyes at front, ears the shape of an inverted V, and a long thick snout full of red teeth, some with rope tied around the base. A dog(?) decorated with white, blue, and red spots is held in the teeth. At the back of the crocodile’s head is a bird attached to the mask at head and feet. It too is decorated with dots, as well as stripes and blocks of colour. On top of the mask is a standing human figure that fits into a hole. The figure is detachable (part b) and has an elaborate headdress, painted facial markings and neck rings. The figure has blue arms, breasts, and buttocks, and red hands and feet. A piece of rope is tied around the right wrist.

Culture
Abua ?
Material
wood, paint and wool fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2960/21

Wooden bust of a female. The face is narrow with a small mouth. The nose is short and narrow; the eyes are heavily lidded with white sclera, red surrounding accent, and pupils that are partially bored holes. Thin arching eyebrows sit high on the forehead. The ears are carved as spirals and the hair is black and straight, parted in the centre and styled with a braid around the lower back of the head. Around the long thin neck is a necklace with a heart shaped pendant. Several small, regularly placed holes are bored into the shoulder. The base of the figure is a hollow square with a rectangular cut-out at front and a hole bored at the centre through to the top of the head.

Culture
Igbo ?
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2960/18

Carved wooden mask with hinged/moveable jaw. The jaw piece is prow-shaped, coming to a blunt point at the mouth, pointed at the chin. It is connected to the upper face by thick string tied through each piece. The nose is small with a sharp bridge. Eye holes are wide and narrow, topped with a heavy brow. The carved hair is prominent, with a tall lined protuberance at the centre. Several holes pierce the wood around the outside of the mask. The interior of the mask is roughly carved.

Culture
Dan ?
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Liberia ? or Cote d'Ivoire ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet Mask2960/15

Dark brown wooden mask carved in the shape of a female head. Carved of a single piece of wood. Eyes are rounded and emphasized with a ring of light coloured earth around the outside. A carved nose protrudes from the centre of the face, nostrils flared, over a slightly open mouth containing small carved teeth. The chin is pointed, cheeks full and round. The ears protrude, each with a hole in the lobe. A carved line around the head indicates a hair line or hat, with a decoration of raised oval lines topping the crown. A large hole is carved through the top of the head into the roughly hollowed out centre of the mask.

Culture
Bamum
Material
wood and earth
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paddle Club2960/44

Intricately carved iron wood paddle shaped club with a broad blade with incised and hatched designs comprising conjoined triangles and a pair of 'sun-burst' designs. The blade is long, rising slightly to a pointed line running down the centre, slightly concave on the ventral side, convex on the dorsal. An incised pattern of lines creates small squares across the surface of both sides. The shoulder of the blade widens out to blunt edges, with two sunburst patterns carved into the wood, surrounded by the incised squares. A line of triangles delineates the shoulder from both the body of the blade and the neck. The neck narrows into the shaft, which is undecorated. The grip is slightly flared.

Culture
Fijian ?
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Paddle2960/43

Paddle carved out a single piece of wood. The blade is thin and leaf shaped, concave and intricately carved with small incised triangles, zigzags and half circles on both surfaces. The shaft is similarly decorated. The grip flares out from the shaft and is circular with a flat base. It too is intricately carved but with a larger pattern of decorated half circles and incised triangles, as well as leaf shaped protrusions around the base. The bottom of the grip has incised concentric circles with triangles.

Culture
Eastern Polynesian
Material
wood
Made in
“Austral Islands” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2960/41 a-b

Container made of a gourd, rounded and oblong with a relatively wide, round foot. The gourd is covered with basketry, which is itself covered in a thick dark substance. The wooden lid (part b) is carved into 4 creatures, the top being a man with a long head and face, topped by a cylindrical hat. He sits on a horse with a stylized human face. The horse balances on a smaller two legged creature, also with a human-like face, who in turn balances on an even smaller creature with a human-like face, smiling. Beneath the four is the small, round lid and stopper that fits into the mouth of the container. The lid is partly covered by a shiny substance.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
gourd fruit, wood, bark, resin and lacquer
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container2960/40 a-b

Small lime bottle with a small stopper carved into a head. The bottle is made of bone, hollowed on the inside. The mouth of the bottle is oblong in shape, sitting slightly off centre. The bottle widens toward the base. The body is decorated with small incised triangles that make up a repeating figurative motif. Part ‘b’ is the bottle stopper or lid, carved into the shape of a human head and neck. The forehead is long, nose and ears prominent. The eyes are lightly carved circles, and the mouth a carved line. A small tuft if hair is carved into the top of the head. A hole is bored through the neck and filled with a small red bead at back. The surface is shiny.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
bone and plastic ?
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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