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Noh Mask3139/2 a-b

Carved wooden Noh mask of “Sakagami”. Painted with black hair and very faint eyebrows. The skin is painted in white and grey, the teeth are dark grey, its lips are red. The face is smiling There is a dark purple cord on the back of the mask attached through small holes at the temples. There are holes carved in the eyes, mouth, and nostrils. The back of the mask is dark brown wood, stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a fabric bag for part a, decorated with a pattern of flowers, waves, and a crane, in various shades of green, orange, pink and black. There is a crane on the back of the bag as well. The inside of the bag is white fabric written on with black ink in Japanese characters. The bag has white ties.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, silk fibre and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Noh Mask3139/1 a-b

Carved wooden Noh mask of “Ko-omote”. Painted with black hair and very faint eyebrows. The skin is painted in white and grey, the teeth are dark grey, and its lips are red. There is a dark purple cord on the back of the mask attached through small holes at the temples. There are holes carved in the eyes, mouth, and nostrils. The backside of the mask is dark brown wood stamped with the maker’s mark. Part b is a fabric bag for part a, decorated with a floral pattern in various shades of green, orange, pink and gold. The inside of the bag is white fabric which has been written on with black ink in Japanese characters. The bag closes with white cloth ties.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paint and silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Puppet3127/10 a

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of Ky Lan unicorn (or lion) character. Puppet is carved from wood and has a large head painted red, a wide gold and green nose, and a wide moveable mouth barring white teeth. Eyes protrude from a scowling brow in front of a curling gold and green mane. Eyebrows are fan shaped and multicoloured, attached to the face by fishing line. An iron tube is bolted to the head behind the mouth, to receive a handle. The midsection is made of fine plastic tubing to enable movement, and covered by red cotton fabric. The rump of the animal is wood, with moveable legs on each side and a raised tail of green, gold, and red curls at centre back. Tin is attached to the interior edges of the head and rump where they meet the red cotton midsection. Part b is a long wooden pole that serves as the handling stick (see 3127/10 b).

Culture
Vietnamese
Material
fig wood, metal, cotton fibre, paint, plastic and lacquer
Made in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Puppet3127/9 a

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) ball, made of a light metal, painted in a pinwheel design in colours of gold, red and green. An iron bar is bolted to the ball which allows it to rotate around a long, plain, wooden handling stick (see 3127/9 b).

Culture
Vietnamese
Material
metal, paint and lacquer
Made in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net2990/932

Square fish net made of twisted cotton threads forming horizontal and vertical intersections. Two strings on top edges to grab the net and "S" torsion thread technique.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net2990/931

Long fish net made of twisted camelid black wool threads forming horizontal and vertical intersections. Knotted in one side and "S" torsion technique. Well preserved.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/928

Fragment of textile band, possibly from the border of a garment. Black weft camelid wool threads and red-brown, yellow-brown and black dyed camelid wool warp threads. Top band is 2x2 (weft and warp) and is red-brown; middle part is 1x1, yellow-brown, and has a semi-translucent effect; the lower part is 1x2, with black warp and weft camelid threads. Plain weave technique and "S" torsion; band is edged in brown. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth2990/927

Cloth made of cream and darker beige camelid wool threads. Intersecting thin and thick horizontal and vertical threads in "S" torsion; two seams. Worn and incomplete.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/926

Red textile band with net decoration as a fringe. Band in plain weave technique (1x1) and decorated with two bands of grey-blue and yellow-brown dyed camelid threads in "S" torsion; band is edged in brown. Network has an arrangement of intersecting and twisted horizontal and vertical brown camelid wool threads in "S" torsion. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
cotton fibre ?, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/925

Fragments of a textile band, with loose yellow-white feathers and cord. Black threads form geometric imagery and are knotted on one side. Plain weave textile technique (1x1) and "S" torsion. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre, feather and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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