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Bukduma2716/9 a-c

Wooden boar-fish carving with painted designs. The fish-like body (a) has fins and a tail. It is painted with large orange, yellow circles surrounded by white dots on black ground. The pig-like head has an upturned snout stuck through with a pole decorated with feathers (b,c), and pointed tusks. It is painted with orange, white designs on yellow ground. There are three kinds of shells arranged from the tip of the snout, down the spine to the tail. There is a large ornate shell and a line of black feathers on the forehead.

Culture
Iatmul
Material
wood, cowrie shell, shell, feather and paint
Made in
Palembei, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Corpus Christi Headdress2738/69 a

Corpus Christi headdress consisting of a grass string bound wood frame over which is stretched a screen made of canvas sacking and a sheet of gold foil. Sewn onto the foil are several shells, strands of beads (glass, plastic and possibly gemstone), earrings, pins, bone hair clips, metal tokens, and coins. A large shell is attached at the top of the headdress.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
wood, paper, shell, copper alloy metal, silver alloy metal, aluminium metal, bone, plastic, glass, clay, cotton fibre, grass fibre and adhesive
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/180 a-b

Painted statuette of San Martin de Porres. The patron saint of the home and dogs has brown skin and black hair, wears a gold-trimmed black cape over a white and gold robe, holds a broom in his left hand and carries a cross (b) in his right hand. At his feet, on the mounded green base, sit two dogs beside a red oval object.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scroll Painting2755/5

Scrolled ancestor portrait painting on paper with silk border at sides. Depicted is a female in an Imperial-style red robe, jeweled headdress and ornately embroidered rank badge seated on a large black chair with green and pink cushioning on a mosaic floor patterned with flowers in shades of pink, white, green, blue, yellow and black. The wood scroll bar at base of paper is covered at ends with blue patterned silk.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Portrait Painting2755/4

Framed, large scale, ancestor portrait painted on paper. Depicted is a male in an imperial-style blue robe and jeweled blue hat, with an ornately embroidered rank badge hanging from his neck, seated in a large tiger skin covered chair or throne. The red mosaic floor has a floral patterning in shades of white, green, yellow and pink with a border motif in black. A wide band of brown paper frames the painting and the actual reddish wood frame with fibreboard backing has two ornate metal hangers at top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, paint, wood, copper alloy metal and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Church Representation2755/3

Ceramic model of a Catholic church with two square bell towers at the front. The molded relief architectural features (crosses, rondeles, arches, door and window frames) of the light orange clay structure are highlighted with white paint and green glaze. At the base of the towers are the words "SANTIAGO" and "PUPUJA".

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drum Beater1448/6 a

Large cylindrical light brown piece of wood which narrows at one end to form a handle.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2762/41 a-b

Red catlinite pipe head (a) and long wooden stem with squared sides and centre ridges (b). Carved into the medium brown wood of the stem, near one end, is a series of stained brown chevrons, and stained onto it are thick brown chevrons facing the opposite direction. The pipe has a wedged front tip, a stove-pipe like bowl that stands up from near mid-point. Concentric rings are carved near the rim of both the bowl and the end that joins the stem.

Culture
Cree
Material
catlinite stone, wood and stain
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy2754/1

Colourful hanging paper mache toy airplane with 3-dimensional heads of jungle animals attached to the outside. A modern version of Noah's ark (name NOE painted on the side), the red,white, yellow and blue airplane with wood wings and wheels is carrying a giraffe, a zebra, a blue hippopotamus, a red tiger (all with painted leather ears), and a green elephant.

Culture
Cuban
Material
paper, paint, adhesive, wood, leather skin, glaze and metal
Made in
Havana, Cuba
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse PanelE160 b

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large central manta ray with two smaller mantas on either side. All of the mantas have white eyes, are detailed with black rectangular-like shapes; they are green outlined in orange with yellow, pink, purple, green, blue and white detailing. The ground is black with black, orange, green, blue and purple stripes. One side is edged with a thick orange fabric border while the opposite side has black. The panel has a red fabric backing. Two edges are raw.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Darien, Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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