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War Shield2703/1

Large carved and painted wood shield. The teardrop shape narrows with a circular shape at that end. Front decoration includes a white background, six orange curl designs joined by vertical bars with circle and semi-circle cutouts, orange horned motifs, an orange and white chain link at the edge of the shield, dark brown relief borders, and a carved zigzag aacross the narrowing. The back is unpainted and a curved handle with rectangular hole protrudes from the centre.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, clay and paint
Made in
Sawa-Erma, Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vase2707/7

Small, cream coloured ceramic vase. It has a small circular opening with a raised rim; wide shoulders; body tapers into a narrower flat bottom. The sides are decorated with three light green stripes round base and neck; abstract repeating design in between.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
glaze, clay and paint
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cristo Com a Cruz as Costas2708/6

Wooden figure carved and painted in a depiction of Jesus Christ carrying a large brown cross on his right shoulder. He has black hair and beard; red lips and nails; large circular eyes. Around his head is a brown band, possibly a crown of thorns with areas of red below it. He wears brown pants with a dark red long sleeved shirt with gold striped detailing. The figure stands barefooted on a green circular base with white writing.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Torres Novas, Santarem, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box2707/4 a-b

Light grey, circular clay ceramic box (parts a-b). The body of the base (part a) has a slight taper at the bottom and a tall slightly flared foot. The outside edge of the rim is flat while the inside is raised and slightly rounded. The lid (part a) is domed with a few circular ribs surrounding a central triangular shaped knob. Both parts are detailed with faded black, blue and orange crisscross pattern along with vertical and horizontal stripes.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Sawankhalok, Sukhothai, Thailand ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield2705/3

Wood citak shield, oval-like shaped with a slight taper at both ends but one has a straight edge while the other is pointed. Detailed with a bilaterally symmetrical stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the curved geometric design are painted orange and white with a black outline. The pointed top is white with an orange trapezoid on either side. The side edges and bottom are painted black. The back has a carved out handle; piece of brown synthetic twine attached.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, clay, ochre pigment and charcoal pigment ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shield2705/4

Wooden coastal shield, rectangular in shape with rounded corners and a slight taper at the bottom. Detailed with a bilaterally symmetrical stylized design carved in relief. The recesses of the geometric design is painted orange and outlined in black all on a white ground framed in black. White stripe on top and bottom. Small carved head sits on the top middle edge. Two sets of four bundles of sennit attached along the side edges, one is missing. The back has black painted, triangular design on either side of a carved out handle; piece of twisted fibre twine attached.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, sennit fibre, clay, ochre pigment, charcoal pigment ?, pigment and fibre
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2715/2

Small woven cedar bark basket with a plaited bottom.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2715/1

Woven cedar bark hat. The hat has a flat top and wide brim. It is woven with wide pieces of bark, with three rows of thin pieces around the top and middle. Before the brim are three rows of green coloured bark.

Culture
Haida
Material
cedar bark
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CardN2.1123 uuu

People holding lights outside of town in the evening. Reverse has sentiment, "With every Good Wish for A Happy Christmas and A Bright New Year".

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN2.1123 jjjj

Book with female puppet in patterned white and red kimono and black patterned obi, on front. Book is titled: "The Short Stories of Bunraku Ningyo Joruri / Bunraku-Za Puppet Theatre Osaka Japan 1930" Purple ribbon through center fold.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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