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Paper422/62 a

Piece of hand made paper. Off-white paper with red and green Japanese maple leaves and multicoloured butterflies embedded in the paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, maple leaf and butterfly insect
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe468 a-e

Part (a) is a long tear drop shaped plywood with three dimensional carved wood head attached centre front. Face has eyes outlined in red seeds, hook nose with open nostrils and long feather and fibre rope through wide indented mouth. Back board and head painted with geometric designs in brown, gold, white and black. White feathers double fringe attach to perimeter with twisted fibre band. Secondary face on board has wide smiling mouth. Attached black and white feather, red seed medallion top piece, back has support material of hat and ridge in wood. Four flat wood leaf shapes (b-e) with black and white zigzag markings, cut white feather surrounds them, attached at an angle to a stick bound with fibre and white feather down.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, paint, fibre, shell, feather and skin
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God Print806/10 c

Vertical print depicting a dragon in orange, green, red, yellow, and purple surrounded by clouds. The image is printed in black ink on a rectangular piece of light brown-yellow paper; the colours were added in paint. The dragon's head is at the bottom; his tail ends at the top.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Macau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar330/5 a-j

Set of cardboard collars (parts a-j) pasted individually onto white synthetic fibre.

Culture
Korean
Material
synthetic fibre, paper and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Couplet Banner396/1 a

Piece of red rectangular paper with a vertical column of black ink Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1060/79 a

Large rectangular bark cloth with designs in red-brown, brown and black, on the natural coloured ground. The designs consist of rows of triangles inside rectangles, with various motifs inside the triangles. There are also three narrow bands--one at each end, and one off-centre.

Culture
Fijian
Material
mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Padded SocksEd1.299

Pair of white cotton socks lined with white cotton fabric and padded with cotton batting. Socks are joined to lining with a concealed seam, and sewn along the outer edges with a concealed seam. Ankles are straight, curving out slightly at the back, and heels are rounded. Arch is slightly raised, and toes point downwards, curving up to a point at the top of the toes. Socks are stitched firmly together at the inner top of the ankles.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseAf456 a

Blouse that together with a skirt (Af456 b) and head-tie (Af456 c) forms an outfit. The blouse has short sleeves, rounded neck, and is composed of narrow black cotton strips sewn together; decorated with four vertical rows of gold metallic thread per strip and three horizontal rows repeated within each strip but not aligned between strips. A linear, solid geometric pattern occurs randomly, in gold, silk thread.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ibadan, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood ChestNb3.1334 a-b

Bentwood chest with lid (part b). Painted distributive designs on all four sides, split symmetry on long sides. Heavy black formlines with red and black details. Complex designs on front and back; one short side has wide curving black bands with red outlined ovoids, split u's and a round eye shape; cross-hatched details. Other short side has wide curving black bands, a red circle shape to right, red split u's, ovoids and crosshatched details. Two drilled holes at top of each long side. Box lashed at one corner; metal patch nailed with square nails at top. Lid is thick and carved from a single piece of wood; rounded edges.

Culture
Coast Salish and Heiltsuk
Material
metal, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAc213 a

Round woven mask with a heavy lower fringe. The upper part of the mask covers the head and is woven of 2 ply open twine with triangular stitch knotting in alternating bands of yellow and dark brown, topped with yellow fringe. On the front are two protruding eye pieces made of woven cane with white lime ? around the edges. The mask is surrounded at the bottom with a heavy yellow fringe made of three layers. Mask is part of a costume.

Culture
Pende
Material
grass, palm leaf and wood
Made in
Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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