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ContainerCa66 a-b

Large round-body, part (a), is light coloured wood with two small protruding handles pierced, with leather handle strap going through them and attaching to wider leather strap. Extra piece of leather connected to side of leather strap. Mouth of container is wrapped and woven with grasses. Lid, part (b) is bulbous with round and smaller flat top, does not fit well on container. Inside container is charred black.

Culture
Borana
Material
leather skin, grass and wood
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCa68 a-b

Container narrowing at top and bottom. The base (a) is concave and the mouth rim is tightly wrapped. The container is coiled in ten vertical sections. Cowrie shells are knotted on at the shoulder. The lid (b) also has cowrie shells knotted on just above the lip.

Culture
Borana
Material
giraffe hair, grass, cowrie shell and resin ?
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BucketCi11 a-b

Bucket (a) and lid (b). The bucket has a cylindrical body that flares at the top and bottom, and is widest at the bottom of the base. A handle of bent copper is fastened to the body with a copper loop and rivets at each end. The handle is engraved with a series of lines in a zigzag pattern as well as dots and circles. The body is hammered and incised in horizontal bands of geometric and intertwined guilloché designs. The lid is slightly convex with a knob at the top centre and is decorated with concentric bands of floral and geometric pattern.

Culture
Turkish ?
Material
copper metal and silver alloy metal ?
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskA4486 a-b

Human face with a moveable eagle head mounted on a pole and connected with canvas. Four moveable slats representing the feathers of the wings attach to back of mask. Yellow ties on back.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cotton fibre, wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8539 a-b

Bentwood box with painted designs in black and red; with a lid (part b) with edges that bevel inwards towards the base. The main decoration fills each of two opposite sides with a bilaterally symmetrical design. The other two sides each have a less elaborate abstract design formed by an ovoid with two u-forms centred on each panel, also in black and red. The side joint and bottom are nailed.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
metal, paint and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bentwood BoxA8338 a-b

Part (a) Box is carved on all four sides. Both ends are framed in an incised rectangle, filled with horizontal carved lines, with the exception of three triangles on one side. One long side is only the carved lines. The other long side is plain except for one vertically incised line near one corner. Part (b) Lid has upraised edge on one side.

Culture
Haisla ?
Material
cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PaperN2.1287 a

Rectangular piece of paper with a square design in red and white. The paper has six large squares, alternating red and white. In five of those squares are small squares, rotated to look like diamonds. The solid red square has four white Japanese characters.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1283 a

Rectangular dark blue paper with white shell designs. There are three different shell motifs, arranged in diagonal rows.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1278 a

Rectangular white paper with white circles containing a blue star motif. Blue ground and white border.

Culture
Japanese
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Yūdachi (Thunder Shower)N2.1256 a

Print showing villagers running from a heavy rainfall, and lightning. Main colours are green, yellow, grey, blue. The artist’s stylized seals appear at the lower left corner, in red, on the image. The red Japanese characters in the lower right margin are the seals of the publisher, printer and carver. The paper mount is stamped "Made in Japan".

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