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Musical Instrument2814/37

Small brown oval ocarina, made from a seed. One hole for the mouth and three smaller holes along the side for the fingers.

Culture
Makuna
Material
seed
Made in
Vaupes, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Procession Costume2806/1

Bark cloth costume with a round face gourd mask. The costume is narrow at the top (34 cm wide including ears), does not have arms or arm-holes, and the front opening is sewn closed with plant fibre. The head is lightly stuffed with newspaper. An oversized J-shaped penis attachment made of wood and wrapped in barkcloth is tied to the front of the costume. The circular face of the mask is framed with a bent stem tied on with grass fibres (19 cm in diameter). The face area is covered in a very dark brown paint or pitch and has projecting round eyes, a triangular nose and carved lips, with a round ear projecting out to each side. There is a faint painted circular design on the front side of the costume in orange and brown. The bottom of the pants is heavily fringed and is the widest part of the costume. The bark cloth ranges through three shades with the lightest used for the head, a light brown for the body and darker brown for the pants.

Culture
Ticuna
Material
bark, gourd fruit, wood, stem ?, grass and paint
Made in
Leticia, Amazonas, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2809/2 a-b

Small, ovular, lidded basket with rows of light tan, brown and dark brown weaving.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
grass ? or root ?
Made in
Noanama, Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2809/1

Cone-shaped, footed brown basket woven with two dark brown circles and two sets of three dark brown triangles as design elements.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
root ?
Made in
Choco, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fish HookH1.342 a-d

Three gold plated fish hooks (parts a-c). The hooks are currently tied with yellow thread to a square piece of cardboard (part d) titled ‘Gold Fishhooks’.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2764/1

Heavy, pear-shaped basket made of light beige grass coils woven together with vertical looping of dark brown and yellow stems. The rim is brown, as are the varying sized V-shaped motifs, and there is a round beige section at base.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
grass, bark ? and dye
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Figure2738/115

Cloth male devil. Two pieces of shaped red cloth are sewn together at the sides and stuffed to form a body that has horns, hair, beard, gloves, boots, shorts, and stomach made from smaller attached pieces of black and pink cloth. A long metal tail wrapped in red wool pokes out and up from rear of shorts, and long brown "hair-like" threads are stitched into the surface.

Culture
Colombian
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre and metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Devil Figure2738/114

Cloth female devil. Two pieces of shaped red cloth are sewn together at the sides and stuffed to form a body that has horns, hair, gloves, boots, and a pleated skirt made from smaller attached pieces of black and maroon cloth. A long stuffed tail and rounded breasts are sewn on, as is a copper trident in the left hand.

Culture
Colombian
Material
cotton fibre, nylon fibre and metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket2738/105

Elongated oval basket has a closed seam and two oval openings at either end on the top. Several bands of a dark brown meander pattern is woven into natural light brown stems and the rim of one oval is brown. Bottom colours are light orange and green within a brown outlining border.

Culture
Wounaan
Material
dye ?
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2738/113

Oval-shaped wooden face mask. Large smiling mouth, long flattened nose, and prominent cheeks and brows are deeply carved into the convex shaping of the wood; the eyes and mouth are cut-outs. A cap of hair has carved ridging and thin metal wire is attached to tiny holes at each side of the head.

Culture
Colombian
Material
wood, ink and metal
Made in
Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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