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Painting3292/10

Painting on thin canvas. Vertical panel bordered by finely inked spade-like shapes on a solid yellow-brown background, and separated from the body by a solid red line. At top, four figures with round eyes and tails, possibly including Hanuman and Vali, appear surrounding a tree. Below, three figures surround another tree. One of the figures appears to be repeated in both the upper portion and lower portion of the panel.

Culture
Balinese
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3292/8

Painting on thin canvas. Horizontal panel bordered by finely inked spade-like shapes on a solid light yellow background, and separated from the body by a solid red line. The panel has two rows of figures across it. The bottom right corner appears to have three women in front of a tree with Shiva(?). There are three demons(?) figures, with wide round eyes, in each upper corner, and a male figure at centre below a tree.

Culture
Balinese
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting3292/9

Painting on thin canvas. Vertical panel bordered by finely inked spade-like shapes on a solid yellow-brown background, and separated from the body by a solid red line. At top, a demon(?) figure and another figure are standing under a rain cloud, with a broken arrow above their heads. Below, three figures surround a tree. One of the figures appears to be shown in both the upper portion and lower portion of the panel.

Culture
Balinese
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife3329/1 a-c

Long knife (part a), with a small knife (pisau raut; part b), and scabbard (part c). The knife blade is convex on one side and slightly concave on the other side, and is decorated with inlaid brass in a series of circles and vines. The blade itself gets gradually wider and then tapers in forming a point in line with the cutting edge. The grip is wrapped with finely woven fibre. The hilt of horn is elaborately carved, with red pigment in the lines, and has two drilled holes for an attachment. The whittling knife (part b) has a small curved blade of steel, with a brass cap marked with illegible text. The shaft is of a dark brown wood which transitions into alternating rings of horn and wood. The slightly curved hilt is elaborately carved. The scabbard is composed of a wood sheath for the sword, and an attached bark sheath for the knife. The wood sheath is composed of two pieces of wood, bound together by woven plant fibre and animal skin. The locket(?) is ornately carved. There is a long carrying strap of plaited plant fibre, and an ornament of shell and thin tassels with beads of pink, blue, green, red and yellow.

Culture
Bidayuh ?
Material
steel metal ?, brass metal ?, horn ?, plant fibre, shell, wood, animal skin, resin, bark, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet2872/9

Shadow puppet of a 2 dimensional human-like figure riding a large mythical bird. The golden skinned figure has a black face with red markings, and long curling black hair. He wears an elaborate, colourful headdress and a robe around his shoulders that falls to his feet. Bracelets adorn wrists and ankles. In front of the figure sits a small green lizard. The bird Garuda has long blue feathers making up tail and wings, and small, delicate brown feathers on the chest. The eyes are red and staring, and a long snout displays many sharp white teeth. It stands on grey birdlike feet on floral grounding. The leather of the puppet is pierced with patterns of lines, holes and curlicues, which allow light to shine through. The whole is held up by a horn handle attached to the leather with fibre. The puppet is painted identically on both front and back.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, paint, horn and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash3275/10

Sash (or headband). Textile is narrow in width, with twisted fringe at each end. Dye is ikat, in dark blue with a regular pattern of lines showing five large star shapes interspersed with lines of four small, all in white. Edge pattern near fringe is a jagged zigzag.

Culture
Balinese
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Effigy Figure3275/7 a-c

Wooden male figure in standing position, with two large, flat feet, its knees slightly bent. Head is large with a carefully carved face. Mouth is a thin line, a small nose protrudes above, eyes are almond shaped and made of bone with a small hole carved at centre. Ears have two anterior curls, and have remnants of blue paint at back. Upper arms hang at sides, with forearms and hands (parts b and c) separate pieces that attach at elbows to allow positioning at an upward angle. A loin cloth is wrapped around figure’s waist, mainly brown-grey in colour with a stripe of orange around the waistband. Cloth covers a prominent phallus.

Culture
Toradja
Material
wood, cotton fibre and bone ?
Made in
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword Handle3157/171 a-b

Wooden hilt and sword guard. The circular section of wood, presumed to be a sword guard (part a) is dark brown in colour. It has a crudely cut rectangular-shaped hole in its centre. The hilt (part b) is flat on two ends with taperering sides, and an oval-shaped hole through the centre. The wood is a medium brown colour.

Culture
Javanese ?
Material
wood
Made in
Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3155/1

Wayang hand puppet. The puppet, Un Kauw, has a human-like male head carved from wood, featuring sharp teeth emerging from below a pointed upper lip, a third eye on the forehead, two small faces protruding from behind each ear, and a small gold headdress perched on the receding black hair. Tall black boots are also carved from wood, as are the hands which are curved into fists with a hole bored through the centre. Legs are made from stuffed cotton, and the torso and arms of the puppet take the form of a cotton glove. The puppet’s robe has an upright collar, wide torso and sleeves, and a multi-paneled skirt hanging in front of the legs both front and back. The garment’s base colour is white, with heavy embroidery showing dragons, dragon scales, a butterfly at back, and decorative boarder motifs. The underside of the robe is lined with raw cotton.

Culture
Javanese
Material
hibiscus wood, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, metal and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear2948/152

Long bamboo and wood spear. Spear point is bound to bamboo shaft with plant fibre and wax. Two lines are carved into the top of the bamboo shaft. Spear point has four pointed barbs staggered along the right side and five along the other side. Bamboo shaft is lighter in colour than the spear point.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, wood, plant fibre and wax
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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