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Pipe2948/136 a-b

Wooden pipe. The larger piece (part a) is decorated on the middle third with two thin bands of painted, cross-hatched design on either side of a reddish middle panel featuring intertwined abstract designs. At the centre of these design are triangles containing hourglass shapes. The designs are outlined in dark brown pigment and filled in with many parallel horizontal lines. At one end of part (a) the wood is coloured darker than the rest of this piece and wrapped in a thick band of synthetic fibre. Part b is undecorated aside from a small band of stylized ‘v’ shapes. There are ash remains inside both parts. Both parts have tape wrapped around them, one at the end, the other at midsection.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass, paint and tape adhesive
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2948/134 a-b

Wooden pipe. One piece (part a) has a band of decoration near the midsection, consisting of incised and pigment-filled abstract patterns of curved, straight, and intersecting lines. At the base of this band is another smaller band with roughly circular dot incisions. The end adjacent to the decoration has a distinct mottled texture and is darker in colour. The opposite end has been whittled down to the interior layer of wood and is darker in colour. The other part (b) has been slightly whittled down at either end and has two sections of bark preserved in bands around either end of the piece. Some ash remains inside both pieces.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass and pigment ?
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2948/133

Wooden pipe. Large pipe consists of one open end and an opposing rounded end with a small circular opening. The outside surface is decorated with linear designs. The exterior is riddled with small holes while the interior retains some ash, particularly at the rounded end. There is a white band of paint(?) running along the midsection of the pipe.

Culture
Asmat
Material
paint and bamboo grass ?
Made in
Ambisu, Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2948/132 a-b

Wooden pipe. One piece (part a) has a smoothed surface, red-brown in colour, and is undecorated. The end portion is circular with a smaller, circular opening and carved letters. Part b is light yellow-brown in colour and is similarly unadorned. Both parts of the pipe retain some ash material inside.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical Instrument2956/302 a-c

Carved wooden instrument with a series of evenly carved ridges protruding outward, running along most of the front length of the piece. A hole is bored through the bottom as a handle. Thick decorative lines are carved into the sides of the instrument. The playing stick (part b) is a short piece of bamboo cut into strips on the bottom. The top of the instrument is carved as the head of a man, with beard and mustache, protruding nose, lined cheeks, carved eyes and heavy, wrinkled brows. His mouth has a bored hole at centre that holds a small wooden pipe (part c) with carved linear designs.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Braga, Braga, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Musical Instrument2956/301 a-c

Carved wooden instrument with a series of evenly carved ridges, protruding outward and running along the front of the piece. A hole is bored through the bottom for a handle and the bottom portion curves back slightly. Thick decorative lines are carved into the sides of the instrument; “Braea Purtugal” is also carved on one side. The playing stick (part b) is a short piece of bamboo cut into strips on the bottom. The top of the instrument is carved as the head of a man with a beard and mustache, protruding nose, lined cheeks, carved eyes and heavy, wrinkled brows. His mouth has a bored hole at centre that holds a small wooden pipe (part c).

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Braga, Braga, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Umbrella2967/50 a-b

Bamboo umbrella frame. Frame consists of a thick centre piece holding a round top that supports 14 extendable ribs connected at their bottoms by cotton strips tied to each end. Inner wooden supports are attached high up on the ribs, as well as to a sliding circle that moves up and down the centre piece in order to extend the umbrella. The handle at the bottom end is covered in black cloth tape. A painted gold top piece (part b) is attached to the umbrella by a nail.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, wood, cotton fibre, metal and tape adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tiger Mask2967/52

Cantonese opera tiger mask, to be worn with costume 2967/53. Mask has a bamboo under-structure, covered with coarse burlap and topped by yellow hemp. The mask covers the wearer’s face and head and has a long flap down the back to cover the neck. Several long strings connect the neck flap to the mask, as well as it being sewn on at the rear base of the mask. The face has an open mouth painted red, a small red nose, and holes for eyes with a large green wooden bead attached with wire. Small ears are sewn to the head behind the eyes. Stamped onto the fabric on the back of the head and the neck cover are a series of circles with radiating rays. The face is emphasized with eyebrows, whiskers, and stripes.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
hemp fibre, bamboo grass, wood, paper, ink and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2948/135 a-b

Cylindrical bamboo pipe in two parts. The larger piece (part a) has a red brown bottom end. The top half of part a is red brown progressing to yellow with vertical brown grooves. The middle part of part a is decorated with an engraved design. The inside of the pipe is filled with a type of dried grass. The smaller pipe (part b) has two small grey green ends and a long yellow brown middle.

Culture
Asmat
Material
bamboo grass and paint
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2948/124

Closed necklace made from bamboo and seed ornaments. A section of bamboo is split in two and hangs vertically down the centre of the necklace. Both sections of bamboo are place side by side and maintained together with three small fibre strings tied at the back of the ornament. On each side of the necklace there is a row of ten small, oval, brown seeds. Two fibre strings knotted together close the top of the necklace.

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