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DollEd1.148

Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Rear view is depicted with the face turned to the left side of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Wearing a large hat shaped like a rounded triangle with an apex at the top, and a scalloped rim of dark yellow linen, a loose light blue silk jacket, loose grey-beige cotton trousers, and yellow sandals. Two pieces of white flannel edged with light green silk thread with a loop of the same thread at the top are sewn to the paper backing.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper, silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, paint and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEd5.2787

Gold, human face mask with closed eyes and smiling mouth; elongated ear lobes; dark green hair with two top knots. Adhesive label and paper label inside, each with an inscription.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paste adhesive, adhesive, paint, lacquer, hemp fibre and paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd1.141

Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Wearing yellow sandals, leggings, white trousers, a robe of dark yellow linen, and belted under the arms with a ribbon of the same. Face is partly covered by a large hat of the same material shaped like a rounded triangle with an apex at the top. Carrying a screen on two paper handles. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light green silk with a loop of dark yellow silk at the top are sewn to the paper backing.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper, silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, paint and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh18

Mask with dark yellow face decorated with low relief triangles painted in black, white and red, and a U-shaped area in the middle of the forehead filled in with dots in red and black. The mask also has black eyebrows, red upper eyelids, eyes that look downwards and each have a crescent-shaped slit underneath, a pointed nose with nostril holes, and plant fibre twine straps. The upper and lower jaw are hinged with thread and are made from wire covered in red fabric. Two teeth protrude from the centre of the top lip, and two teeth on the bottom lip sit either side of the top teeth. The moustache and beard are of hemp, fastened to the mask with thread.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ?, plastic, cotton fibre and hemp fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh30

Mask representing a male humanoid face with movable eyeballs, ovoid in shape, that are wired into open sockets. Nose with rounded tip and flared nostrils. Very wide mouth extending to small ears. Hinged lower jaw with a protruding lower lip. Grey string beard and moustache. Black cloth behind mouth opening. The Mask is pink with black lines on the forehead, and red and white lines on the brows, cheeks, and nostrils. The bridge and tip of the nose are painted yellow.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, copper metal, hemp fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScoopC465

A tall scoop with a long staff handle and a bowl roughly carved to shape and lashed with hemp twine.

Culture
Fijian
Material
wood and hemp fibre
Made in
Vanua Levu, Fiji
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketC594

A very flexible bag-like basket. Main design consists of three equally spaced horizontal bands in black on a natural background. In between the horizontal bands in black there is a pattern of vertical woven strips creating vertical rectangles along a natural weave of horizontal strips. There is a connecting braided handle going from one side to the other with tassels.

Culture
Massim
Material
palm leaf and hemp fibre
Made in
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookC442

Wood is carved in a 'V' shape and a wooden barb carved separately is tied to one end of the 'V' with string. On the other end a string is tied and extends away from the hook ending in several knots.

Culture
Tuvaluan
Material
wood and hemp fibre
Made in
Tuvalu
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubC1284

Wide sword-shaped brown-black wood club. 'Blade' has geometric designs of vertical zig zag lines bordered by concentric semi-oval lines at either side emphasized with white pigment. 'Blade' flares outward to a flat blunt end that has holes with knotted string. The 'grip' flares outward to a sideways sigma design. 'Pommel' and end knob 'button' both have a horizontal zig zag line band around their base.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
wood, hemp fibre and pigment ?
Made in
Kiriwina Islands, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoneyC408

Discs are strung on a fibre cord alternating dark brown and white with a knot mid-strand. Coconut and coral smoothed and drilled for stringing.

Culture
I-Kiribati
Material
coconut nutshell, hemp fibre and coral
Made in
Nonouti, Gilbert Group, Kiribati
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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