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DollEd5.2814 a-b

Doll (part a) has gesso-like head, hands, and feet. Body stuffed with paper? Black shoulder length straight hair with bangs. Black painted eyebrows, brown glass eyes in eye socket, painted black lower lashes, molded nose, and pink painted closed mouth. Orange floral kimono. Obi brocaded in orange and gold with white tie around obi. Pink and white dotted scarf above obi. Wooden stand (part b) black lacquer finish with fixed wood upright.

Culture
Japanese
Material
gesso ?, wood, paint, lacquer, paper, horse hair, silk fibre, glass and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEd5.2956

Wood mask that has an open, hollow mouth with four fangs. Pointed ears and straight, coarse, black to dark blue hair framing blue green face. Eyebrows, pupils, and nostrils are black. Eyes and mouth are lined with purple. Whites of eyes and teeth are not painted or varnished. On ther back, there is a square stamp in Japanese script. Hair is groups of strands formed by individual holes approximately one centimetre across. Green cord at back for hanging.

Culture
Japanese
Material
horse hair, lacquer, nylon fibre, paint and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEd5.2955

Wood mask that has an open hollow mouth with four fangs. Pointed ears and straight, coarse, black hair framing red face. Eyebrows, pupils, and nostrils are black. Eyes and mouth are lined with purple. Whites of eyes and teeth are not painted or varnished. On the back, there is a square stamp in Japanese script. Hair kept in groups of strands by individual holes, each approximately one centimetre across. Green cord at back for hanging.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paint, lacquer, nylon fibre, horse hair and wood
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fly WhiskCa41

Fly whisk with a long handle in black and white alternating braided hair with a wire loop at the end and a domed base with a band of green and orange cotton cloth. Strands of loose white hair taper towards the ends.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
cotton fibre, horse hair, metal and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhiskCb75

Fly whisk of light coloured horse hair with the handle bound in thin dark brown leather. A leather strap forms a loop from the end of the handle and there is a leather fringe where the handle meets the horse hair. The loop is decorated with long parallel stripes of dyed and incised lines and the fringe has dyed black parallel lines overall.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, adhesive ?, lacquer ?, dye and horse hair
Made in
Kano, Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb11.226

Unpainted mask, except for red along the outer surface of the lips and the inner circle of the eyes. Forehead is rounded and down sloping. Eyes are very deep set. Heavy raised eyebrows meet at the upper nose and extend upwards across the forehead and then down to the temples, and merge with the cheekbones. Narrow, sharply curved nose, hooks under the upper lip. Lips are narrow and flare at the corners and are pursed at the centre. Chin is a square ridge at the bottom front. Horsehair extends in twenty-six bunches from the top back edge of the mask. Two piece leather head strap is tied and nailed on the inside.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
paint, metal, leather skin, horse hair and alder wood
Made in
Clayoquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Herring HookA8185

A bundle of lines of twined horsehair or gut. To end of each line is fastened a thin brass rod with a very sharp point, bound with thread on to its line at an opposed angle, thus acting as a hook.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
brass metal, intestine and horse hair
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClubD2.76

Stone club. Black and white horsehair cords wrapped around shaft and stone, embellished with red feathers. Large stone head attached at one end.

Culture
Iowa
Material
wood, stone, horse hair and feather
Made in
Oklahoma, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LassoD2.190

Large loop of dark brown and light brown strands braided together. Iron ring for loop. End bound with hide.

Culture
Plains
Material
horse hair, iron metal and skin
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH1.310 a-l

Nest of eleven small, round, flat bottomed woven baskets. The outer basket (part a) has a wide band of red around the sides and a lid (part l)--lid has a band of red and a large band of open work encircling its centre. The inner baskets each have a purple rim. Remnants of a braided handle are attached at either side of the outer basket.

Culture
Chilean
Material
horse hair and dye
Made in
Maule, Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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