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Sample: PaperN2.1285 f

Sheet of handmade paper that is cream-coloured with small brown and red maple leaves and flecks of gold and silver foil.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, butterfly insect and maple leaf
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1285 e

Sheet of handmade paper that is thin, semi-transparent, mint green-coloured with darker fibres apparent.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, butterfly insect and maple leaf
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1285 d

Sheet of handmade paper that is thin, semi-transparent, mint green-coloured with darker fibres apparent.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, butterfly insect and maple leaf
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1285 b

Sheet of handmade paper that is plain cream-coloured with small, brown fibrous speckles.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, butterfly insect and maple leaf
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper422/62 b

Pieces of hand made paper. Off-white paper with holes overall on one side, embedded green and red Japanese maple leafs, and flecks of gold and silver leaf overall.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, maple leaf and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1285 a

Sheet of handmade paper that is plain cream-coloured with small, brown fibrous speckles.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, butterfly insect and maple leaf
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper422/62 a

Piece of hand made paper. Off-white paper with red and green Japanese maple leaves and multicoloured butterflies embedded in the paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, maple leaf and butterfly insect
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fisherwoman2682/1

Tall, thin painted carving of Fisherwoman. Featured are a bird, a woman, a fish, and a second human face. The woman stands, with the bird's feet on her shoulders. The tail of the fish is in the bird's mouth and it bends down to touch the woman's head with it's mouth. The second face is at the base of the figure facing backward.

Culture
Iatmul: Simal
Material
shell, maple wood and paint
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shaking the Crown BoneNb7.346 a-b

Sculptural installation in the form of two very large lahal sticks. Each is installed vertically, and rotates on a central axis. The 'male' stick (part a) has a wide copper band around its centre, with the Royal Proclamation of 1763 acid-etched into it. The 'female' stick (part b) has 5 copper inlay hands, each with a year acid-etched into it. Both have carved hands protruding from the main post - one pair of hands extend palm-up in the lower area; 8 fisted hands extend out, around the post, above the central area; one hand points downward from the upper area. Both sticks also have two colour-stained, wood veneer bands at each end, with inlaid abalone figures between them. The 'male' stick has 2 crown and 2 jester hat shapes between the top bands, and 2 trees and fish between the bottom bands. The 'female' stick has 2 trees and fish between its top bands, and 3 pairs of sticks between the bottom bands.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
yellow cedar wood, yew wood, abalone shell, steel metal ?, mahogany wood, maple wood, copper metal, stain, lacquer, wax and adhesive
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle WhorlNbz898

Rounded wooden disc with hole in centre. The dorsal surface is slightly concave, while the ventral surface is convex with the central hole being the highest point. There are four lines incised into the convex side, directly around the central hole, which radiate out in four different directions. The wood is a reddish brown colour, and is darker in the area surrounding the opening for the spindle.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quwutsun' ?
Material
maple wood
Made in
Koksilah, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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