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DrumC1057

Carved wood drum with an hour glass shape. The sides have two bands of geometric design carved in relief. The bottom section is cut in the form of two triangles and is carved in shallow relief with a stylized design around a central head. The engravings are decorated with white pigment. There is a rectangular shaped handle on the side. Skin drum head bound with split, braided bamboo.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, stem, reptile skin, lime mineral and pigment
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SherdE105

Red clay sherd with a dark red slip on the top; circular in shape the fragment consists of a disc shaped bottom attached to a concaved jagged edged top.

Culture
Central America
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM3.210

Grey clay, figure with a red slip consisting of the head of an Egyptian king wearing a large headdress and long narrow beard; facial features are incised. Style of new kingdom, remains of red ochre paint.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
clay and pigment
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureM3.205

Wooden, carved figure in the shape of model of a mummy (ushabti) with a red, painted face and black facial features. Hieroglyphs are painted down front panel. There is a piece of paper, glued to the back of the figure with black writing that reads, ‘The Ptolemies period (Thebes)’.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
pigment, cedar wood ? and paper
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentH2.118

Ornament consisting of a central, light brown disc with dark brown x’s surrounding and overlapping a stylized animal. Tied to the top is a looped string of grey and red seeds. Hanging from the bottom are eights strings of grey and red seeds.

Culture
Interior Amazonia ?
Material
gourd fruit, seed, fibre and pigment
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombH2.102

Wooden, five prong comb; three of the prongs are longer. The top, handle, is rectangular in shape with a circular piece on the top middle. There are three vertical incisions. The surrounding area is decorated with an interwoven line design. Back has simple linear decoration. Front is signed ‘R. Rie’. Remnants of blue detailing.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
wood and pigment
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SealM3.259 a-b

Seal (a) and clay slab (b). The seal is composed of black stone in a cylindrical shape with images incised into the surface: a female wild boar, two goats standing on their hind legs facing each other, a bird, a small boar and trees in the background. The seal is pierced with a hole that extends from end to end. The clay slab is rectangular with a bas-relief impression of the images from the seal.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
stone ?, clay and pigment ?
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VialM3.254

Glass vial with a tall, narrow, semi-hemispherical base and a tall, cylindrical neck. On top is a disc shaped, everted rim. The outer surface has a copper coloured shiny coating; underneath, glass is multicoloured.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
glass and pigment ?
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cosmetics EnvelopeN2.713

Face powder in envelope-like paper container. Package in polychrome depicting a warrior on one side and floral imagery with characters on the other.

Culture
Japanese
Material
pigment, paper and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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InkN1.543

Ink slab with a rectangular shape, a raised border, a white elephant and four gold Chinese characters on one face, and four columns of characters in relief on the reverse. with two white elephants and characters in gold in front.

Culture
Chinese
Material
adhesive, charcoal, lacquer ?, gold metal and pigment ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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