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FanEd5.1459

Folding fan with thirty-two inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. One side covered with white paper, the other covered with white paper with a faint blue band at top and bottom; sparkly surface and painted design of two fish in brown and black. Inscription near right edge of three characters in black and two seals in red. Rivet is black plastic.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, plastic, paint, adhesive and paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandNe204

Woven beadwork headband; using cotton thread, white, dark blue, light blue, yellow and red plastic beads. Double arrow design with diamond and triangular shapes. Beaded rosette with border at front centre, sewn on with thread. Rosette; complete circles of blue and white beads sewn on leather circle by spot-stitch, triangle and circle design.

Culture
Cree
Material
leather skin, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MedallionNe203

Beadwork rosette; strings of plastic beads are sewn on a leather circle in rows of complete circles (not spiralled), by spot stitches. Interconnected loops of string beads make up an outside border. Beige cotton thread used for sewing. Beads are purple and green; design is triangular sections of alternating colours, radiating form centre. Safety pin is sewn onto the back.

Culture
Cree
Material
metal, plastic, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf712

Twenty-four beads of assorted sizes, predominantly blue and green in colour, threaded on monofilament. The largest beads are well finished barrel-shaped bead and a disc with a central hole. One bead has a human face carved on it and an eccentrically placed hole. Three beads have drill holes in two directions.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone, plastic and mineral ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf711

Nine mottled blue and grey stone beads in various shapes and sizes, strung on monofilament--five are hefty cylindrical beads and four are smaller, oblate forms. Some beads are chipped.

Culture
Andes
Material
sodalite mineral, plastic and lapis lazuli mineral
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1502

Folding fan with twenty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two parent ribs of bamboo. Fan covered on both sides with white paper, one side unpainted, the other painted in black, grey, and light blue/green with scene of rocks, trees, and a man. Some areas sprinkled with mica. On left is inscription of eleven characters in black and two seals in red.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, plastic, mica mineral, paint, adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1501

Folding fan with thirteen inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is paper, one-quarter of which is unpainted and three-quarters of which is painted light brown. On the brown background, there is a painted scene of a flock of silver birds.

Culture
Japanese
Material
adhesive, plastic, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1500

Folding fan with eleven inner split bamboo ribs and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is painted with three gold leaves on brown background. Other surface is also brown, streaked with silver.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, adhesive, plastic, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAf482

Human face mask carved from a single piece of wood; blue with three black dots on forehead and one on each cheek. Eyes are concave slits lined with black. Stylized black hair with parallel curving incisions; white line at hairline; small mouth with red parted lips and eight white upper teeth; long, thin nose; high forehead and decoration at each temple. Two birds at top of head, one with red body and green wings; other with white body and blue wings; yellow foot and beaks covered with multi-coloured dots. Four holes in lower rim. Rubber band stapled across back. Metal screw at top.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood, paint and rubber
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stringed Musical InstrumentEdz1367 a-b

Hexagonal wooden cylinder (cracked along one edge) indented in the middle with three raised horizontal wooden bands around open end; carved star-shaped floral wooden inset in open end; taut snakeskin cover on opposite end; rounded straight wooden stem with curved handle, decorated with two horizontal light wooden inlaid bands; two fluted wooden pegs, decorated with white/brown and light yellow/brown horizontal bands at one end. The pegs are attached at right angles to rectangular part of stem through two holes. There are two strings threaded through holes and wound around ends of pegs, and attached to pegs on side of sound box. Straight bow (b), curved at ends and threaded with gut, inserted under string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, snake skin, fibre, plastic and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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