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Shadow Puppet3084/5

Shadow puppet of the character Hadschiewad, made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint. The bearded man wears a small tri-coloured hat and loose clothing, one hand held to his sharp nose. The other arm falls to the side, separate from the puppet and attached by a string tie to create movement, as are the legs. The skin of the object is punctured to show lines in the clothing.

Culture
Turkish
Material
skin, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet3084/4

Shadow puppet of the hunchback character Bekeruhi, made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint. The man wears a tall rounded hat with brim, striped in green, blue, yellow and red, as well as an open jacket above a green shirt, wide legged dark pants and red shoes. His face has a long pointed nose, prominent round chin, open mouth and large downturned eye. The hump on his back is prominent. The legs below the knees are separate from the body and attached with small string ties in order to create movement. The skin of the object is punctured to delineate lines in the clothing and divisions between his limbs.

Culture
Turkish
Material
skin, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet3084/3

Puppet depicting a turtle, or tortoise, with a lit candle sitting on its back. The turtle has a thick shell in orange, brown and green with its neck and head protruding from the front. Its face has a large dark eye and rounded snout. Four legs hang from the bottom of the shell, each with three claws. The legs are attached to the puppet by plastic ties, allowing them to move freely. The skin of the object is punctured to form linear decorations.

Culture
Turkish
Material
skin, paint and plastic
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow Puppet3084/2

Shadow puppet of the character Tuzsuz Deli Bekir, made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint. Puppet is a bearded man with a sword at his hip. He is clothed in loose garments, green and blue, with a small orange turban on his head. The skin is punctured to delineate lines in the clothing and divisions between limbs. The legs of the puppet are separate from the torso to create movement, with the pieces attached to each other by a thin string tie.

Culture
Turkish
Material
skin, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kayak Carving3040/98 a-c

Carving of a kayak with three skin lines and the paddle attached across the front (part a). There is a separate hunter figure (part b) holding a harpoon in raised position, and separate seal float (part c).

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and skin
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/63 a-e

Carving of a sled with dog hitch. The sled (part a) is made of many individual pieces (each cross bar and each runner is a separate piece - lashed by sinew done in the way a real sled would be lashed). On top of the sled is lemming fur for a driver to sit on. Tucked under the lemming fur is a separate harpoon (part d) and a separate hitch line and toggle (part e). The driver (part b) is carved in a separate piece and has a separate rifle (part c). Attached to the front of the sled is the hitch for the dogs complete with a toggle for the attachment of each dog.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, lemming skin, bone, sinew and cotton fibre
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving3040/49 a-e

Carving of a kayak and hunter (part a). The hunter is missing his left hand; his right hand is raised. There is a loose harpoon part (part b - previously attached to the top of the kayak?), a paddle (part c), a seal float (part d), and a separate harpoon (part e). The other harpoon parts are affixed to the kayak with string line (thread), attached to the harpoon head.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, skin, cotton fibre and ink ?
Made in
Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress Ornament2948/120

Ornament made of the feature feathers of a Bird of Paradise, as well its breast feathers, still attached to the skin. Two sets of long, fine, light brown feathers hang from the skin of the throat, which is covered in shorter, dark brown feathers. The bird’s lower beak is folded over and resting within a cavity between the sets of feathers.

Culture
Asmat
Material
feather, bird skin and beak
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron3089/2

Small dance apron of red and black felted cloth; the outer edge has a row of large shell buttons, with a row of smaller shell buttons inside. Three horizontal rows of off-white shell buttons top three strips of leather tassels and copper bells sitting on attached leather thongs and scalloped red felt. The waistband extends into ties to secure the apron around the body.

Culture
Nuxalk and Heiltsuk
Material
wool fibre, leather skin, copper metal, shell and fibre
Made in
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes3052/33 a-b

Pair of leather shoes. The shoes are light weight and close fitting, with pointed toes curling up, and two straps across the top secured with silver buckles at the outer side. Straps have three sets of four silver rivets bored through them in diamond shapes. On front top of shoe is a small decorative strip of grey-brown leather with three holes cut out of it to show a red-brown piece of leather underneath. Decoration consists of a strap of leather woven around the top of the shoe that creates pleats at the front. The shoe base is a continuation of the upper, with no added sole.

Culture
Ukrainian
Material
leather skin and metal
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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