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Slit GongIb459

Long, carved wooden gong, cylindrical with a slight bulbous shape. The top is flat with a small rectangular handle; bottom is rounded. The sides are carved in relief with a stylized geometric coil design with a band of diamonds running down the back and triangular detailing at the top. Drum is slit at top from one end to the other; covered with a thin layer of stain.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Slit GongIb458

Large, long, carved wooden gong, cylindrical in shape with a rectangular protruding handle on the top end; bottom is rounded. The sides are carved in relief with a stylized geometric coil design with a band of diamonds running down the back and triangular detailing at the top. The top front of the handle has a carved face with narrow eyes, a long flat nose and a slightly protruding tongue; back end has triangular design. Drum is slit at top from one end to the other; covered with a thin layer of stain.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Java, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/17

Black coloured oval-shaped mask with five-pronged headpiece. Perimeter of face is slightly raised, hairline is defined with three ridges, nose is long and rounded at the end, and mouth is small and pursed.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/50

Small brown, carved, standing female human figure with short hair and protruding, conical breasts. Figure has articulated legs, arms, shoulder blades, and protruding, conical buttocks.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1373/29

Female wooden figure that stands on a square base. The legs are proportionately short, while arms are long. Head is oversized with little detail in facial fetures. Hair, cheeks and back of figure are incised with linear patterns. Notches are carved out of the chest and stomach area and on the back of figure's arms. The figure's stomach, breasts and buttocks are exaggerated.

Culture
Marka
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask1373/19

Dark-brown carved mask of a small human face with linear carved hair peaking at crown. Mouth and eyes are slits. There are two aligned rows of three raised vertical reliefs on the centre of the forhead and one row of three more of the same on each cheek just inwards from the ears. Side edges are perfortated with ten holes.

Culture
Baule
Material
wood and stain
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gong946/22

Rounded, dark brown wooden object shallowly carved in a animal-like shape. Circular hole forming a handle is at top. Circular hole bored horizontally through the length of the bottom edge.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and stain ?
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1124

Oval, roughly carved face mask with green-brown stain and patchy grey pigment overall. Seal head appendage at top. Dark brown seal has incised eye slits and wide mouth slit. Notches indicate nostrils. Forehead of mask is higher than plane of face. Long, narrow, nose is nailed on with three metal nails. Nose is stained dark brown with red under stain and at bottom, scraped to bare wood at tip. Almond shaped eye holes below sloped lids. Two small holes below nose and downturned mouth hole with black over red lips. A hole on each side has a two strand twine cord tied between. Back is very uneven. Black #12 above #311 on side and faded '26920-2' in white.

Culture
Inuit
Material
pigment, stain, fibre, metal and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNa1122

Oval, stylized, dark brown human face with triangular nose. Face slopes off on either side and slopes off under nostril holes. Mouth is semi-circular hole, flat along bottom with carved Chinese-style green glass beads nailed just below mouth on either side. Series of pencil ? v's along a line from either side of mouth extending out to sides of mask. Curved pencil lines above almond shaped eye holes. A brittle hide ? strip passes through and is tied at small holes on either side of mask. Strip is knotted at centre. Back surface is smooth except at bevelled areas around holes and nose indentation. Black letters on one side read 'Nesk.20.p' and white numbers at bottom read '23757'.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, stain, skin ?, graphite mineral, metal and glass
Made in
Point Hope, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DishC375

Dish with oval shape and rounded bottom. Rim flat at top; rim pierced with a hole on one end, and the other end has a hole on the outside that just barely pierces through the rim to the inside.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
wood and stain
Made in
New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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