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Headrest3420/77

Headrest, or stool, carved from a single piece of wood. The headrest has a large solid cone base with a small concave surface on top. Designs are incised in bands around the circumference - two sections of lines.

Culture
Gurage
Material
wood
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest3420/74

Headrest carved from a single piece of wood. The upper surface is smooth, and curves upwards to points on either side. There are six legs in a line, one long leg at either end, and four comb-like legs at centre, which attach to an oval base. There are zigzag and line designs carved all over, with each design composed of many fine lines.

Culture
Kambata
Material
wood
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest3420/72

Headrest carved from a single piece of wood. The upper surface is flat and smooth, and curves upwards on either side. There are downward axe-shapes protruding at both ends. The headrest is four-legged, with all legs clustered at the centre - two at centre leaning to one side, and two end legs leaning in the opposite direction.

Culture
Dinka
Material
wood
Made in
“South Sudan” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headrest3420/70

Three-legged headrest carved from a single piece of wood. The upper surface has a slight curve to the side, and it tapers in at each end. The wood has been hammered with small circles all over on one side, with less on the opposite side.

Culture
Dinka
Material
wood
Made in
“South Sudan” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3420/63

Human face mask with bright pink skin, and headdress with long ends that flips out to the sides. Mask has slit eye holes cutout with black marks underneath. They have thin rounded black eyebrows, black lips, and there are four vertical black lines on the forehead and three dots on each cheek. The black lips extend into a line down the chin.

Culture
Bozo and Bamana
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3420/60

Animal (primate) mask, carved and painted black. Animal with a long snout, flat nose, large mouth baring teeth, yellow eyes, raised eyebrows, deep eye sockets, and large rounded ears on the side of the head.

Culture
Bozo and Bamana
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3420/61

Human face mask with bright pink skin, and headdress with long ends that flips out to the sides. Mask has large white oval eyes, looking downward with eye holes cutout underneath. They have thin rounded black eyebrows, black lower lip, and there are three vertical blue lines on the forehead and on each cheek. Red fabric attached to back.

Culture
Bozo and Bamana
Material
wood, paint and fibre
Made in
Segou, Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.62 a-b

Doll (a) representing a male figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. His face and hands are painted white with painted black hair, eyebrows, eyes, a drooping moustache and a chin beard. He wears a separate black paper hat (b) with a narrow brim and black silk ribbons that tie in a bow under his chin. A nail at the top of his head helps keep the hat in place. He wears a long sleeveless blue silk vest, gored and pleated under the arms, and fastened with a dingle button over a gored long-sleeved white silk coat fastening with ribbons tied in a single loop. Beneath this are an under-jacket with blue ribbons tied in a single-loop bow and under-trousers. His ankles are wrapped in white material, and he wears pointed shoes made of paper (?) covered with white cloth and painted with black linear and looped designs at the front and back.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, silk fibre, dye, glass, paste adhesive and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BottleN3.97 a-b

Oil bottle (yu-byeong; 유병; 油甁). Celadon pot with vertical bands of circles separated by vertical lines. Squat, compressed spherical shape with raised neck and flared rim. Unmarked. Round wooden stand (part b) with three legs.

Culture
Korean
Material
clay, glaze and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snowshoes (Pair)19/637 B

SECOND REPORT ON THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY. FROM NOTES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER, CAPTAIN JAMES S. MUTCH, AND REV. E.J. PECK. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 15, 1907

Culture
Tlingit: Chilkat
Material
wood, hide and string
Made in
Chilkat, Haines Borough, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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