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Gold Weight3573/2

Bronze sitting couple. A man and woman sit side by side on a bench. Both figures have long, oblong heads. The male wears a small hat on top of his head, and has a flat beard that extends out from his chin. The man rests his right hand and on the woman's right shoulder, and the remaining hands are all rested on their knees. The woman is bare breasted and has her hair back or wears a headdress.

Culture
Akan
Material
brass metal
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar3573/19 a-b

Majolica glazed jar (part a) with painted design of four birds with long tail feathers among curling leaves in blue and yellow with a grey-white background. The rim is a band of blue. The base has three bands, blue, yellow, blue, with the bottom edge and inner ring a red-orange and unglazed. The interior is glazed. Dome-shaped lid (part b) with curling leaf design and blue knob handle. Base of lid is glazed, except lip, which is red-orange.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Guanajuato, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3573/28

Demon mask. Carved and painted mask. Humanoid, demon-like face with bulging eyes, a protruding upturned nose and four tusk-like teeth. Light blue and gold scalloped headdress on top of mask. Central projection has three triangular protrusions with a teardrop-shaped projection in the centre. Ears painted a shiny copper colour. Mouth is open wide and has large white teeth along the top and bottom edges. Lips painted dark red, gums are pink. Face is painted brown and has black textured lines around the cheeks, and chin. Eyes are painted off-white, and rimmed in red. Mask has holes cutout under eyes and in mouth. Thin black knotted string attached. Skin with straight hair attached on brow and along top of head, and thick, curly hair extending along jaw.

Culture
Balinese
Material
wood, paint, skin and hair
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear3573/25

Chambri Lakes initiation spear. Top, flat triangular crocodile-like head, with carved and painted semi-circular eyes and a black circle on snout. Plaited twine tied with a loop. Next section is ornately carved with six flowers, with a horn-shape extending from each flower. In between each pair of flowers appears a half flower, with horn-shape extending out into crosshatched fishtail end. Next section uncarved, light brown, with black bands on top and bottom ends, and small tapered carved sections. Next section ornately carved, two flowers, with concentric semicircles extending out. Thin handle wrapped with plaited red-brown twine. Lower section has ancestral face with five barbed pieces, four of which are ornately carved. The base of which is a smooth black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood and paint
Made in
East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Yarn Painting3573/13

Yarn painting representing the pilgrimage of the Peyoteros. Square wood board has coloured yarn pressed into beeswax on one side to create an image. This painting represents the pilgrimage of the Peyoteros. Two separate groups of people that are travelling towards the centre of the scene, and in the middle are the chiefs. In their path are flowers. Above them, there is a blue gourd with a white candle, blue corn, blue and green deer head with a white candle on its head, brown and blue arrow, and portal design. Above, to the right, is a figure wearing a large headdress, bules, and a knapsack. Left of the sun is an eagle, carrying lengths of various-coloured material in its mouth. Below the bird is a seated figure next to a fire. Upper left, behind the singer, is an arrow, snake, and a bow. There is a house with an arrow and deer antlers outside, and inside are two bowls with a little deer. There is a thorn on the side of the house. In the five peyotes in the middle they have arrows on each side, and to the left there is a woman with her gourd and candle. Along the bottom, there are four spiders, snakes, people and cornfields. Along the right side, there is a house with two people to the left, and a woman on the right, behind whom is a dog.

Culture
Huichol
Material
wood, bee wax, synthetic fibre and adhesive
Made in
Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3573/4

Wood mask. Wide incised stripes have been carved vertically over the lower half of the face and in half circle patterns across the forehead. These have been filled with white creating a striped pattern. Down the centre of forehead is a ridge that widens and becomes the nose. Eyes are thin slits cut through the wood, with large rounded eyelids above and below. Mouth is a protruding cube, with white colouring the centre. Plant fibre is knotted to the chin, and hangs down. There are drilled holes spaced along the edge of the upper portion of the mask. The back of mask is concave and undecorated, with a black string tied to two of the holes.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint ?, fibre and lime mineral ?
Made in
Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mule Mask3573/10

Macho (Mule) mask, carved and painted. The face is black, with a gold bridle painted on. The ears are separately carved pieces that are inserted in the face. The nostrils and gums are light pink, with large white teeth. There are large blue eyes, with large curved cutouts. There are two eyehooks at back with a green string.

Culture
Nicaraguan
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nicaragua
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3573/11

Kachina figure, carved and painted. Small standing figure on small mound-like base. Figure wears long cape, headdress, long tunic, belt, black leggings and red boots. The headdress has many components – coral, two black horizontal lines, three turquoise horizontal bands, three black feathers with red bands, tie in the back. The figure’s hands rest at the belt on their waist. Written on base, '“Takush Mana” by Rick James'.

Culture
Hopi
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask3573/5

Carved mask with three areas of zigzag designs at each temple and upper forehead. Deep eye sockets with protruding eyes, each angled upwards from centre. Under each eye are two drilled holes, with a thin, twisted string threaded through and tied at back. The bulbous forehead has a circlular protuberance at the centre, above two concave brow ridges; linear pattern on each cheek. Vertical lines extend down nose to small circular mouth. Carved, triple-turn infinity design on chin.

Culture
West African
Material
wood
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pan3573/24

Comal or tortilla pan. Handmade round pan with uneven surface and slightly raised edges. The front is smooth and glazed (?), and the back is coarse. The centre and edges are blackened from use.

Culture
Mexican
Material
clay and glaze ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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