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String Puppet3472/5

String puppet of a devil character. He wears a gold and black pinstripe shirt with a shiny red and black front panel. In the centre of the panel is a twisted wire decoration. The shirt has a red collar and long red sleeves with a gold and black panel down each side. The shirt has a second layer of the gold and black pinstripe that extends out over his short red pants that end above the knee. His legs are red and he wears black high-heeled shoes. He wears a long black cape. His face is very angular with a pointed chin, hooked nose, and narrow eyes. His eyes are made of copper coloured sequins with black beads for pupils. He has small horns and black hair, which extends out from under a hood, and his face is bearded with a black goatee. His hands, legs and face are carved. Puppet is moved by a wooden control stick with wood crossbeams, with strings attached to head, shoulders, hands and knees.

Culture
Czech
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet3472/2

String puppet of an astronomer character. He wears a white blouse with balloon sleeves that have black and white lace cuffs. Over the blouse, he wears a black and white gingham button-up vest with a light blue panel on the back, and lined with a pinstripe fabric. He wears khaki brown pants that end at his calves with brown velvet and beadwork at the hem. His tall boots fold over on his calves revealing a red lining with carved gold tassel decoration at the front. A red belt is tied at his waist. He wears a long black velvet cape that hangs from a plaited metallic cord. He has a large head with a long face. His face is bearded with a long moustache, he has chin-length hair, and his eyes are brown with dark circles around them. On his head he wears a tall conical black felt hat with triangular silver plates lining the rim, and various metal buttons (circles, stars and triangles) attached. The metal control stick is inserted through a cut in the hat. His hands, legs and face are carved with his right hand posed like it should be grasping something. Puppet is moved by a metal control rod with a wooden crossbeam, with strings attached to head, shoulders, hands and knees.

Culture
Czech
Material
wood, fibre, paint, metal and glass ?
Made in
Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet3472/24

Small string puppet of a witch(?) character. She wears a jacket with white and pink stripes over a light grey pattern, a long grey with white pinstripe skirt, red apron, and dark purple head scarf with leaves pattern. She has painted pink legs and black shoes. Her face is a light green with dark pink lips, red eyes, one orange eyelid with blue creases, and light brown hair. Her right eyebrow is down turned. She has a large black wart on the side of her chin, a large bottom fang extending out of her mouth and a large hooked nose. Her hands, legs and face are carved. The control stick is attached to the head by a long metal rod, with strings extending from the control stick to limbs. The body is jointed at the elbows, knees, shoulders, and hips – with fabric upper arms.

Culture
Czech
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet3472/19

Small string puppet of a princess or queen character. She wears a full-length shiny pink dress with long sleeves. The front is decorated with gold embroidery tape and a gold-coloured metal pin at her waist, a white lace collar, and gold embroidery tape around the hem. She has red lips, nose and cheeks, brown eyes, and blonde chin-length hair with bangs. On top of her head is a small orange crown with blue orb within. Her hands, legs and face are carved. Her shoes and ankles are painted white with a silver tack on each toe, and legs are unpainted natural wood. The control stick is attached to the head by a long metal rod, with strings extending from the control stick to limbs. The body is jointed at the elbows, knees, shoulders, and hips – with fabric upper arms.

Culture
Czech
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String Puppet3472/17

Small string puppet of a prince or king character. He wears matching gold coat and pants. The coat has a front panel and folded cuffs of a faded blue. The panel is edged with zigzag beading with small brown cylindrical beads on off-white stitching. The coat is tied with a wide red belt. The collar and pant cuffs are lined with off-white lace. He has painted white socks and black shoes. He has red lips, pink cheeks and eye lids, blue eyes, and brown ear-length hair. On top of his head is a small blue and gold crown with red interior. His hands, legs and face are carved. The control stick is attached to the head by a long metal rod, with strings extending from the control stick to limbs. The body is jointed at the elbows, knees, shoulders, and hips – with fabric upper arms.

Culture
Czech
Material
wood, fibre, paint and metal
Made in
Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/5

Kente cloth composed of eighteen hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in dark blue, white, light blue, maroon, yellow, green, and red. The embroidered designs are in the centre of the cloth and consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in yellow, dark green, blue, orange, blue-grey, green-grey and white. Tag attached to bottom right corner.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/6

Kente cloth composed of twenty-two hand woven cloth strips, forming ten rows. Four strips span the entire length of the textile, six rows consist of three shorter strips. All have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in orange, light blue, white, light purple, dark blue, and red. The six shorter strips along the right side are attached to the cloth upside down, causing the pattern to break in the bottom corner. The embroidered designs cover the entire cloth, except the left edge. The designs consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in shades of yellow, green, red, white, orange, blue, and purple.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/4

Kente cloth composed of twenty-three hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a multi-coloured checkered pattern; done in black, yellow, red, green and blue. The embroidered designs in the centre of the cloth consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes, ladder-like stripes and geometric motifs; done in dark yellow, black, dark red, blue, green, and light orange. Left and right edges are covered entirely in embroidery, consisting of a rectangular block design. Blocks are filled with horizontal and vertical stripes, checkers, and parallelogram-like shapes; done in dark orange, dark red, dark yellow, green, yellow, dark blue and light pink. Tag attached to back bottom right corner.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3473/3

Large ndop cloth composed of twenty panels sewn together with plant fibre. The indigo-dyed panels have been stitched together along the short edge and have off-white designs throughout. Designs are done in vertical bands and filled with geometric and linear motifs. Motifs include: abstract interlocking “X” shapes, dots, zigzags, concentric diamonds, segmented circles, grid-like patterns, and connected lines.

Culture
Bamileke
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and plant fibre
Made in
Cameroon
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Puppet3471/1 a-c

Male Bunraku theatre puppet (part a) wearing a long heavy robe. He has a removable head (part b) and separate sword (part c). The body has an internal wooden, bamboo and paper frame, with cords and rods throughout to control arm and hand movement. There are stuffed cloth bundles around the arms, legs and stomach for added dimension. The character is wearing a long-sleeved, front-closing under-robe, coloured dark orange with elaborate white embroidery across its entire surface. Motifs consist of circular dragons with curvilinear and floral lines in between. Overtop, the puppet is wearing a short-sleeved, vest-like robe. The shoulders and lower half are pleated. Coloured dark purple with a dark grey meander pattern background. Throughout there are embroidered circular dragons divided by rows of flowers; designs in white, dark orange and dark green. Matching belt tied around waist. White wooden hands extend past the sleeves. The head (part b) consists of a beige square-like face, long beige neck and styled black hair. He has a wide nose, large light grey eyes, and wide slanted eyebrows. A pointed diagonal red line is painted across both eyes, lips are done in a matching red. He has a light blue beard and moustache. Hair is pulled into a top knot, with a paper bow secured behind. Head is attached to a wooden rod with a handgrip. Multiple cords, with toggles, run through the grip and into the head, to control eye, eyebrow, mouth and neck movement. Maker's mark stamped onto base of head and along back of handgrip. The short curved sword (part c) is sheathed. It has a black hilt with a bronze-coloured metal pommel and guard. The sheath is black with a bronze-coloured metal cap. The sheath’s grip is dark brown and has light brown flowers painted across it. Brown, grey and white striped cord tied around the blade, to attach it to the puppet’s belt.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, bamboo grass, fibre, paper, metal, pigment, paint, dye and lacquer
Made in
Awaji, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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