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BagCb76

A brown leather bag in three main pieces with appliqued, and embroidered leather trim outlining the flap and the front of the bag. Side inserts extend upward to form a sheath into which a double braided strap handle is bound. Front flap fastens with a leather toggle. Design motifs include diamond and cup-shaped cut-outs of decreasing size, crosses, and dot-and-dash lines.

Culture
Fulani ?
Material
leather skin, adhesive and dye
Made in
Kano, Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhiskCb75

Fly whisk of light coloured horse hair with the handle bound in thin dark brown leather. A leather strap forms a loop from the end of the handle and there is a leather fringe where the handle meets the horse hair. The loop is decorated with long parallel stripes of dyed and incised lines and the fringe has dyed black parallel lines overall.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, adhesive ?, lacquer ?, dye and horse hair
Made in
Kano, Nigeria ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fertility FigureAj106

Wood figure representing a young man. Elongated slender figure carved in wood and blackened. Straight crude limbs and small delicately carved features. Rough black wool yarn has been glued on for hair and small white beads glued at eyes. Dressed in an outer apron. Inner apron and dress-like front apron in leather with large rich coloured beads in green, red, blue, and white.

Culture
Turkana
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre, glass and pigment
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd1.143

Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Wearing yellow sandals, leggings, white trousers, a robe of dark yellow linen, and belted under the arms with a ribbon of the same. Face is partly covered by a large hat of the same material shaped like a rounded triangle with an apex at the top. Carrying a screen on two paper handles. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light red-pink silk with a loop of the same at the top are sewn to the paper backing.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper, cotton fibre, flax fibre, adhesive, silk fibre and paint
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd1.142

Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Wearing yellow sandals, leggings, white trousers, a robe of dark yellow linen, and belted under the arms with a ribbon of the same. Face is partly covered by a large hat of the same material shaped like a rounded triangle with an apex at the top. Carrying a screen on two paper handles. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light green silk with a loop of mint green at the top are sewn to the paper backing. The left foot has a dark line vertically along the middle.

Culture
Korean
Material
flax fibre, adhesive, silk fibre, cotton fibre, paint and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1502

Folding fan with twenty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two parent ribs of bamboo. Fan covered on both sides with white paper, one side unpainted, the other painted in black, grey, and light blue/green with scene of rocks, trees, and a man. Some areas sprinkled with mica. On left is inscription of eleven characters in black and two seals in red.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, plastic, mica mineral, paint, adhesive and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1501

Folding fan with thirteen inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is paper, one-quarter of which is unpainted and three-quarters of which is painted light brown. On the brown background, there is a painted scene of a flock of silver birds.

Culture
Japanese
Material
adhesive, plastic, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1500

Folding fan with eleven inner split bamboo ribs and two bamboo parent ribs. Fan face is painted with three gold leaves on brown background. Other surface is also brown, streaked with silver.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, adhesive, plastic, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd1.118

Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. figure's left hand is holding a flat circular red, green, and yellow fan. Wearing a long black head cloth that has several gold-coloured dots, a dark blue sleeveless robe, which is over a red robe with multi-coloured striped sleeves, which is over a grey robe, white socks, and low red shoes. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light red-pink silk with a loop of the same at the top are sewn to the paper backing.

Culture
Korean
Material
paint, adhesive, silk fibre, cotton fibre and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEd1.139

Figure representing a person on a flat backing of white paper. Front view is depicted of the figure which is made of cloth lightly padded to give a three-dimensional effect having each portion made of a separate piece of cloth with painted details. Hands are made of paper. Face is made of white silk. Figure's left hand is holding a closed red, and green fan. Wearing a black straight-sided hat with a flat crown, and a wide brim, a light purple silk robe, a dark blue silk sleeveless coat tied under the arms with red thread, leggings, white socks, and low black shoes. Two pieces of white flannel hemmed in light green silk thread with a loop of the same thread at the top are sewn to the paper backing.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper, cotton fibre, adhesive, silk fibre and paint
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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