Rod Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/95 a-d

Bird puppet with separate body (part a), head (part b) and wings (parts c-d). The body is carved from wood, with burgundy fabric covering the tail joint and extending down in a tube from below. There is a round slot at the top of the neck, which the head's manipulation stick is inserted into, and...

Rod Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/91

Male figure puppet with movable arms. The figure has short black hair, and wears a dark red and light grey-green shell pattern tunic. He has painted yellow skin, wide eyes, black eyebrows, black lips and three blacks lines on each cheek. Operated by three rods - a central rod for the body, and a ...

Rod Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/89

Female figure puppet with moveable arms, holding fabric in the left hand, and small wrapped item in right hand. The figure wears a black and white headdress and a light brown with blue and green patterned tunic. They have a painted light pink face with bright pink limbs, black and white eyes, bla...

Rod Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/87

Female figure puppet with moveable arms, holding strips of fabric in each hand. The figure wears a black headdress or has black hair that is divided in the centre, with a raised bump on either side. She wears a light yellow-green patterned tunic with a ring structure sewn inside around the waist....

Rod Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/86 a-b

Double-headed female figure puppet (part a) with four long, thin moveable arms (one back arm, part b, is broken off at the shoulder). The figure wears a tall black headdress with four downward points, and light yellow-brown and green floral with dark blue and dark red floral and butterfly pattern...

Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/23 a-c

Wood rectangular face mask (part a) with tall ladder-like superstructure with two breaks (parts b-c). The face mask has two sunken rectangular areas on either side of the nose, and two small cutout square eye holes. Inside, there is a wooden bite bar inserted through holes on sides. Ears extend a...

Antelope Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/56

Antelope mask carved of wood and painted. The face has a rectangular shape, with a split in the head which continues into two slightly curved horns extending up from the top of the head. The horns are painted with bands of red or black in alternating sections, and the face has two large concentri...

Writing Tablet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/43

Writing tablet, or prayer board. Invocations for blessings handwritten on the front. The board is oval-shaped. There is a large five-point star drawn within the writing near the base.

Writing Tablet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/42

Writing tablet, or prayer board. Invocations for blessings handwritten on the front. The board is rectangular, with a bulb-like handle at the top. There is a large five-point star drawn within the writing near the base.

Bird Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3420/38

Risian bird mask. Mask with a bird head and vertical rectangular superstructure. The bird has two large concentric circle eyes, a raised red ridge, and a long curved beak. Both the head and the beak are painted with black and white repeating triangle designs in various sizes. Long brown plant fib...