Shadow Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3084/6

Puppet depicting a dragon. Creature is separated into four parts attached to each other by plastic ties. Three small wings are attached to either side of the shoulder, and the lower legs and tail are attached to the torso near the hip. The dragon’s forked tongue emerges from a sharp toothed mouth...

Shadow Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3084/5

Shadow puppet of the character Hadschiewad, made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint. The bearded man wears a small tri-coloured hat and loose clothing, one hand held to his sharp nose. The other arm falls to the side, separate from the puppet and attached by a string tie to create...

Shadow Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3084/4

Shadow puppet of the hunchback character Bekeruhi, made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint. The man wears a tall rounded hat with brim, striped in green, blue, yellow and red, as well as an open jacket above a green shirt, wide legged dark pants and red shoes. His face has a long ...

Shadow Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3084/3

Puppet depicting a turtle, or tortoise, with a lit candle sitting on its back. The turtle has a thick shell in orange, brown and green with its neck and head protruding from the front. Its face has a large dark eye and rounded snout. Four legs hang from the bottom of the shell, each with three cl...

Shadow Puppet

MOA: University of British Columbia

3084/2

Shadow puppet of the character Tuzsuz Deli Bekir, made of semi-transparent animal skin and a watery paint. Puppet is a bearded man with a sword at his hip. He is clothed in loose garments, green and blue, with a small orange turban on his head. The skin is punctured to delineate lines in the clot...

Floor Tile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/17

Two clay floor tiles mounted on a wooden plinth. One tile is a wide, low, hexagon, light yellow in colour. Its surface is relatively smooth, with gouges along some of the edges. A white inclusion in the clay sits at centre. The other tile is octagonal in shape, thicker than the other, and light o...

Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/16

Large pottery sherd attached to a wooden plinth. Sherd appears to have been from the shoulder of a vessel. Bottom portion is slightly curved, painted with 4 designs of concentric circles. The neck of the pot flares outward and is painted with a row of three concentric circles bordered by a thick ...

Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/15

Large pottery sherd attached to a wooden plinth. Piece is roughly rectangular in shape, the proper right side containing a large point at centre edge that flares slightly away from the left side of the piece. Decoration is painted on the exterior, with concentric circles at top proper left and sm...

Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/14

Small ceramic sherd with tin glaze decoration. Top is covered in a shiny light yellow-brown base colour with remnants of light green lines and incised decoration. Underside is shaped like the foot of a vessel, and has areas of clear glaze. All edges of the object are broken.

Sherd

MOA: University of British Columbia

3076/13

Small sherd, possibly the spout of an oil lamp. Sherd is hand sculpted of light yellow clay, with a hole at centre top leading down to a long horizontal chamber that runs the length of the piece. One end is narrow, while the other widens and is topped with the remnants of a loop handle. Faint pai...