Windsock
Item number Ed5.2851 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Ed5.2851 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Carp-shaped windsock, decorated in bright colours has open wired mouth and circular eye rimmed in yellow, black and purple. Gills are yellow, scales are red and edged in white and black. There is a green teardrop-like mark and yellow fan lines on narrowest part of each scale. Straight yellow, red and black lines are painted on the tail.
Koinobori (鯉のぼり) or carp windsocks, streamers, or banners are displayed to celebrate Tango no sekku (端午の節句), historically an annual event for boys, which is now designated a national holiday, as Children’s Day, on May 5 in Japan.
Carp fish are considered a good example of courage and determination.
Part of the Miss Jessie M. Miller Collection. Miss Miller was an evangelist teacher, for the Anglican Church of Canada.
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Carp fish are considered a good example of courage and determination.
Carp-shaped windsock, decorated in bright colours has open wired mouth and circular eye rimmed in yellow, black and purple. Gills are yellow, scales are red and edged in white and black. There is a green teardrop-like mark and yellow fan lines on narrowest part of each scale. Straight yellow, red and black lines are painted on the tail.
Part of the Miss Jessie M. Miller Collection. Miss Miller was an evangelist teacher, for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Koinobori (鯉のぼり) or carp windsocks, streamers, or banners are displayed to celebrate Tango no sekku (端午の節句), historically an annual event for boys, which is now designated a national holiday, as Children’s Day, on May 5 in Japan.
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