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Ornament2668/23

Pink rhinestone hair ornament with protruding wire curls. Flower with eight petals attached to centre of ornament. Four pink leaf design rhinestones to one side of the flower.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
fibre, plastic, glass and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2668/32

Rhinestone hair ornament in a curved scroll design attached to a long metal pin. Has six white and silver rhinestones attached to six leaf-like protrusions. Silver foil with fringe rests in the middle of the design.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
fibre, glass, plastic and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2668/33

Semi-arched rhinestone hair ornament attached to a long metal pin. Design has six scrolled knobs that have rhinestones on them. Silver fibre in the centre.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
glass, plastic, metal and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2668/22

White rhinestone hair ornament arranged in a flower-like design; backed by white fabric. Stiff white cords covered with clear plastic loops curl away from the main body.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
plastic, fibre and glass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Block2668/7

Woodblock musical instrument (bangzi or buyu). Large dark brown rectangular block of wood with two circular holes bored through one end along the edge, a long slit-like hole cut along the length of both sides, and five red characters painted on one end.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes2668/18 a-b

Pair of green and white women's shoes (parts a and b). Wide opening at the top. Fabric around opening is higher at the heel than at the toe. Large green pom-pom of gathered fibre threads are attached to the toe. A thick green band is wrapped around the lower portion of the shoe and is embellished by scrolled designs made with silver and white sequin beads. Fibre cording is looped through an opening at the top of the shoe to be wrapped around the ankle. On the inside of each shoe, there are handwritten Chinese characters in blue.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, skin, paint and ink
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes2668/17 a-d

Pair of shoes simulating bound fee (parts a and b) with tying ribbons (parts c and d). Small triangular wooden base and wedge insert covered with elaborately embroidery fibre designs around the base. Piece of leather lines the bottom of the base. Both the cloth and leather are secured to the wooden base with metal nails. decorative shoe base is attached to a long plain white "sleeve" that fits over the calf. There are two loops on either side of the "sleeve."

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, wood, metal and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress2668/40

Flat, circular pink fabric headdress with a white fringe hanging from the outer edge. Adorned with silver trim around the inner edge and along a slight protrusion at the front; a plastic silver pom-pom surrounded by three blue plastic flowers sits atop the front of the headdress.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
plastic, fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1153

Paper offering consisting of a stack of nearly square pieces of off-white paper, each with a square of metal foil at the centre and one corner painted pink. Half of the bundled papers have a band of yellow paint that has been painted over the metallic square and extends out to one of the edges, and one pink corner. Bound with pink synthetic twine.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, paint, synthetic fibre and paper
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestral Tablet PaperEdz1124 a-ppp

Set of rectangular papers with printed black Chinese characters in three columns on a red background and flanked by two multicoloured dragons wrapped around columns on either side with a beam across the top. Rolled.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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