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Shrine1742/1

A rectangular box on a base with angled boards at top and sides bearing Chinese gold characters. Two pink cards glued on back with black characters. Four small white plastic feet on bottom. This shrine is associated with three figures and two documents.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, paint, paper, metal, plastic and adhesive
Made in
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1723/2 b

Rectangular embroidered silk cuff. The cuff is made of pink, blue and black bands sewn together. The outside pink band has a small pleated opening. The blue band is without design. The inside black band is embroidered with large green flowers and leaves as well as two purple butterflies(?). One butterfly is on the underside of the cuff. Green stitching is present along the edge of the black band.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1723/2 a

Rectangular embroidered silk cuff. The cuff is made of pink, blue and black bands sewn together. The outside pink band has a small pleated opening. The blue band is without design. The inside black band is embroidered with large green flowers and leaves as well as two purple butterflies(?). One butterfly is on the underside of the cuff. Green stitching is present along the edge of the black band.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Dagger1704/5

Cantonese opera prop. Painted wooden dagger. Black cylindrical handle with two red geometric knobs on either end. Protruding from one red knob- located at the centre of the object- is a grey length of wood that tapers to a dull point. A piece of twine is looped through a hole in the other red knob.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood, fibre and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Horn1704/4 a-b

Cantonese opera prop of a double-reed horn. Part a: Brass horn with a tapering ribbed wooden body--wooden body has seven segments, each with a finger hole. End of wooden body is attached to a tapering brass fitting with two spherical knobs centred on it. Part b: Small mouthpiece wound in copper wire--slides onto tapered brass fitting.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood, reed grass, pigment, brass metal, fibre and copper metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Flute1704/3

Cantonese opera prop. Long, hollow brown length of bamboo with eight finger holes bored into one side and a red string looped through two separate holes at one end.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Switch Prop1704/2

Cantonese Opera prop. Stem switch is two pieces of stem bent in half and bound with a strip of stem material. A small piece of string also binds two of the stems at the bound handle. There is a loop of cotton fibre that has been knotted. The loose ends are split and frayed. One of the frayed ends has been completely severed from the bottom of the bound handle. Another has been partially severed from the bottom of the bound handle.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass ?, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEdz4081

Round coin with a four-sided hole at the centre, and a rim around the outer edge and centre hole. One face has four Chinese characters, and the other has two. Jiading yuanbao (top-right-bottom-left) in Chinese characters on face. Reverse has zhe top (mintmark), shi b (value 10).

Culture
Chinese
Material
copper metal
Made in
Zhejiang, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar1723/1

Embroidered collar with four petal-like sections. The petals are outlined in black around the edges and in the centre. Each petal section has an eight-point flower in the centre, scalloped side patches and a crescent patch at the tip. The petals patches are multicoloured. The backs of three petals are orange fabric; one is pink fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarEdz971 a-b

Rounded jar with a flat cap-like lid, a blue background and a white cherry blossom pattern. Chinese characters on bottom.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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