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TeapotEdz1053

Round, dark brown teapot with a short, circular spout opposite a small ceramic handle. Metal wire is strung around the centre of the teapot; two wire handles run parallel to each other, attached to the metal rigging at the front and back of the teapot.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
clay, glaze and metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEdz1472

Plain grey cloth with blue embroidery. Five round scenes of pots holding different flowering plants. Common element in all is tassel to right of vase. Vase to left of center has ivy leaves, vase to left of center has two phoenixes. Vase at right end has fern-like leaves. Between middle three rounds are butterflies and flowering vines. Between end two rounds is table with potted flowering plant. Embroidered border on all three sides of repeating landscape of pine, willow, flowering and fruiting trees, grass, fish, boat with fisheram, bridge with person, animals, phoenixes, pagoda.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin Sword1541/1

Long metal sword made from linked coins and secured with brown fibre. Top of sword has a flower-shaped composition of coins and is connected to a long row of stacked coins. A larger rectangular-shaped composition of coins follows and is linked to a long line of double-sided single overlapping coins. Attached to the top of the sword is a short brown fibre strand and a flat grouping of coin.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, fibre and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JarletEdz1029

Small white jar with flat base, tapered sides, short neck and narrow mouth. Around the neck is a petal motif. On the sides is a stag and leaf motif. All designs are blue on white ground.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wok BrushEdz1013

Long bundle of braided stem-like material; unbraided, flaring and slightly blackened at bottom. Bound in six places with twine. Twine loop for hanging at top.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
plant
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress OrnamentEdz1844 a

Headdress ornament composed of an embroidered floral design in pink, green and off-white framed by an ovoid of paper that has been painted gold. A short coil and stem emerges from the narrower end of the ovoid.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, silk fibre, metal, dye and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LeggingEdz1842

Roughly pentagonal-shaped fabric panel backed by a piece of undyed burlap-like fabric. Front of piece consists of bands of alternating colours of fabric sewn in a chevron pattern; a large central bat figure covers most of the piece. Bat is embroidered with green, red, pink, and metallic gold thread and trimmed on all sides with ecru-coloured fur. Convex, circular, silver-coloured metal pieces are sewn along the strips of fabric. Two fabric ties are attached at both the upper and lower corners of the left side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bast fibre, cotton fibre, metal and skin
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LeggingEdz1841

Lined, roughly rectangular panel with a curved bottom edge. Surface consists of bands of different coloured fabric sewn together in a chevron pattern, lined with circular metal pieces. A large central figure dominates the panel; a gold, red and green bird executed in metallic embroidery with green glass eyes, trimmed with white fur. Two cloth ties in both the upper and lower corners of one side. Characters written in black and purple on the back lining.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bast fibre, metal, glass, skin, cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse CostumeEdz1836 a-b

Horse costume consisting of a paper mache mask (a) and rump (b). The mask has two brown vinyl ears, a beige yarn mane, and a neck composed of fabric with a red, black and brown cross-hatch floral pattern on off-white. The rump has a beige yarn tail and a skirt of the same fabric as the neck that runs along the sides and back. Both are built out of papier maché with a bamboo frame and are painted light yellowish-brown with black and white eyes, red lips with white teeth, and bands of white on the rump.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, fibre, plastic, metal, paste adhesive, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 e

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part e). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
gesso ?, paint, bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal and wood ?
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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