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Money1458/64

Green, white, black and red coloured five Yuan bank note issued by The Central Bank of China in 1936. On one side of the bill to one side is a man with a white coloured moustache in a high collar black shirt next to a central green and black graphic design with light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with green coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill there is a picture of a building with stairs next to a black area. Underneath the image, "Five Yuan" written in bold. The bill is framed with green geometric designs with the number "5" printed in each corner. Issue number at the top of the bill on one side and the bottom of the bill on the other is 378931V.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money1458/61

Dark purple-brown coloured 1000 Yuan bank note issued by The Central Bank of China in 1945. On one side of the bill in the centre, there is a portrait of a man with a white moustache. On either side of the portrait are two scalloped edge graphic designs with light coloured Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with brown-purple coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill in the centre, is a graphic design where "1000" is written in the background and "One Thousand Yuan" is written in the foreground. The bill is framed with brown-purple scrolled designs with "1000" printed in each corner.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Money1458/58

Orange, brown-white, and multi-coloured 1 Yuan bank note issued by the Central Bank of China in 1936. On one side of the bill, there is a portrait of a man with a white moustache next to a circular multi-multicoloured graphic design with large black Chinese characters in the centre. The bill is framed with orange coloured graphic designs and Chinese characters in each corner. On the other side of the bill in the centre is a picture of trees in front of a building. "One Yuan" is written at the bottom of the bill. To one side, there is a large graphic "1," and on the other side is a circular blank space. The bill is framed with brown scrolled designs.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button1458/56

A small round goldy-button with a curvy design in relief. There is a loop at the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button1458/55

A small round goldy-button with a geometric circle design that uses negative space. There is a loop at the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button1458/54

A small round goldy-button with a floral design in relief. A dark blue string goes through the loop at the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dragon Robe1458/52

Dark blue robe with round neck, tapered sleeves with hoof cuffs and a side opening with brass frog closures. There are slits in the centre front and back. On the front and back are five-toed dragon, pearl, fire, bat, cloud, mountain, wave, coral, rhinoceros horn, circular and rectangular gold ornament motifs as well as the Buddhist symbols of good fortune. The motifs are brown, green and white on dark blue ground. There are nine large dragons in all; three on the front and back, two on the shoulders and one on the inside flap. The collar border has a dragon, pearl and cloud motif on brown ground, edged with a blue band. The sleeves are black with a raised triple stripe pattern. The hoof cuffs have dragon, pearl and cloud motif on brown ground and edged with a blue band. The inner lining is light blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal and fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket1458/48

Red coat with embroidery. The coat has a standing collar, wide sleeves, side slits and side opening with frog closures. The border around the collar, sleeves and edges has a pink floral and leaf motif on a green ground. On the front and back are floral sprays with prunus, pine and leaf motifs in pink, purple, gray, green on red ground. The inner lining is pale green damask silk with a thin stripe motif.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz1673

An ornamental piece that is made of clear cut circular glass (?) pieces and fine white and light green netting attached with metal. The shape is that of a flower that has a central large oval-shaped clear cut glass (?) piece surrounded by ten clear cut circular glass (?) pieces with fine white and light green netting petals underneath, every other which petal is longer with a clear cut circular glass (?) piece at the end. The stem is made of coiled metal decorated with seven clear cut circular glass (?) pieces. Chinese opera accessory most likely from the 1920's.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, fibre and glass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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EarringEdz1672

An earring made out of seventeen white pearl-coloured coated beads, each with a tiny clear orange bead at the end, to create a cluster of grapes with two clear green glass leaves at the top.

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