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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.840 d

Triangular flag of turquoise damask with border of metallic braid and jagged, flame-shaped orange damask. Double, curved bamboo staff rises from a golden handle with a pink fringe. Flag sits just above the handle. Pink casing for staff.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ?, paint and metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera SkirtN1.845

Multicoloured cotton skirt with an open back and a tie closure at the waistband. Skirt is made from two identical panels, overlapping at centre front, attached to a wide, unbleached cotton waistband; panels are made from strips of blue, white, green, purple, red, and yellow fabric, separated by gold metallic braid-like ribbon.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, gold metal, hemp fibre, dye and starch
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.840 c

Triangular flag of turquoise damask with border of metallic braid and jagged, flame-shaped orange damask. Double, curved bamboo staff rises from a golden handle with a pink fringe. Flag sits just above the handle. Pink casing for staff.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ?, paint and metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God Print946/44

Print of a civil official door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen; 文门神). The man is shown in a long robe, with small black goatee, a long black moustache, and a long, thin, black beard. He holds a military hat with a hanging banner with writing on it, 天官赐福 (Blessings from the Heavenly officials) in his right hand. In his left he holds a ruyi (如意, scepter). He wears a hat that has dark purple on the lower portion, purple-pink on the upper portion, and orange wing-like flaps pointing out to either side. The robe is red, green, purple, turquoise, purple-pink, orange and black. Figure faces right (viewer's left). The background is plain paper. The print is vertically rectangular.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Mianzhu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera BootsN1.754 a-b

Pair of black silk boots, or high shoes. Leather and cardboard platform sole, sides covered with white fabric, plain black uppers, with triple cording of black leather running up back, around line of normal shoe height, and up front, where it is doubled around a tin circle at the toe to produce a reinforced upturned false toe. Cotton lining. Cotton insole. Green band at junction of sole and upper.

Culture
Chinese
Material
leather skin, tin metal, adhesive, paper, cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BucketEdz1187

Bucket (a) made from planks of wood attached around a circular wooden base made from three larger planks of wood with a thick metal wire around the base and woven strips of bamboo at the centre of the bucket's height (b). The wood is dark brown. Two protrusions near the top rim on the outside serve as handles.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
stain ?, wood, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasinEdz1189

Bowl made from planks of wood held around a circular base made from larger wooden planks with an iron band around the base and thick metal wire near the rim. An iron wire is looped through two holes in the side of the bowl.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
wood, metal and iron metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BadgeEdz1734 b

Octagonal piece of light blue silk backed with white cotton, bound by checkered pink and grey ribbon, and trimmed with white fur. A large character is embroidered in metallic gold thread in the centre. Four metal snaps are sewn onto the back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, metal, skin and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoe1553/3

Single bound foot shoe with a pointed, upturned toe and lacing up the front. Upper is pink silk with blue silk trim--both with multicoloured floral embroidery. Heel and sides of sole are covered with teal-coloured silk with multicoloured floral embroidery. Long tab of silk hangs from the back of the heel. Two fabric loops at either side of the ankle.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and leather skin
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes946/6 a-b

Pair of bound foot shoes with slightly raised heels and pointed, upturned toes. Uppers are made with bands of green, blue, yellow and pink material sewn together. Elongated, rectangular tabs of white cotton at the back of the heel. A white cotton loop sewn at either side of the ankle. Lined with white cotton.

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