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Hand Puppet3337/2

Hand puppet of character named Madelon. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has black eyes and eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. Her head is wrapped in a red fabric, with black hair at the front. Her fabric body is beige with an orange collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/7

Hand puppet, character from Guignol story (old woman?). Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. She has black eyes and white eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. She wears a light green head scarf with white hair extending from the front. Her fabric body is shiny pinkish-brown with a gold and brown embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre, skin and paper
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/4

Hand puppet of character named Gendarme. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and facial hair, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. He wears a bicorne(?) of black and navy felt, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. His fabric body is black with a brown and gold embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/6

Hand puppet of the Le Diable (devil) character from the Guignol story. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has a red face with black eyes, goatee, and black heavily-lined facial features. He wears a red head scarf with a triangular strip of leather extending back over it from his forehead, and his fabric body is red with a yellow and brown zigzag embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre, paper and skin
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/1

Hand puppet of character named Guignol. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. On his head he wears a simple navy felt hat with tail, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. His fabric body is red with beige underneath and a gold-yellow collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/8

Hand puppet, character from Guignol story. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and eyebrows, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. On his head he wears a green felt hat with tail, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. Medium brown hair (fur) wraps around the head under the brim of the hat. His fabric body is purple with a gold, red and purple embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre, skin and paper
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/5

Hand puppet, character from Guignol story. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes, red lips, nostrils and inner corners of the eyes, and rosy cheeks. He wears a bright green felt hat with a yellow and brown embroidered band, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood. A strip of white hair wraps around the back of his head. His fabric body is gold-yellow with a gold, red and purple embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre, skin and paper
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet3337/3

Hand puppet of character named Gnafron. Head and hands are carved from wood and painted. He has black eyes and eyebrows, a red nose and face, red lips and exposed teeth. He wears a grey and green brim felt hat, open at the top, revealing flat painted wood, and tufts of black hair on the sides and back. His fabric body is bright purple with a dark purple with gold embroidered collar. The fabric is nailed to the hands and head. Operated by inserting a hand inside the body of the puppet to control its head and movements.

Culture
French
Material
silk fibre ?, wood, paint, metal, wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and skin
Made in
Lyon, France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword802/1 a-b

Sword (part a), possibly with steel blade? Scabbard (part b), possibly made of iron? Hilt has a wooden grip, and pommel is possibly made of brass? Cross curls down to a finial on one side and has a perpendicular loop on the other; appears to have a groove for a backstrap or handle but none is present; a knob on side of pommel acts as a release for backstrap or handle when present. Blade has wide, flat back; back and edge are both straight; false edge on back near spear point. Scabbard is of solid iron and tapers to a small knob at the point. A loop is on one side near the open end. Numbers are stamped into finial, cross, and scabbard; initials are engraved into cross.

Culture
French
Material
metal, iron metal ?, brass metal and steel metal ?
Made in
France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin2189/515

French coin with the edge doubled over, making the obverse difficult to read. Obverse: figures with an inscription. Part of the inscription reads 'LIBERTE EGALITE'. Reverse: woman, facing right. The inscription reads 'REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE'.

Culture
French
Material
copper metal
Made in
France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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