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Headdress849/2 a-d

A headdress (part a) made of inlaid iridescent bright blue and darker blue-purple kingfisher feathers outlined with metal in a floral pattern. Also decorated with red, green, and white pompoms. The veil is strands of long white beads accentuated with red and green beads. A metal rectangle (part b) has come unhinged from the headdress. There is a dark blue feather (part c) and a turquoise feather (part d) which were in a folded piece of paper containing the manufacturer's information.

Culture
Manchu
Material
metal, kingfisher feather, dye, fibre and feather
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe588/4

Floor-length red silk robe with embroidery. The robe opens on the right front, fastened together by two frog fasteners (ornamental braiding) at the neck and two more midway on the side. The neck is rounded, surrounded by two borders; a black border with blue flowers and a linear green, blue and purple border. The borders angle down the right side opening of the robe and continue along the bottom edge. The end of each sleeve has three borders; cream with a floral pattern, black with blue flowers and multicoloured linear. The pattern on the body of the robe is bunches of green and yellow flowers with leaves and roots on a red background. Amidst the flowers are multicoloured butterflies. The pattern and borders continue on the back side. The inside lining is green silk.

Culture
Manchu
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress588/1

A black hat that has a geometric shape of five exterior sides with two interior sides forming a flat horizontal top which flares downward and outward and then angles back downward and inward for a downward pointing point at either side with the interior sides angling back upward and inward. There is a brass bar with openwork along the top. Dark hair is shaped around into an oval where the head is supposed to fit.

Culture
Manchu
Material
silk fibre ?, brass metal and human hair
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial HeaddressN1.303

A headdress with a high vertical rounded front and flat top sloping downward to the back which is a shorter vertical band. Frame is of wire covered with intricately interlaced bands of black silk braid and fabric. Attached to the headdress with wires, there are highly perforated and layered gold-coloured brass roundels in the shape of flowers and leaves, all inlaid with various shades of bright blue kingfisher feathers outlined with metal. On and around them, there are many ornaments mounted on wires which include the following: bats made of pearls, flowers made of pink glass, gemstones inset in metal, green stone butterflies, and a large roundel of pink quartz. From the front of the headdress, there are suspended strands of pearls with coloured stone butterflies in the middle and stone drops at the end.

Culture
Manchu
Material
metal, brass metal, gold metal, kingfisher feather, silk fibre, dye, adhesive, stone, quartz mineral, coral, pearl and glass ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fingernail GuardEdz4729

Curved, metal fingernail guard. Pointed at one end, round opening at the other. Design in the metal shows a potted plant with many leaves and flowers that are decorated with blue and purple enamel.

Culture
Manchu
Material
copper metal and enamel
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament2569/9

Metal ornament depicting a flower with bright blue feather inlay.

Culture
Manchu ? or Han ?
Material
metal and kingfisher feather
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Ornament2569/8

Ornament with detailed metal work depicting a bird with bright blue feather inlay. Pin extends off the back of the ornament.

Culture
Manchu ? or Han ?
Material
kingfisher feather and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Ornament2569/7

Ornament with detailed metal work of floral motifs with bright blue feather inlay. Two spiral metal decorations extend off the front, ending in a white and an orange bead. Long, thin metal pin extends off the back.

Culture
Manchu ? or Han ?
Material
metal, glass and kingfisher feather
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat849/1 a-b

White, conical straw hat with dyed red horse hair cascading from the apex in all directions. Metal finial with a large blue bead at top of hat; attached to the side of the finial's metal holder is a long tassel of coarse black bristles with peacock feathers, stemming from a carved red and white rectangular bead. (Part b is a detached peacock feather piece.)

Culture
Manchu
Material
stem, glass, feather, dye and horse hair
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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