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Offering PaperEdz1143

Paper offering consisting of a yellow piece of rectangular paper with red printed Chinese characters and images, the most prominent being of a horse flanked by two people who are turned inwards.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink and dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN1.553

Illustrated book with twenty-three paintings in polychrome. The painting is on the right page and a short poem on the left. The book opens up accordion-style, with the paintings and poems on one side; the other side is blank. The illustrations in sequence are: two people standing beside a shrine in a house with three people kneeling on a mat while two more are bowing on the grass; two people in a grain house being passed a container of grain being carried by two others while another person is carrying a container of grain on the back outside the gate with another carrying two buckets of grain on a pole across the shoulders; two people sifting grain with another person shoveling grain, and four others in the background; two people sifting grain with another person sweeping grain, another person carrying grain on the back, a mother with her child in a house, and a boy with chickens outside; one person pounding(?) grain outside, one person talking inside a building to another leaning over a gate-like wall, two people carrying a container of grain, and two people farming in the upper corner; a person tending to a child on wall, two people sifting grain, one person putting grain into a container that has a yoke-like contraption being operated by three people with two more people in the background; four people holding two-pronged sticks over a pile of grain while another pours a drink for them; four people stacking bundled grain; ten people helping to harvest grain; three people working in a back field while another is opening a water sluice in the fore field; four people working in a field while another looks on; four people working on a back field while two others are carrying food, and drinks for them with a child following behind; four people working in a fore field while two are opening a water sluice for them, and another is riding toward them on the back of an animal; four people working in a back field while another joins four others in a fore field; five people gathering grasses in a lower corner while another is stepping into the water behind them with three more having a basket and carrying trays of grasses in them; one man carrying two buckets on a pole over his shoulders while another man is trying to fix his; a woman fishing a pail out of the water, and two men with a boy holding a bird; two men sowing seeds in a watery field, and a boy holding a bucket on his shoulders with a dog; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal while another is watching from the back of a similar animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal while another man holding a stick is watching; and two people putting sacks into a watery field while a man is watching with a woman, and two children behind him. There are four pages of calligraphy at the back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN1.554

Illustrated book with twenty-three paintings in polychrome. The painting is on the right page and a short poem on the left. The book opens up accordion-style, with the paintings and poems on one side; the other side is blank. The illustrations, in sequence, are: three people working on fabric at a table with another carrying toe rolls of fabric with two women watching; three women working on fabric in a house with two more outside holding three rolls of fabric; two women working at a loom with one woman bringing them tea while she is holding the hand of child being helped by an elderly woman; one woman spinning thread with two more outside holding some; four people praying at a shrine with a child while one woman is coming to bring tea; two people dyeing yarn, and two people hanging the yarn up outside; two women spinning thread inside with a child, and one woman outside with a child; one woman working on thread in a vat while another is holding the silk sacs in a basket, a child, and another child with a woman talking to two others over a wall; two adults, and two children sorting silk sacs; two men sorting silk sacs inside while two more are watching, and a man holding a hoe over the shoulder with a child; three buildings in which people have silk sacs in large containers; six people in, and around a building with silk sacs attached to two bundles of long grasses; an elderly man watching a younger man working on two green bushy bundles while two men are holding a large flat rectangular object with two more people in the background; two women in a building with large flat rectangular objects, a woman tending to a child in another building where there is also another woman holding a flat circular object as she is talking to a man fanning a fire outside; three women sorting silk sacs while two more are carrying baskets with a child; three women in a building on one side, and a man with a woman in a building on the other side; one woman working at a loom while two more are watching; three women working at a threading contraption with two children underneath; two groups of people sorting silk sacs; one woman lying down while two more are talking next to a five-tiered silk sac sorter; people in a field gathering leaves from trees; three women with two children sorting silk sacs; and three women around a container with another bringing tea.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll2668/41

A rubber doll wrapped in multiple layers of clothing, and cloth. The doll has clear blue-green eyes, which have lids that rotate open, and closed. The mouth is red. The yellow-brown hair is covered with black fibre. The doll is wrapped in an orange hooded wrap that is bordered with gold-coloured sequins, and is tied at the neck with a yellow ribbon. Underneath the orange hooded wrap, there is a white towel that has two mirror-imaged logos for "Harrahs", and a label stating in purple "MADE EXLUSIVELY/FOR/RONNIE MARLENE/TEXTILES/BY DUNDEE. R./MADE IN U.S.A/94% COTTON/6% POLYESTER". Underneath the white towel, there is a red robe hemmed with black thread, and held together with a safety pin. Underneath the red robe, there is a shimmering pink-orange lower under garment. There is red yarn tied around the neck of the doll. Three safety pins hold the orange hooded wrap together, keeping all of the layers of clothing within.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
rubber, glass ?, cotton fibre and polyester fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Card GameEdz1088

Card game consisting of 38 cards with black and red characters on a white background on the face, and black reverse sides, all wrapped with a piece of off-white paper with an image of two elephants and both English and Chinese text printed in red ink.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink and paste adhesive
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ghost MaskEdz1675

A flat orange-brown ghost mask. The black horns have a tear-drop shape with a lance-olate leaf pattern. At the centre of the forehead, there is a brown-grey circle with a black spiked swirl pattern. The red ears have a vertical scroll-like shape. The circular cut-out eyes have dog-like black eyebrows. The nose is slightly cut out with black nostrils. The red cut-out mouth has one white fang on one side of the red tongue with two teeth and another fang on the other side, all of which are along the upper lip line. The black beard has a horizontal scroll-like shape. There is red string tied at the back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paint, fibre and leather skin
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ghost MaskEdz1674

A flat dark green ghost mask. The red horns have a tear-drop shape with a spiked swirl pattern. At the centre of the forehead, there is a brown-grey circle with a black dot in the middle from which radiates inward pointing black tear-drop shapes. The grey ears have a vertical scroll-like shape. The circular cut-out eyes have owl-like red eyebrows. The nose is slightly cut out with red nostrils. The red cut-out mouth has five white teeth with a fang at each side, all of which are along the upper lip line. The red beard has a horizontal scroll-like shape. There is red string tied at the back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
leather skin, paint, lacquer and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff BottleN1.383 a-c

A snuff bottle (part b) that is carved with a high relief brown dragons pattern on a dark blue background. There is a stopper (part b) that is made of pink coral. The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an oval, and has four legs.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, coral and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff BottleEdz960 a-b

A circular-shaped snuff bottle (part a) that is carved with a high relief blue bird that is sitting on one side while there is another animal or bird figure on the other side on an opaque white background. There is a stopper (part b) that is orange with a white dot on the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff BottleN1.388 a-c

A rounded circular-shaped snuff bottle (part a) that is made of blue glass with spots of gold sparkles. There is a stopper (part b) that is made of orange coral. The wood stand (part c) has the shape of an oval, and has four legs.

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