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Carving946/13

Miniature wooden carving of a man standing on a slender, curved boat with three black birds standing on it--two birds face starboard with their necks craned over the side of the boat while the third bird picks at a bucket at the man's feet. The man holds a long straight stick in his right hand and wears a long-sleeved shirt and pants. The boat is raised by two slim square vertical supports underneath it--inscription underneath reads: "Fishing."

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, paint, adhesive and wood
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving946/29

Miniature wooden figure of a man wearing a broad circular hat riding a large ox-like animal. Two black strings are attached, respectively, to the man's right hand and to the animal's nose. Entire figure is mounted on a flat rectangular wooden base--inscription on base's bottom reads: " Riding water-buffalohorse [sic] from work in evening."

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, fibre, metal and paint
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving946/30

Two miniature wooden men wearing long robes with their heads trapped through two holes in a rectangular, horizontal plank. The plank has a seam down the centre and black characters circled in red written accross the top. The figures stand on a flat, rectangular wooden base.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box406/6 a-c

Rectangular red lacquered box with brown metal hinges, side handles, key, and a large lock on the front. Box is painted with a floral border on the ends, two seated golden men on the front, and detailed image of three men playing a go-like game under a cherry blossom tree on the lid.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, metal and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GameEdz1085 a-b

White sheet of rectangular paper (part a) divided by blue and red coloured lines into seven segments; segments have in them a rooster, fish, crab, shrimp, a conical object with a ribbon, two rows of characters, and a circular object with a ribbon, respectively--all images are red, green or blue. Three die in a shrink-wrapped package (part b) have images on their six sides corresponding to those on the paper--excluding the characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink and plastic ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz1132 a-j

Ten objects of the same size and shape; triangular pieces of gold foil with green sticks glued down the back, protruding out the bottom. A second, smaller triangular foil tier--coloured red, green, pink and gold--is raised off the surface of the first by three cylindrical spacers; a red pompom sits in the centre of the second tier. A single, slender strip of peacock feather arises from the back of each object.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, silk fibre ?, dye, ink and peacock feather
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEdz1084

Orange string loop with three coins with square holes through their centres attached to it--one coin is tied to the string while the other two are strung through the centre.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
brass metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chik Wai Koon, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scales661/15 a-c

A long light stick which is decorated with black dots and has a silvery metal end which has a gold-coloured hook in a loop through which a flat circular gold-coloured metal piece with an angled rim is attached with three fibrous strings. There is a pyramidal gold-coloured metal weight with a black string through its loop at the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
ivory ?, brass metal ?, fibre and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueEdz1125

Red rectangular wooden panel or plaque with the image of a man riding a hairy, fanged four-legged animal and holding aloft a white square with black characters on it. Above the man is a round piece of mirror surrounded by a green painted octagon with gold lines in it. A metal eye screwed into the top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, paint, glass and metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueEdz1127

Red rectangular wooden panel with a vertical line of golden characters and a metal eye screwed into the top.

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