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Incense BurnerEdz1116

Cylindrical cup-shaped tin burner with tapered foot. Outer surface of burner is yellow and red and is decorated with Chinese characters. On either side of the piece, there are two handle-like protrusions that bend upwards, are threaded through a circular disk and attach near the rim of the piece by two small nails.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal and paint
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Incense BurnerEdz1114

Cylindrical cup-shaped tin burner with tapered foot. Outer surface of burner is yellow and red and is decorated with Chinese characters. On either side of the piece, there are two handle-like protrutions that bend upwards, are threaded through a circular disk and attach near the rim of the piece by two small nails.

Culture
Chinese
Material
tin metal ? and paint
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Pin838/2

Long decorative hair pin of a blue coloured dragonfly. Two oval-shaped wings are on either side of the long and narrow body. There is a flower design located just above the head. Two antennae protrude from the head and are attached to two pompoms. One pompom is pink and one is green. Just below the pompoms and extending back towards the end of the insect on either side are two flowers with long stems and closed petals. The hair pin extends from the base of the insects' body to a sharpened point.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, fibre, dye and feather
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Pin838/1 a-b

Blue coloured metal hair decoration (part a) depicting an insect and long metal pin (part b). Part a is a grasshopper(?), has three protruding legs on either side of its narrow body, and has three flower petal designs below its legs on either side of the body and one in behind. There are two round red coloured stone(?) for eyes. Protruding from the tip of the face are two long wire antennae and just above are two shorter antenna attached to two pink, and white, red and green pompoms.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, feather, dye and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowlEdz3121

Round bowl with brown coloured coconut shell sides. Both the top and bottom rims are lined with metal, as is the inside of the bowl. Carved into the coconut shell are alternating sections of bamboo(?) plant designs and Chinese characters in both green and cream. The underside of the bowl has four evenly spaced scalloped feet made of metal.

Culture
Chinese
Material
coconut nutshell, metal and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lamp505/2

Circular lamp with tall decorative outer rim and central domed-shaped container with circular opening. Outer rim has alternating sections of cut-out geometric patterns and of flowers.

Culture
Chinese
Material
brass metal ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Divining Stick440/1 a-lllll

Set of diving sticks. Part a: Vertical container made from a section of bamboo painted at the top and bottom with bands of green and red. Parts b-lllll: Thin sticks of bamboo painted red at the top--the sticks stand vertically in the bamboo container.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament850/2

Jade ornament. Dangling, three-piece, brown-grey carved, translucent stone ornament. The first link is a circular loop, attached to which is a shallowly carved section of a roughly square shape with a scrolling, ornate design. Dangling from this section is a smaller, square-shaped section with a similar scrolling, character-like design.

Culture
Chinese
Material
stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff Bottle692/3 a-b

Clear glass bottle (part a) with rounded green coloured stopper with cork and stick attachment (part b). From the neck of the bottle, the shape of the piece slopes down at an angle and ends one-quarter of the way from the top. It then slopes inwards and tapers to a base with four squared-off feet. The bottle is painted with blue, pink and black paint. On one side, there is a small bird sitting on a cliff looking out at flowers and plants below. On the other side, there is a small bird sitting in a tree. There are Chinese characters written on the top edge of the piece to the side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, paint, cork bark and bone ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestor Figure800/1

Carved human figure with red base standing with one leg bent on a chair(?) and the other on a yellow and black object. Figure is wearing a grey and green tunic, has hands in front of him on either side in fist position, and has well defined black painted eyebrows.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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