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HeaddressEdz931

Brown glazed cotton headdress. The headdress is rectangular with all sides hemmed. On one end is a separate piece of cloth joined with a flat seam to body of cloth, glazed side down. White cord loops are sewn to corners. The subtle pattern has a tendril motif visible through the fabric.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressEdz930

Black patterned cotton headdress. The headdress is rectangular with three sides hemmed and one selvage side. There are white cord loops are sewn to two corners. The pattern has a zigzag motif.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz901

A flat hat of straw in a circular twill weave of natural colour and varnished on the upper surface. Hat is disc shaped with a round hole in the centre, and finished with a bias band of blue cloth with diametrically opposed cloth loops. Outer circumference is finished with a double rim of split bamboo, affixed to the under surface of the hat with rattan. Two pieces of heavy blue cotton cloth, 15.5 cm. wide, machine stitched into fine pleats and joined with two red and two green strips of fine stitching.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
tung oil lacquer, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, rattan, bamboo grass and grass
Made in
Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz900

A flat hat of twill-weave straw with natural yellow and yellow-green colours and varnished. Hat is disc shaped with a round hole in the centre and finished with a band of black cloth with two diametrically opposed black cloth loops. Outer circumference is finished with a double rim of split bamboo affixed to the upper side of the hat with split rattan. Two pieces of thin, black cotton, 18 cm. wide, finely pleated and joined together with loose stitches of red and green thread.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
synthetic fibre, tung oil lacquer, cotton fibre, rattan, bamboo grass and grass
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronEdz929

Small apron of glazed black cotton. The narrow bib curves outwards to a rectangular skirt. There are loops on the top corners of both the bib and skirt. Across the top of the bib is a white fabric stripe and unglazed black border. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronEdz928

Small apron of glazed brown cotton. The narrow bib curves outwards to a rectangular skirt. There are loops on the top corners of both the bib and skirt. Across the bib are fabric stripes in pink, red and ricrac in yellow. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tai Po, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PinEdz926

A silver hairpin that has an elongated u-shape, 6.5cm. long. Affixed to the bottom of the 'u', there is a flat piece that is roughly rectangular in shape, 2.5cm. long and is engraved with geometric patterns and with the design of a moth and a Chinese cash.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
silver metal
Made in
Tai O, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PinEdz925

A thin cylindrical hairpin of hollow silver, tapering to a point, and round in cross-section (two-thirds of the length of the pin). The shank (remaining one-third) is stamped in a solid pattern of lozenges. At both ends, there are horizontal lines around the pin with short parallel lines on the longitudinal axis in between.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
silver metal
Made in
Tai O, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz921

A tubular knitted band of purple cotton with green and yellow synthetic thread knitted in a pattern of spiral stripes. The band has flat woven strips, 1 cm. long, 11 cm. from each end. The remainder of the band ends unwoven, forming tassels. Inserted between the woven strips and the knitted sections, there are two pairs of tassels 11.5 cm and 12 cm. long, and of green and yellow synthetic thread, 11.5 cm and 12 cm. long, respectively.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, dye ? and silk fibre
Made in
Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz920

Thin tubular band with tassels. The band is red, yellow-orange and green woven in a pattern of spiral stripes. The ends are left unwoven and additional green and red tassels are inserted between the woven strips and main section.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Sai Kung, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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