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TunicEdz4317

Blue tunic with rounded neck, side slits and side opening with metal frog closures. The neck and side border is black, edged with pink floral trim. The sleeve cuffs are cream, edged with pink floral trim. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TunicEdz4316

Brown silk, jacquard woven tunic. The tunic opens on the right front, held together by two metal buttons on the shoulder and two on the side. The tunic has slits up each side as well as the centre front and back. Around the neck is a Mandarin collar. The pattern and border are slightly raised and more opaque than the background. The pattern has large circles containing a bird and an animal under a tree with a building in the distance. The circles are arranged diagonally on a background of clouds and endless knots. The border is along the edge of the sleeves, the bottom of the tunic and the side opening. The border consists of clouds, bats, flowers, swastikas and the symbols Xi (joy) and Ji (luck). The pattern and border continue on the back side. The inside lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye, wool fibre ? and metal
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TunicIa81

Black and blue tunic with short standing collar, long sleeves and side opening with frog and button closures. The upper body is black. The sleeves and lower body are blue. The collar has a red and black pattern. The side opening has a border of red and black pattern with black and white trim. The inside edges are lined with a cream cotton with a pink flower motif. The inside is otherwise unlined.

Culture
Paiwan
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoe1404/36

Shoe with a wooden heel that is thickest under the ball of the foot and at the heel, and these parts of the sole flare outwards slightly at the base. The leather upper covers the top of the foot with open toe. The upper is formed by two symmetrical pieces of tooled leather with a vegetal design. The two pieces are joined together with strips of leather that alternate between black and off-white, and the top edge of the sole is decorated with a strip of black leather that is nailed to the wood.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
wood and skin
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1404/33

Hat with conical shape that is made from woven stem with five ridges at the top that holds a series of leaves to the outer sides over an inner structure made of woven stem. The rim is formed by a strip of bamboo(?) held onto the hat with strips of woven stem. Painted with three evenly spaced yin and yang symbols in red, black and off-white on a grey ground, and the sections of the woven peak are painted in light grey, green, black, brown and red. The rim is red.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
stem ?, paint, leaf ? and bamboo grass ?
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1404/34

Hat made of leaf sewn together with plant fibre and stem and bell-shaped overall. The rim, which has a short indented section, is sewn with twined plant fibre(?) stitches that form a braided edge, and the sides of the hat are stitched together in rows with twined plant fibre(?). The roughly circular piece of leaf at the top of the crown is stitched on with thick pieces of plant stem(?). There is a fibre strap inside with a metal coin attached.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
leaf, stem, plant fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet683/3

Cream coloured cloth tunic attached to two small hands and cream coloured stuffed cloth legs attached to small black wooden feet. Head to puppet is missing.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch1404/39 a-b

Two rectangular woven pouches that fit together, with one partly inside the other, and with openings on the short side of each one. The edges at the opening are somewaht u-shaped. The basketry is undecorated.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
palm leaf ?
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1438/2 a-b

Curved knife (part a) with scroll-shaped wooden handle and metal ring. Curved wooden sheath (part b) tapers to a squared-off point. Slit runs down the length of the sheath exposing part of the knife blade. Vine and leaf-like engravings are carved on sheath surface. Coiled rope fastens to the sheath through the wood on the underside of the piece and is secured with knots.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
wood, metal and fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Boat1438/1 a-b

Rectangular-shaped boat (part a) and sail (part b). Boat base is made up of fourteen long wooden rods that are linked together with grass stitching. On either side of the boat are long and flared rods that are shorter on one end and extend past the length of the boat on the other. They curve upwards to a sharp and tapered point. The mast (part b) is inserted into a square piece in the centre of the boat and attached to it, is a rectangular-shaped, woven grass sail.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
wood, grass and fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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