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Cuff1723/2 b

Rectangular embroidered silk cuff. The cuff is made of pink, blue and black bands sewn together. The outside pink band has a small pleated opening. The blue band is without design. The inside black band is embroidered with large green flowers and leaves as well as two purple butterflies(?). One butterfly is on the underside of the cuff. Green stitching is present along the edge of the black band.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1723/2 a

Rectangular embroidered silk cuff. The cuff is made of pink, blue and black bands sewn together. The outside pink band has a small pleated opening. The blue band is without design. The inside black band is embroidered with large green flowers and leaves as well as two purple butterflies(?). One butterfly is on the underside of the cuff. Green stitching is present along the edge of the black band.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar1723/1

Embroidered collar with four petal-like sections. The petals are outlined in black around the edges and in the centre. Each petal section has an eight-point flower in the centre, scalloped side patches and a crescent patch at the tip. The petals patches are multicoloured. The backs of three petals are orange fabric; one is pink fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes1404/37 a-b

Pair of shoes made from palm leaves woven over twined palm leaf on the soles and twined fibre over the toes. The fibre over the toes alternates between off-white and pink.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
dye, palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model Canoe1553/2

A miniature wood canoe carved with three rows of triangles along the sides and the top and two rows of triangles along the bottom. In the middle there is a design of three pairs of grooved rectangular-shapes with a longer end pointing downward toward a centre.

Culture
Yami
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Helmet1553/1

Brown wooden helmet with rope chinstrap. Helmet is shaped like a bell with flared edges.

Culture
Yami
Material
wood and fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rain Cape1404/42

Rain cape woven into a semi-circular shape. The corners have been trimmed at the bottom front, and they are blanket stitched along with the edges that extend down from the neck. There is a loop of ramie cord at the back of the neck, and the bottom edges are unfinished with a fringe.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
ramie fibre and fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes1404/38 a-b

Pair of small shoes made from woven palm leaf. The base of the Show is made from interwoven leaves, and the upper part of the shoe is made from leaves woven into a chevron pattern with the ends of the leaves on the inside of each shoe.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coconut Fibre1404/35

Brown, matted, fibrous plant material with several thicker pieces.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
coconut husk fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1404/32

Hat with overall bell shape and strips of stem woven over lengths of plant stem at the top of the crown. The flared brim is composed of strips of plant stem coiled around lenths of plant stem secured in rows with thin strips of plant stem that run vertically down the sides of the brim. One short segment of the brim edge is indented slightly by one and a half rows. The edge of the brim is finished with braided strips of stem. Twined plant fibre strap inside.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
stem ? and plant fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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