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Cantonese Opera ShoesN1.760 a-b

Pair of silk slipper-like shoes. Leather sole with a flat heel. Uppers: peach blossoms embroidered on the toes with dark green, light green and white thread over white silk. Pale turquoise binding around top. Cotton lining and insole.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin, dye and iron metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera BootsN1.757 a-b

Pair of pink silk Cantonese opera boots with an embroidered floral motif in light green, medium green, black and white. The boots have platform soles made of cardboard with a leather base shaped with upturned toes and painted white. The top, back, and front seams as well as the ankle are embellished with off-white piping. Off-white cotton lining with padded cotton insole.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, dye, cotton fibre, leather skin, paint and paste adhesive
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera BootsN1.753 a-b

Pair of pink silk Cantonese opera boots with embroidered chrysanthemum flowers in dark orange, light purple, dark purple, light pink, red, yellow, and green with leather soles that have been painted white on the sides. The toes are gathered with two seams and a slight protrusion at the top of the foot. There is a two-pointed flap at the back of the heel. Lined with off-white cotton and cotton insole.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin, dye, paint and paste adhesive
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera ShoesN1.748 a-b

Pair of shoes with leather soles and pink silk uppers. There is a row of domed tin ornaments at the shoe edge with a tuft of silk thread hanging from every second one, and four domed tin ornaments on a fabric flap on the heel. On the pointed tongue are domed metal ornaments, a dark pink pompom and a yellow pompom. On the toe is attached a grey silk thread tassel. Just above the sole is a layer of blue fabric. Cotton lining and insole. Off-white and red striped fabric edging.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, leather skin, brass metal, dye, silver metal and glass
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothN1.741

Square piece of bright red and yellow tie-dyed velvet; long fringe along all sides

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Hoop BeltN1.833 a-c

Blue three piece hoop belt (part a-c). The rectangular pieces are curved and fit together. Part (a) has one leather tab folded back under belt loops and one wooden tab. Part (b) has two leather tabs folded back. Part (c) has two leather tabs folded back. The fabric is fixed over a wooden centre. The front has gold couched floral motifs including prunus, lotus and peony motifs on a royal blue ground. The back lining is royal blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, bamboo grass ?, leather skin, dye, silver metal and paste adhesive ?
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatN1.824

A dark red wedge cap with black whipstitching.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
dye, wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatN1.821

A dark red wedge cap with black whipstitching.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HelmetN1.815

A gold painted conical helmet with openwork floral and scroll designs, and "tiles" around the whole of hat with the openwork around the upper portion, and the "tiles" around the lower portion. There are three flaps, one at the back with two at either side. Circular mirror reflectors attached to designs and flaps: seven in a flower-like pattern on the back flap, three in a triangular-like pattern on each side flap, one on each of the four quadrants of the hat itself, with another at the bottom front.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
paper, paste adhesive, lacquer ?, paint, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, glass, brass metal ?, silver metal and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatN1.778

Red folded hat with embroidery and ties. The front has an appliqued lotus motif, an orange plastic rectangle and a linear border in green and brown around three sides. The back has three vertical stripes of the linear border in green and brown and tiny mirrors. The sides have pieces of different fabric. The inside lining is white cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, glass, paper, paste adhesive, dye and celluloid plastic
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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