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Cantonese Opera Hoop BeltN1.832 a-c

Pale pink three piece hoop belt (part a-c) with embroidery. The rectangular pieces are curved and fit together. Part (a) has one leather tab folded back under the belt loop and one wooden tab. Part (b) has two leather tabs folded back. Part (c) has no tabs. The fabric and lining are sewn over a wooden centre. The front has embroidered Taoist symbols, including prunus, flute, bamboo, double gourd motifs in pink, white, mauve and green on pink ground. The lining is blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
paste adhesive ?, silk fibre, cotton fibre, bamboo grass ?, leather skin and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ear OrnamentC1112

A hollow bamboo section filled with grass and bark. Bamboo is engraved with designs consisting of two horizontal bands of natural-coloured lozenges among black horizontal lines.and lozenges. Plug.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
bark fibre, grass and bamboo grass
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth HarpB21

A thin dark brown piece that has a long tongue attached at one end. The piece is wide with pointed ends. There is a toggle at one end and a loop at the other.

Culture
Iban
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mouth HarpB20

A thin dark brown piece that has a long tongue attached at one end. The piece is slightly rounded with rounded ends. There are two toggles, one at either end.

Culture
Iban
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombB65

A comb that has one-hundred-eight short teeth at either sides of a central wooden bar

Culture
Batak
Material
wood and bamboo grass
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bolt ArrowIc6

A bolt type of arrow that has a bamboo (?) shaft with some brown feathers bound and sewn. A flared outward cylindrical-like wood piece is at the other end.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass ?, feather, fibre and wood
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bolt ArrowIc5

A bolt type of arrow with bamboo (?) shaft with five dark feathers bound and sewn. A ten-sided flared outward cylindrical-like metal piece at tip.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass ?, feather, fibre and metal
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIc4

An arrow that has a bamboo (?) shaft with three dark feathers bound and sewn. A lance-olate metal point is at the other end.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
bamboo grass ?, feather, metal and fibre
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2666/15

A belt of cloth-covered bamboo? The outer surface is a yellow synthetic fabric, and the inner surface is a white cotton. Outer surface is heavily decorated with a sequined pink, white, and gold-coloured floral pattern with gold-coloured sequined borders around the top and the bottom. Ends overlap and are held together by two cotton ties.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, plastic, wood ? and bamboo grass ?
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeIe353 a-b

A bamboo pipe consisting of two hollow cylindrical pieces (parts a-b). The longer piece (part a) is wider in diameter, and has a design consisting of pattern of natural-coloured diamond shapes surrounded by dark brown patterns with geometric borders, and a hole one one side at one end into which the smaller piece (part b) inserts. The smaller piece (part b) has a design consisting of vertical zig zagged tooth-like lines.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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