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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.838 e

Chinese characters in gold embroidery, on deep pink ground with plain turquoise border on three sides, white on side hanging from staff. Black Chinese characters at bottom back of white border. Curved staff has light green silk fringe at gold painted tip.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DrumIe416

Carved wood drum with an hour glass shape. The surface is detailed with a mirrored stylized design carved in relief. The rectangular carved handle has open scroll work with a cylindrical piece in the middle; attached are many grass ? tassels. Skin drum head bound with split, braided bamboo.

Culture
Asmat
Material
wood, skin, bamboo grass ?, plant fibre and pigment
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe491

Mask, oval shape in shape with a slight narrowing at the bottom; made of a fibre surface mounted on a bamboo support. Depicted is a face in the lower quarter of the mask. The face has round, cutout eyes and a flat protruding mouth with down attached below. Above and around the face is a curving leaf-like pattern along the sides and centre in black and red on a white ground. Design outlined in vines as lines. Long fibre fringe on band along the entire perimeter. Woven hook at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
down feather, paint, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Container1479/10

Brown woven bamboo basket with straight, vertical sides, a round upper rim and a hexagonal bottom.

Culture
East Asian
Material
fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1479/5

Two feathers attached to a cylindrical shaft with fibre. Fibre also wrapped around the tip of the shaft. Spear head missing.

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
bamboo grass, fibre and feather
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1479/4

Metal-tipped spear head attached to an off-white rope with cord that has been covered in dark grey resin ? The other end of the rope is, in turn, attached to a wooden shaft in the same manner. This cord is also wound around the butt end of the shaft.

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
bamboo grass, wax, fibre and metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1479/3

Metal-tipped spear with wooden shaft. The spear tip is attached to the wooden shaft with cord that has been covered in dark grey resin? This cord has also been wound around the butt end of the spear shaft, and approximately one sixth of the way down the length of the shaft from the head.

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
bamboo grass, wax, fibre and metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1479/2 a-b

Metal-tipped spear with wooden shaft. The spear tip is attached to the wooden shaft with cord that has been covered in dark grey resin? Part a is the main part of the spear, and part b is the butt end of the shaft, which has broken off.

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
bamboo grass, wax, fibre and metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spear1479/1

Metal-tipped spear with wooden shaft. The spear tip is attached to the wooden shaft with cord that has been covered in dark grey resin?

Culture
Interior Amazonia
Material
bamboo grass, wax, fibre and metal
Made in
Colombia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vase PropEdz1666

Long green coloured fluted representation of a vase. Vase has three distinct sections that are distinguished by a small raised ridge and a gold painted band. Top of vase flares out.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, paint, fibre, metal, bamboo grass ? and paste adhesive ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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