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ContainerEdz1386

A cylindrical container carved with expansive landscape scenery all around.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Box946/23 a-e

Two-layered, rectangular box with handle that is attached to bottom section and goes over both sections and lid; top of handle has twined bamboo around it; sides are of three pieces of bamb. Box had basketry sides and plain bamboo around top and bottom edges and at corners. bottoms of both sections are made of planks of wood. Raised lips on inside rim of both sections fit into lid and bottom of top section.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, wood and metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat849/4

Cone-shaped hat with a wide brim. There is a round knob located at the top of the hat where five braided strands of fibre meet. Inside of the hat is loosely woven with bamboo(?) and the outside of the hat is more finely woven with bamboo(?). The outer surface possibly has underlying paper(?) and leaves(?). Three is a woven head band on the inside of the hat.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass ?, fibre, paint and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat849/3

Cone-shaped hat with wide brim. Natural colour, loosely woven on the outside. The inside is completely lined with leaves(?). Two pieces of bamboo are on the inside of the hat.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass ? and leaf
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Comb1223/13

Small comb. Hollow bamboo piece with thin evenely spaced wooden comb teeth attached to tube by interwoven fibre.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEd1.302 a-b

Hat (a) made of two layers of finely woven black horsehair with a slightly tapering cylindrical crown, and a broad circular brim. Woven on circles of thin strips of split bamboo at the top of the crown, the base of crown, and the outer brim. Chin straps are of black silk lace ribbon. The separate hat lining (b) is made of more coarsely woven black horsehair that has a seam at the top and has a cord across the centre back to gather and fit to the head.

Culture
Korean
Material
horse hair, silk fibre, dye, bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
Andong, Kyongsang-Pukto, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd1.284

A closing fan made of 29 split bamboo ribs and paper. Painted designs are 7 repeated stylized human figures; white to shoulders, red robes, mitred white hats with large star at top. On each side of figures is a stylized lotus with blue leaves, on a yellow background. Border of white with pink and blue broken ribbons along top and bottom of paper. Two lanterns.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass, paint, lacquer, metal, adhesive and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Official Emergency HatEd1.283

Official emergency hat with flat round brim attached to crown shaped like truncated cone. Inside of hat is made of paper painted black, with a woven texture showing. Outside of hat is covered with fine red silk, with edges trimmed with red paper, and with vertical strips of red paper on each side of the crown, at the bottom of which are small red tubes. On the underside of the brim from the tubes and strips are attached two red silk ribbons that are tied together. Crown of hat projects slightly below its point of insertion into the brim. Brim is somewhat wavy and has black and brown stains.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass ?, horse hair ?, paper, silk fibre, lacquer, paste adhesive and paint
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowIe312

An arrow shaft, 91 cm. long, of pitpit (sword grass). The foreshaft is a 4 cm. (between bindings) length of black palm wood, secured to the shaft with a sleeve of woven rattan 1.5 cm. wide. The lanceolate point is a flat piece of bamboo 1.5 cm. wide projecting 18 cm. beyond the binding. The point is bound to the foreshaft by a band of bark cord 11 cm. wide coated with yellow clay.

Culture
Kewa
Material
clay, rattan, bark, palm wood, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeIe334

A bamboo section of a pipe with two segments. The top segment has been perforated to allow passage of smoke to the mouthpiece, which is simply an upper cut end of bamboo section, where 15 cm. from the bottom of the pipe, there is a hole 1.5 cm. in diameter, blackened by smoke, apparently for insertion of tobacco.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bamboo grass
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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