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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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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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Thumb PianoK4.51

Thumb piano constructed from a wooden plank base with five narrower, and seven thicker metal prongs raised up from the plank on a piece of wood and bent metal, and secured with a metal bar and wire. Each prong has a ball of resin or wax stuck underneath the end. There is a rattle composed of a metal bar with four metal cylinders attached to the edge opposite the end with the metal prongs. A skin handle is attached at the prong end through two holes in the wooden plank. A ridged geometric design, with an overall rectangular shape composed of four triangles, has been carved into the top face.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood, iron metal, resin ? and leather skin
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SwordK2.408 a-b

A metal sword with a beaten metal blade (part a) which has a fuller that has three ridges, of which the central ridge extends longer than the outer ones. There are two crescent moon shapes near the middle of the blade on each side. Floral decorations beaten on hilt which has a pommel, grip, and cross-guard. The sheath (part b) is sewn and embossed with a geometric pattern cut on sheath leather which is dyed ochre red and pale green. Cotton thread gird with huge tassels in red, green, and yellow.

Culture
Nupe
Material
brass metal, steel metal, leather skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearK2.407

Spear with wooden shaft covered in bands of dyed red leather at the ends, each with a raised band at either end and a band of grass (?) woven through slits in the leather to form a diagonal pattern, and a centre section covered in off-white skin. The spear has a spade-shaped metal tip with a border of indented semi-circles along the edges of the blade, and incised lines at the base of the blade. The butt end is composed of a conical piece of metal.

Culture
Malinke
Material
wood, leather skin, iron metal, dye, fibre and grass ?
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SheathM4.25

Triangular shaped sheath formed by two pieces of wood bound together with black leather and banded on the top with metal painted with gold leaf design. Metal strip has a loop.

Culture
Persian
Material
leather skin, metal, wood, fibre, paint and gold metal
Made in
Iran
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressK2.207

Headdress in the form of a bird's head and neck composed of a wooden neck and head covered with leather and a hornbill beak attached to the head. Eyes are indicated by metal nails with rounded heads.

Culture
Hausa
Material
hornbill beak, wood, metal, leather skin and stain ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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