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Corpus Christi Apron2738/63

Front apron from a Corpus Christi dancer's costume. Large square of orange material has woven yellow, maroon and orange waistband, is bordered on three sides with long stands of blue, yellow and green wool and a fringe of brown wool, and has peach coloured satin backing. Sewn and glued onto the front are an assortment of coins, metal buttons, metal bells, an animal tooth, plastic and glass beads, decorative motifs in wool, and silver, blue and gold paper foil stars and circles.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, copper alloy metal, plastic, glass and aluminium metal
Made in
Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2738/44

Head and torso of a female with bare breasts, carved from a single piece of wood. Figure wears a pounded bark skirt with brown and beige diamond patterning attached around her waist with a metal floral clasp. A strand of seed beads is wound around her upper torso and yellow green feathers are stuck with wax to her ears and around her neck and head.

Culture
Canelos Quichua
Material
wood, feather, bark fibre, seed, cotton fibre and wax
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2589/1 a

Long cotton blouse that is part of a wedding outfit (with 2589/1 b,c,d,e-f,g,h,i-j). It is trimmed with white and pink lace around the collar and the cuffs. The front of the blouse has pleats and a snap-close front.

Culture
Serbian
Material
dye, metal, copper metal ?, cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Serbia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2590/2 a

Blouse that is part of a three part outfit with skirt (2590/2 b) and headwrap (2590/2 c). The fabric has a repeating pattern of blue flowers or pinwheel shapes in the background, and rows of red, blue and white squares with an elephant in blue outline within them, along with text in English. These squares alternate with red text written in Twi. Blouse is sleeveless with a wide neck ruffle, tapering waist and flared bottom. It is lined with white cotton fabric.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre, polyester fibre and dye
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gourd Container2738/18

Large gourd container with two dark brown animal figures painted on the side. A spout at the top, fashioned from a tube of bamboo, is encased in a ring of dark resin-like substance into which are embedded a few yellow seeds.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit, paint, bamboo grass, seed, cotton fibre and resin ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Blouse1743/1 a

White blouse that is part of a Cantonese opera costume with objects 1743/1 b,c,d,e,f,g. The blouse has a round neck and long wide sleeves with open attached piece at each end. Sequin design sewn on front and back of bodice and blouse in gold, pink and turquoise. The back opening closes with seven snaps.

Culture
Chinese
Material
plastic ?, dye, cotton fibre, metal and synthetic fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Windsock1184/165 a

Carp-shaped windsock, decorated in bright colours and gold paint. The mouth of the fish serves as the mouth of the fabric tube, with an internal (wooden?) structure holding the opening in a circle. The bright fish design covers most of the outside; the predominant colours are blue, black and gold.

Culture
Japanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, wood ?, metal and fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Turban Cloth2737/3

Double-ikat rumal. Dark reddish purple, pink and black cloth. Long rectangular area in the centre has images of phonographs, biplanes, sailboats, fish and rotary phones woven into it, in squares.

Culture
South India
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Puttapakka, Andhra Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Headdress2736/4

Bull headdress consisting of curved crown-like wood head piece with carved bull head facing forward from top and long strands of darker and lighter dried grass and red ribbons hanging down in two thick bunches from grass pompoms at the base of the wood. Long, squared rods, with circular tips and hanging red ribbons, project up from the bottom sides of the headpiece. Carved and painted designs in white, red and black decorate the wood on both sides and a piece of rope is knotted through a hole below the bull head..

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, sisal fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull Mask2736/1

Round, two-part, black and dark brown (stain or paint?) bull mask, with natural horns bound with cow hide and black woven band, has foam at bottom edge attached with nails. Green bottle glass eyes surrounded with cow hide stare out to the side and there is square opening below the chin. Several lengths of green synthetic rope are wound and bound around the neck joins, white rope and more of the green are knotted inside the head and emerge through nostrils and holes, one has a fibre and wood toggle at the end.

Culture
Bijogo
Material
wood, paint, cow horn, cow skin, metal, polyurethane foam, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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