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MatN2.159

Rectangular black mat with design and fringe. The design is the same on both ends; a tree motif in white with fruit in red, yellow and gray. There is a thin fringe on both ends. The back is undecorated and unlined.

Culture
Japanese
Material
flax fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MatN2.158

Rectangular black mat with design and fringe. The design in the centre is a tree (bamboo?) motif in white and gray. There is a thin fringe on both ends. The back is undecorated and unlined.

Culture
Japanese
Material
flax fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model HuskerN2.227 a-b

Two hardwood blocks. The upper block pivots on the lower one as it is rotated. Rice is poured in at the top of the upper block.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsN2.225 a-b

Geta sandals with softwood soles, black velvet straps, tin strap fasteners, and stamped metal knot covers. The underside of the right sandal (part b) bears a stamped paper label.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
silk fibre, wood and tin metal
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model TrapN2.224

Sections of thin bamboo laced into a long, conical basket with twined cord Attached around the inside of the open end of the conical basket are short bamboo sections laced together so that they angle towards the centre of the cone; the short segments are angled in such a way that they create a small passage allowing material into the basket, but not out.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
bamboo grass and fibre
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model LoomN2.222

A grass mat in the process of being woven on a small wooden loom with fibre warp.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
fibre, grass and wood
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model LoomN2.221

Working wooden model of the older type of loom, the gii-bata. The loom is set up for use, strung with black and white thread in alternating stripes. Entire loom is mounted on a rectangular plywood base.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
fibre, wood, metal and dye
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HangingN2.218

Large hanging with gold designs on green ground. The designs include a cross within a circle in gold, surrounded by an overall floral motif in gold. There are tabs for hanging sewn to the top edge. The back lining is brown linen with the Tachi Omodaka crest repeated five times. The crest has a water plant (?) within a circle in black. There are six pairs of ties near the back bottom edge.

Culture
Japanese
Material
flax fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KimonoN2.215

Deep blue kimono (着物) with wide, short sleeves and centre opening. The lower half of the kimono is embroidered with cherry blossoms, pine trees and bamboo in gold, white and pink on a deep blue ground. The upper half has a single gold flower on either side of the opening. The inside lining is red and padded with cotton known as fuki (袘). It has five family crests or kamon (家紋) in the shape of sekichiku flowers (China pink/Dianthus chinensis) known as sekichiku (石竹).

Culture
Japanese
Material
metal, fibre, silk fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kimono JacketN2.213 a

Man's haori (羽織) or jacket/overcoat with small check pattern paired with kimono (N2.213 b). The neck and centre opening are edged with a wide patterned band. The sleeves are short with hanging panels and an opening under the arms. The pattern has small white squares on brown ground. The patterned inner lining known as gaku’ura (額裏) is light brown silk with a river scene in black and covers only the upper part of the haori.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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