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Cantonese Opera Belt2701/7 c

A belt, decorated with floral designs of sequins in white and silver, that has a white lining. The belt is part of a costume with a blouse (2701/7 a) and a panel (2701/7 b).

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
metal, synthetic fibre ?, plastic, cotton fibre, glass ? and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Panel2701/7 b

Front panel with side ties, normally worn over a skirt, is made up of two panels attached to a white cotton band at the waist, the upper decorated as above and with long strings of beads hanging from bottom hem. Curlicues of sequins decorate edges of under panel and shorter strings of beads hang from the hem. The panel is part of a costume with a blouse (2701/7 a) and a belt (2701/7 c).

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
metal, synthetic fibre ?, plastic, cotton fibre, glass ? and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Blouse2701/7 a

A sleeveless blouse made of purple fabric, with high mandarin collar and decorated with floral designs of sequins in white and silver, closes down the back with metal snap fasteners. Sleeves and collar are edged with solid lines of sequins. Blouse is part of a costume with a panel (2701/7 b) and a belt (2701/7 c).

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
metal, synthetic fibre ?, plastic, cotton fibre, glass ? and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll2790/20

Female stuffed doll in a bead decorated black coat and red skirt stands on rectangular wood feet. The head is a stuffed and painted piece of canvas with a painted mop-like trim sewn on around the top. A piece of cow hide with hair is wrapped around her shoulders, as are strands of black and white beads and seeds. In her hand, she holds a white hair brush with bead worked base. The legs appear to be wood are covered with a black fabric.

Culture
Ndebele ?
Material
hair, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, wood, glass ?, seed, metal and skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mask2792/1

Dance mask worn with dance costume (2792/2 a-b). The carved wood male face has life-like features that include glass brown eyes, long upper eyelashes of blonde hair, and painted flesh tone skin, gold teeth, curly gold hair and sideburns, mustache, eyebrows and lower eyelashes. There is a slit opening at the mouth and several holes have been drilled through the surface; the two nostrils, two at the bridge of the nose, one at the top of each ear and one at the top of the head.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre, glass, hair ? and adhesive
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Necklace2790/19

Beaded necklace with one square panel hanging on a long double string of green, yellow and black beads linked together at regular intervals with white bead circles. The panel is filled with a multicoloured house motif within a white ground and has a bottom trim of a double string of blue beads, below which hangs a band of white crochet-like beadwork.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass ? and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Necklace2790/17

Beaded necklace (or head band ?) consisting of four square sections of beadwork strung together with large brown seeds and beads of different sizes and colours. Diamond, chevron and linear motifs in red, green, orange, blue and black decorate each of the white sections with crochet-like upper and lower borders. The one larger section has two brass bells hanging from the bottom.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, glass ?, seed and brass metal
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Anklet2790/16

Beaded anklet with crochet-like fringe. Strings of white, red, navy blue, light blue, pink, yellow and green beads are tightly wound around a bundle of brown fibre so that the beads create a geometric pattern at the front and leave the binding and fibres visible at the back. The anklet is flexible and bends to fasten at the ends with a brown plastic button through a blue bead loop.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass ?, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Bracelet2790/15

Rectangular beaded bracelet. Wide band of beadwork has three lines of repeated multi-coloured motifs and a finishing black bead trim at each end. One long edge of the bead rectangle is stitched to a length of rope that bends around to fasten with two large black beads and a loop.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass ? and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Headband2790/14

Beaded white headband with chin strap attached at sides. The headband has a top band of tight beadwork with square cut-outs and a bottom fringe of linked beads but at the front there is also a central band of ornate crochet-like beading that makes it wider than at the back. The chin strap has two square cut-outs on either side and a letter in black, orange and green at the height of each cheek ( "N" or "Z").

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass ? and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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