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OfferingB537 n

Offering consisting of an image depicting good luck symbols printed on a piece of rectangular off-white paper. The image, printed in red, light blue, dark blue, green, and yellow, is of a bearded man with a staff, a crane, a deer, and a bat. A scroll above the figures has a series of Chinese characters, and there is a floral border.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1151

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character; superimposed over the image is a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink, metal and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1149

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character; superimposed over the image is a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, metal, ink and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Exercise Book537/19 a

Student's exercise notebook filled with lined paper; bound with two staples along the spine. Printed on the cover in black ink: "Dominion of Canada Maple Leaf C Note Book," with a large maple leaf in the centre. Spaces at the bottom on the cover for name, address, and school are filled in with "Stoney Indian Drawings / Morley, Alberta." Inscription at the top of the cover reads "Jean Telfer / Class 4." On the back cover is printed a multiplication table and illustrated bilingual warnings for children to stay away from electrical poles and lines. The notebook is empty.

Culture
Stoney
Material
paper, ink and metal
Made in
Morley, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1172

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character; superimposed over the image is a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, metal, ink and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1174

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character, all superimposed over a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink, metal and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN1.549

A paper book with an off-white cover. Cover has a design in blue consisting of a boy, and a girl with a dog, Chinese characters and in English, "MADE IN CHINA". The pages consist of blank squares for writing.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink ? and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OfferingB537 j

Offering comprising a piece of rectangular off-white paper printed with two sets of Chinese characters meaning good luck, each set of characters surrounded in a border.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ManuscriptB563

Book of St. Matthew written in Tamil. Pages are made of palm leaf with a hole through which string is threaded to wrap around the book. Nine pages have writing on both sides, one page has writing on one side and one outer page is blank.

Culture
Tamil
Material
palm leaf, fibre and ink
Made in
Tamil Nadu, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1766/11 a-g

Ten figures representing people on a wood base. Facial features are outlined with red, and black. Table, and its accessories are accented with red and black. The main scene (part a) consists of a figure seated behind a table with a figure standing to his left and two captives kneeling before him. The wood base has many metal bits protruding, indicating the various detached standing figures (parts b-g). Part b: a man with his hands through a board; c: a man wearing a top-like hat while holding a red and black wood paddle in his right hand; d: a man wearing a rounded hat while holding a short stick in his left hand; e: a man wearing a rounded hat with both his hands flaring outward at his sides; f: a man wearing a top-like hat while holding a short red stick in his right hand; and g: a man with the top of his head flattened and his hands flaring outward at an angle from his sides.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, metal and ink ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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