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Hand PuppetIa61 a-b

Male character in Daoist robe, Golden Rays style. Costumed, cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands, and feet. Forehead is green, back of head and eye areas are white, face and neck are pink, bird headdress is brown with black outlines suggesting feathers, red mouth is wide open, red dots on cheeks. Tan dyed hair, glued across top of head. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head, with attached white/cream hands with holes through sideways, partially stuffed with paper, stuffed legs, white and green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched blue silk, cotton lined robe (part b); sleeves pink/orange with orange borders and collar; blue, white, yellow and pink fur trim. Flower-like decorations, in foil wrapped thread, plastic sequins and tin edged mirrors. Yellow and white brocade trim at centre, backed with character printed paper. Costume is detachable, tied with cord at neck.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
plastic, paste adhesive, paper, skin, metal, silk fibre, hair, paint, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa60 a-b

Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Represents character of Old Male (aggressive, with Daoist headgear and magical powers), Golden Rays style. Varnished white face, pink cheeks, yellow hair, gold, green and red crown. Black, yellow and red details on face. Yellow dyed hair beard attached at slits in chin. Body (part a), undyed cotton flaps, attached around head, attached white hands with holes through sideways, partially stuffed with paper, stuffed legs of pink and yellow patterned cotton, attached white and blue-green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched green silk robe (part b), orange and red silk border, green silk at front side edges, also inside front. Decorations include blue tin edged mirrors, red and green plastic sequins, white and pink fur trim. Centre front and back design of dragon in multiple rows of silver foil wrapped thread, pink plastic 'pearl' eyes, red and blue cord. Wrapped thread circle to upper left of centre. Detachable robe attached with cord at neck. Legible purple characters in oval on puppet flap.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
lacquer, wood, cotton fibre, paint, skin, metal, plastic, silk fibre and hair
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentE223

Three, decorative, metal crosses attached to three metal balls that hang from a cross shaped design of wings on either side of a cutout heart. All of which is suspended on a narrow blue ribbon.

Culture
Zapotec
Material
brass metal, silver metal and silk fibre
Made in
Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentE181 f

Three, decorative, metal crosses attached to three metal balls that hang from a larger cross which is suspended on a narrow blue ribbon.

Culture
Zapotec
Material
brass metal, silver metal and silk fibre
Made in
Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel OrnamentN3.39

An ornament made of an elaborately knotted pink cord with a round silver box that has a swiveling lid and two tassels attached. Above the box, there is a loop, below which, there is a flat knotted lozenge shape. Below the box, there is a smaller looped pattern. The box is attached with an elaborate winged loop of silver. The box is inlaid with enamel in floral patterns of blue, blue-green, yellow, and purple with a coral bead inset on each side. Two tassels are attached below the second knotted design. They have multicoloured strands, and are wrapped at the top with gold thread that has a pattern picked out of the tassels’ strands on the surface of each wrapped area.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal, enamel, silk fibre, dye, gold metal and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel OrnamentN3.38

An ornament made of two elaborately knotted pink, green, and gold silk cords with two large tassels attached to each, all of which are suspended from two pink cords. Below the cords, there is an elaborate knotted design in pink, green, and gold, below which, there is a larger lozenge-shaped flat knotted shape. The tassels have strands grouped according to their colours: red, dark pink, yellow-green, yellow, and dark blue-purple which also show at the top of each tassel. Each is wrapped at the top with gold thread that has a pattern picked out of the tassels’ strands on the surface of each wrapped area.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SocksN3.13 a-b

A pair of fabric shoes or socks (parts a-b). Main design consists of flowers and birds in red, green, white, pink, purple, yellow, and orange on a white background. The top border is orange. There is a mulit-coloured pom-pom at the toe.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, fibre, metal and silk fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SocksN3.12 a-b

A pair of fabric booties (parts a-b). Main design consists of flowers in metallic thread and red, pink, purple, and green. The top border is a horizontal red line with a zig zag blue line below. There is an orange pom-pom on the toe.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, metal, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.3

A small flat bag made of red silk damask lined with dark blue silk damask with an inner lining of pink cotton fabric revealed by holes under the flap. Bag is rectangular with rounded sides narrowing through, folding to the top opening which is covered by a downwardly-extending flared flap ending with a point. There are embroidered designs outlined in heavy gold couching over the entire red surface. On the flap, there are stylized rocks and waves with a coin in the centre, above which, there are two phoenixes facing each other. Above that, there is a Korean? character with cloud forms on both sides. On the front of the bag, there are two floral images showing beyond the edges of the flap. On the back, there are two seams and four floral images. A green cord, ending in an elaborate knot and four loops, is threaded through the top of the bag. A loop fastener is under the flap.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronM5.8 c

A woman's heavily ornamented apron. Has a central panel of orange, gold, dark red, and black tapestry weave in a diamond pattern. The sides and bottom are appliqued with metallic gold, silver ribbon, silver braid, and silver rickrack, brass beads, multi-coloured metal sequins, beads made of brass tubing and red- orange fringe. A bottom panel, which is wider than the main body of the apron, is consisting of three rows of thick fringe in orange, red-orange, and black, brass beads, and tubing, of which, this section is backed with burlap. The top of the apron is trimmed with a thick braid of black wool. This garment is very heavy and stiff.

Culture
Macedonian ?
Material
jute fibre, dye, glass, brass metal, silver metal ?, gold metal ?, silk fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Bitolj, Macedonia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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