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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 e

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part e). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
gesso ?, paint, bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal and wood ?
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 b

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part b). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse CostumeEdz1835 a-b

Horse costume consisting of a paper mache mask (a) and rump over a bamboo frame (b). White horse head with red mouth, black eyes, brown ears, and cream yarn for mane. Rump is white with red stripe detailing, and four white ties at back end. Pink patterned fabric hangs from the neck , and is a skirt around the rump.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, paint, bamboo grass, metal, plastic, fibre and paste adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.838 e

Chinese characters in gold embroidery, on deep pink ground with plain turquoise border on three sides, white on side hanging from staff. Black Chinese characters at bottom back of white border. Curved staff has light green silk fringe at gold painted tip.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Body MaskIe415

Tumbuan 'mask' or body costume. Conical shape made of a wooden frame and wrapped with a large piece of mulberry bark that is painted with a vertical striped pattern in dark brown, light brown and orange. Along the bottom edge is a long fringe of sennit(?) dyed red and black; the sides have two red tufts. Attached to the front is an oval shaped wooden mask covered in white clay. The face has a long forehead, protruding brow, nose and red tongue. The septum has boar tusks running through; eyes are inlaid with shell. Around the eyes and nose is black and white spotted detailing. Above the mask are black feathers, a large tuft of sennit ? dyed black and painted red and white. The top back has a fibre woven plate, an erect woven handle and a pink and blue fabric decoration with white feathers. The top sides have wooden handles painted black, red and white.

Culture
Asmat
Material
palm leaf, clay, paint, feather, wood, shell, cotton fibre, plant fibre, mulberry bark, boar tusk and dye
Made in
Papua, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh13

Mask depicting Kappala Sanniya (which represents insanity) with a black painted face, a very small forehead, prominent brows, protruding eyes with a crescent-shaped slit below each, a bulbous nose, a prominent red upper lip, and a set of white upper teeth with a right fang. The lower jaw appears to be missing, and the left fang has broken off and is missing.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Galle, Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile1516/9

Square tile with main long-tailed bird and floral decoration. Blue band around edge. Sides and back face are some remnants of cream glaze.

Culture
Turkish
Material
clay, paint and glaze
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe491

Mask, oval shape in shape with a slight narrowing at the bottom; made of a fibre surface mounted on a bamboo support. Depicted is a face in the lower quarter of the mask. The face has round, cutout eyes and a flat protruding mouth with down attached below. Above and around the face is a curving leaf-like pattern along the sides and centre in black and red on a white ground. Design outlined in vines as lines. Long fibre fringe on band along the entire perimeter. Woven hook at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
down feather, paint, fibre and bamboo grass
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plate1455/27

Armourial wear. Circular, highly decorated plate, back is plain. Rim has floral patterns and 3 scenes: 2 dogs and a house; 4 dogs by a tree with a picnic set up below it; and 2 birds by a cylindrical structure. Well has floral and insect(?) designs clobbered over original central crest.

Culture
English ?
Material
clay, paint, glaze and enamel
Made in
United Kingdom ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Plate1455/26

Armourial wear. Circular, highly decorated plate, back is plain. Rim has floral patterns and 3 scenes: 2 dogs and a house; 4 dogs by a tree with a picnic set up below it; and 2 birds by a cylindrical structure. Well has floral and insect(?) designs clobbered over original central crest.

Culture
English ?
Material
clay, paint, glaze and enamel
Made in
United Kingdom and England ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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