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Whistle1248/1

Cylindrical whistle made of two pieces of wood that tapers at one end to a mouthpiece for a whistle and at the other to a narrower round end; mouthpiece has one hole in end and one hole in diagonal cutout from one side. Three bands of coiled cord go around circumference: one just below the diagonal cutout and one at each end. The coils are wrapped around cutout areas so that they are flush with the overall surface. Resin is rubbed into fibre coils and along joins of the two pieces of wood; paper is adhered to resin along joins.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, fibre, resin and paper ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Prop1704/8

Decapitated head opera prop. Representation of a human head. Hollow head with bamboo loop sticking out of the top. The bamboo is wrapped in a grey coloured fibre. Head has painted black coloured hair, painted red lips, and painted eyes and eyebrows. Head is open at neck. The inside of the head has strips of bamboo that are tied with fibre and is lined with newspaper (paper mache).

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
paper, bamboo grass, adhesive, pigment, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg434 a-c

A wooden five-headed creature with pink beaks. Two heads are at the top and three heads are at the bottom. There are two wings with green and red on the outside and a multicoloured peacock-feather-like pattern on the inner side. Two more wings are underneath at the sides and the are gold-coloured, pink, green, and white. The large pink tail rimmed with gold-like foil that curves upward. The creature is decorated with gold tinsel. The bouquet (part b) has a pink flower on top, a white flower in the middle, and greenery at the bottom. There is also a stick (part c).

Culture
South India
Material
paper, wood, synthetic fibre and metal
Made in
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll645/1 a-f

A doll (part b) within a case (part c) which has a base (part a) and a glass top (part d). The female doll has a pink face, brown glass eyes, a red mouth, and grey eyebrows. Her black hair is made out of thread and is tied up in a bun with red, blue, pink, and yellow flowers, a pink and blue butterfly, and five dangling silvery metal strips. Overtop of her hair there is a grey and white striped cloth. She is wearing a kimono-like dress with a floral pattern which includes the colours orange, gold, pink, yellow, red, black, brown, and white. There is a bouquet of flowers attached to her back and she is holding black and silver-coloured wand with white "hair" in both hands.

Culture
Japanese
Material
fibre, wood, glass, synthetic fibre, paper and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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People Representation1521/10

Coloured and patterned paper glued to a bamboo frame. A red paper ring serves as the base, onto which five standing human silhouettes are glued facing outwards at equal distances from one another.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, bamboo grass and paste adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bird Representation1521/35

Black paper object glued to a red paper base. The black figure rises in a dome-like fashion from the red paper, with two rounded tab-like appendages and a tail-like protrusion glued flat to the red base paper. A black paper fringe emerges from the figure's neck.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and paste adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper Money335/28

Two Korean bills attached to each other and covered in a plastic(?). The denominations are a green one-hundred hwan and a brown-black five-hundred hwan. The faces of the bill that are visible are the reverse of the one-hundred hwan with Independence Gate, and the obverse of the five-hundred hwan with Lee Sung-man.

Culture
Korean
Material
paper and plastic ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper Offering1521/36

Several pieces of white-yellow paper glued together to create a rectangular paper object with a square piece of metallic sliver-gold paper glued in its centre. Both of the longer edges curl upwards.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and adhesive
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Paper Offering1521/26

Stack of rectangular white-yellow slips of paper. A series of three figures--resembling two parentheses with a dot in-between them--are cut into the surface of the paper.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl658/1

A light white-brown papier-mache bowl painted with pink, yellow, and blue animals, floral designs, and geometric designs.

Culture
North India
Material
paper, lacquer ?, paint and paste adhesive
Made in
Baas, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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