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BagA7961 v

Leather bag with blue flannel trim along one side and the bottom. Stuffed with paper, skin (?) and ochre.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
fibre, leather skin, ochre pigment, paper, skin ?, ink and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/32

Tapa cloth in a rectangular shape and painted with seven panels, each with bands of zigzag lines that have double hooked shapes emerging from the points and several v shapes, all in light brown and dark grey. The panels each have a border.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1448/7

Tapa cloth painted with four rows of three sets of two rough triangle shapes with diagonal lines between and around them, each row divided by two bands and a band at each shorter end, all in reddish-brown outlined in black.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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InkN1.485 a-e

Ink (a) in the form of a male figure standing on a lobster (?), carrying a sword and dressed in an elaborate robe painted gold with green and blue details in the form of irises and characters representing happiness. The figure fits into a specially made rectangular wooden box composed of five walls (b) with a sliding front panel composed of a wooden frame (c) that holds a sheet of glass (d). The box is fitted with cardboard cut and bent to fit snugly around the ink figure and a base (e) that fits inside the box, all of which is covered in fibre with woven multicoloured floral patterns except for the back, which is red fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
adhesive, charcoal, wood, paper, fibre, dye, lacquer and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LanternN2.1077

Large paper lantern with bamboo frame. Loosely woven cylindrical frame with paper covering which slides up and down on a long handle. Metal candle spike in centre of base.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, bamboo grass, paper and metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth1266/1

Tapa cloth in a circular shape painted with a geometric design in black and reddish-brown. At the very centre of the painted design is a five-pointed star inside a circle, which is inside a four-pointed star shape. The design also incorporates diamond shapes, zigzags, and solid black and reddish-brown bands.

Culture
Western Polynesian ?
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Pacific Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Medicine331/1 b-d

Three (parts b-d) packages of pain medication. The front caption below on each of the packages reads 'INDUSTRI JAMU / LEO / SEMARANG' with a circular logo on the right side that has a left facing lion sitting on '1948 LEO / DAFT No. 36727.' One package (part b) has the following: 'No. 19, jamu SUPER BATUK'; a woman in the blue background on the left side wearing a yellow shirt and green pants as she faces to the left side while holding a handkerchief to her mouth with her right hand; and a man in the foreground on the right side wearing an orange shirt as he faces to the left side while holding a handkerchief to his mouth with his left hand. A second package (part c) has the following: 'No. 30, DJAMU SUPER FLU'; a man in the blue background on the left side wearing a white jacket and blue pants as he faces slightly toward the front right side while his hands are over his head; and a woman in the foreground on the right side wearing a green shirt as she faces to the left side while holding a handkerchief to her mouth with her left hand. The last package (part d) has the following: 'No. 25, Djamu SUPER SARIAWAN'; a man in the green background on the left side wearing a blue shirt and red pants as he faces to the right side while he holds his hands to his cheeks; and a woman in the foreground on the right side wearing a blue cloth over her head and under her chin and a pink shirt as she faces to the left side while holding her hands to her cheeks.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
paper, ink and adhesive
Made in
Semarang, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rank Badge AppliqueEdz1574

Bird badge adhered to a piece of white paper. The bird is a silver pheasant, denoting a civil fifth rank official. The pheasant is silver with a black eye and five barbed tail feathers. The pheasant is standing on one leg and facing left with head raised. The badge is made in two pieces.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye, metal, paper and adhesive
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.38

Embroidered flowers, leaves and vases adhered to a piece of white paper. The designs are attached to one another creating short twisted chains. The designs are light and dark blue, light and dark green, light and dark pink, and white. Details and outlines are added in gold thread.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, adhesive, gold metal and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LanternEdz1091

Roughly cylindrical paper lantern; slight depression around the centre and raised circular openings at either end. Thin, ecru-coloured paper laid over a crisscrossing, latticework of thin pieces of bamboo.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
paper, bamboo grass and adhesive ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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