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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/6 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes made of white fabric heavily decorated with silver sequins. There is an image of a butterfly or moth made of sequins and edged with white fur over the toes.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre and animal hair
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/5 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes made of dark blue-green fabric decorated with white sequins in a geometric Greek key design. Over the toes are long tassels of shiny white thread, one of which is bound with red thread.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/3 a-b

A pair of shoes made of shiny white fabric with large padded bulbous protrusions over the toes and slightly elevated soles. The shoes are decorated with lines of purple and gold sequins ending in curlicues at the front.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre, paint and adhesive
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/1 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. They are solidly covered with sequins that have been sewn onto the surface cloth. The foot is demarcated from the calf with red piping, and there are vertical lines of piping at the front at back. The sequins are patterned in radiating stripes on the foot portion of the boots, while above the piping there is a dragon curling towards the bottom of the boot and then facing upwards towards a red disc. The sequins are multi-coloured against a background of rich blue-green.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
leather skin, paint, plastic, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Bed Curtain2701/14

Curtain of pink synthetic fabric sewn to form an arch-shape with horizontal upper edge of white synthetic fabric to which seven orange-pink Chinese characters are applied with sequins. There is a layer of filmy pink synthetic fabric over this. At the centre of the curtain set are appliquéd three discs of pink silk, each with a Chinese character in black cloth. The lower edge of the arch-shaped curtain has a row of dark pink fringe. Behind the arch is a rectangular panel, and there are curved vertical panels with cotton backing attached to the sides. All are decorated with phoenixes, executed in dark pink, gold, and silver sequins.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre, plastic, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2666/19 a-b

Folded pink hat (part a) with pompoms and sequined designs. The upper portion of the hat is stiffened with cardboard and decorated with large white plastic beads and three rows of red pompoms with yellow stripes. On the front is a sequined peony motif in yellow, white surrounded by gold. On the back are sequined cross motifs in gold and white. Around the edges is a thin gold and yellow sequined border. There are two black ties attached at the bottom. The inside has an internal wire support and is lined with black cotton. Part b is a red pompom with a yellow stripe attached to a long metal loop.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, plastic, metal, dye, paper ? and paste adhesive
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2666/30 a-b

Folded bright pink hat with pompoms and sequined designs. The upper portion of the hat is stiffened with cardboard and decorated with white plastic beads and two rows of red pompoms with white stripes. The sequined design has large peonies in orange surrounded by gold on the front and back, with a similar border around the lower edge. There are two black ties attached at the bottom. The inside has an internal wire support and is lined with white cotton. Part b is a red pompom with a white stripe attached to a long metal loop.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
dye, plastic, metal, paper ?, paste adhesive ?, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatEdz1843

Opera Hat in black silk composed of a skull cap with a bulbous, wire covered in gathered silk with two arms just below a stuffed protrusion that sits at the top of the crown. A piece of oval white plastic (?) is sewn to the front centre of the skull cap, and the bottom edge is finished with green cord. A strip of fabric is attached to the back of the skull cap and folded to form two loops and two arms that extend below the bottom of the hat. The strip is attached with a series of plastic (?) off-white beads. Lined with off-white cotton. Two off-white cotton ties are attached at the bottom back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, plastic ?, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse CostumeEdz1838 a-b

Horse costume consisting of a paper mache mask (a) and rump (b). The mask has two brown vinyl ears, a green yarn mane, and a neck composed of fabric with a pink, yellow, brown and white floral pattern on a grey background. The rump has a green yarn tail and a skirt of the same fabric as the neck that runs along the sides and back. Both are built out of papier maché with a bamboo frame and are painted green with black and white eyes, red lips with white teeth, and bands of red on the rump.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, paint, bamboo grass, metal, plastic, fibre, paste adhesive and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomE129

Loom with an unfinished textile consisting of a floral design of two large pink, red and orange flowers with blue and green leaves on a burgundy ground. The textile is attached to three large, cylindrical shaped wooden sticks; two at the bottom. Intertwine in the cream warp of the textile are seven wooden tools: two are flat and rectangular with triangular, pointed ends; one is cylindrical with notched ends while the remaining four are simply cylindrical.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre, wood, dye, lacquer and plastic
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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