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Cantonese Opera Bed2701/18

Bed cover of the same materials and with the same decorations (as 2701/17 curtain). The cover is rectangular, with a rounded protrusion at each side of the upper edge. On the back lining are stamped two red oblongs filled with Chinese letters.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Stage Curtain2701/17

Curtains of white silk sewn to form an arch-shape with horizontal upper edge of white cotton to which blue-green Chinese characters are appliquéd. At the centre of the curtain set are appliquéd two discs of white silk, each with a Chinese character in blue-green sequins. Below them is an image of a butterfly in copper-coloured sequins. The lower edge of the arch-shaped curtain has a row of blue-green fringe. Behind the arch is a rectangular panel, and there are vertical panels with cotton backing attached to the sides. All are decorated with hummingbirds and bunches of grapes and vines, all executed in blue-green, copper, pink, and gold sequins. There are two red oval stamps with Chinese letters at back of curtain top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
dye, wood, silk fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Robe2701/9

A front-opening robe with very wide sleeves and a round neck. Robe is cream colour and decorated with copper and gold-coloured sequins in wavy patterns, except for the bottom of the robe and ends of the sleeves, on which the sleeves are decorated with angled straight lines of sequins. The robe has snap fastenings down the front, and slits at the sides. Stamped onto inside fabric lining of collar are two red squares filled with Chinese letters.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
plastic, silk fibre ?, dye and metal
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt814/9

Girl's pulpul of silk and wool twisted strands atached to cords of plant fibre? The hanging strands are blue and white and are in two distinct sections from the waist cord.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
silk fibre, wool fibre, plant fibre and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseAf456 a

Blouse that together with a skirt (Af456 b) and head-tie (Af456 c) forms an outfit. The blouse has short sleeves, rounded neck, and is composed of narrow black cotton strips sewn together; decorated with four vertical rows of gold metallic thread per strip and three horizontal rows repeated within each strip but not aligned between strips. A linear, solid geometric pattern occurs randomly, in gold, silk thread.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ibadan, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress OrnamentEdz1844 b

Headdress ornament composed of an embroidered floral design in pink, green and off-white framed by an ovoid of paper that has been painted gold. A short coil and stem emerges from the narrower end of the ovoid.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, silk fibre, metal, paint and dye
Made in
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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TextileN2.35

Textile made of a rectangle of off-white silk folded in half and sewn together to form a square.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1013/1

Woven textile with designs. The rectangular textile is cut on three sides and hemmed on one. The design has a five-toed dragon surrounded by cloud, fire, pearl, bat, coral, peach, narcissus, mountain and wave motifs in red, white, blue and green on brown ground. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, paint and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat811/19

Woman’s embroidered hat or headdress, consisting of a skull cap with a long, wide ‘tail’ or extension in the back. The skull cap is made of black cotton textile, which is gathered at the top to fit the shape of the head, and there is an elaborate embroidered, crown-like topknot in the centre. The ‘tail’ or extension is attached to the back of the cap from approximately ear to ear and tapers to a narrow, squared-off end at the wearer’s waist. There is a triangular embroidered motif at the centre back where the extension meets the cap at the base of the skull. On the extension, triangular and diamond-shaped embroidered motifs are worked in bright pink and red silk floss, with small accents of green and yellow, and are arranged horizontally in narrow rows down the length of the extension. The embroidery stitches are so densely worked that very little of the background textile is visible. The extension is backed with a coarsely woven textile made of a bast fibre, perhaps jute. There is a small amount of silver thread embroidery on the crown.

Culture
Kyrgyz
Material
silk fibre ?, cotton fibre, dye, jute fibre ?, metal and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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