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Textile706/31

Long, rectangular, silk textile with a repeated pattern consisting of purple embroidered border edged with a yellow line that straddles the central white floral design on a teal background.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEdz1608

Kidney shaped purse with two sets of two long dark green twine with a red seed ? attaching each set. The purse has an embroidered body with a floral motif in light green, lime green, green, pink and yellow on a dark green background. Pictured in the centre is a large, pink peony. The top has a small rectangular opening made of red silk fabric pleated together to make a fan-like shape. Both sides are identical.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and seed ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Charm593/1

Hummingbird charm. Bird is mounted on a rectangular piece of red cloth, and enclosed in a plastic package. The body of the hummingbird is entirely covered by a case made of green, silky thread.

Culture
Mexican
Material
hummingbird bird, silk fibre ? and synthetic fibre
Made in
Puebla, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coat578/1

Blue coat with embroidery. The coat has a round neck, wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The border around the neck, cuffs and edges has bands of light blue tendrils on cream ground and white zigzags on blue ground. On the centre front and back is a large dragon motif within a large roundel in blue, white, gold and brown on blue ground. Also on the front and back are mountain and cloud motifs in blue, white and gold. The inner lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rank BadgeEdz1498 c

Rectangular badge with a bird, symbols and surrounding border in metallic thread. The bird is a silver pheasant, denoting a civil fifth rank official. The pheasant is white with a blue crest and five scalloped tail feathers. It is in the centre, standing on one leg and facing left with head raised. The background is filled with blue and green clouds and gold scrollwork. Amidst the background, the pheasant is surrounded by symbols. Symbols include sacred vase, wheel of law, endless knot, bat with swastika and butterfly. Around the edges of the badge is a gold scrollwork border with flowers.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile773/1

Long, whitish brown textile with alternating diagonal stripe pattern, in dark brown. Ends have wide row of perpendicular lines, a narrow solid brown band and fringe.

Culture
Javanese ?
Material
silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Java, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament706/23

Ornament consisting of a yellow silk tassel that hangs from four strands of cylindrical beads, some decorated in gold laquer with turquoise flowers and the remainder decorated in losenge shapes in black, blue and green. There is a small loop at the top of the bead strands and the beads are divided by metal disc-shaped beads.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye, metal, clay, feather ? and paint ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEdz1603

Square shaped, light green, silk textile with an embroidered design of two white and black cranes. One bird is walking while the other is flying in front of a brown and green pine tree. Around the birds are two dark orange flowers. The textile is sewn onto a piece of light brown paper.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, paper and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frame706/19

Circular-like shaped red silk frame with four flowers embroidered along the top edge; two pink, one purple and one yellow. The bottom is detailed with a blue, purple and green ruyi pattern. The textile is circular at the bottom then it widens at the sides, with two sets of curves. The opening has a circular piece of twisted metal around the edge. The back is covered with blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament706/16

Ornament representing a butterfly constructed from black, green and blue beads with red beads for eyes, and black and blue sequins on the wings. The beads and sequins are sewn to a white fabric backing.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, silk fibre ? and metal ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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