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Hand PuppetIa61 a-b

Male character in Daoist robe, Golden Rays style. Costumed, cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands, and feet. Forehead is green, back of head and eye areas are white, face and neck are pink, bird headdress is brown with black outlines suggesting feathers, red mouth is wide open, red dots on cheeks. Tan dyed hair, glued across top of head. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head, with attached white/cream hands with holes through sideways, partially stuffed with paper, stuffed legs, white and green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched blue silk, cotton lined robe (part b); sleeves pink/orange with orange borders and collar; blue, white, yellow and pink fur trim. Flower-like decorations, in foil wrapped thread, plastic sequins and tin edged mirrors. Yellow and white brocade trim at centre, backed with character printed paper. Costume is detachable, tied with cord at neck.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
plastic, paste adhesive, paper, skin, metal, silk fibre, hair, paint, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa60 a-b

Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Represents character of Old Male (aggressive, with Daoist headgear and magical powers), Golden Rays style. Varnished white face, pink cheeks, yellow hair, gold, green and red crown. Black, yellow and red details on face. Yellow dyed hair beard attached at slits in chin. Body (part a), undyed cotton flaps, attached around head, attached white hands with holes through sideways, partially stuffed with paper, stuffed legs of pink and yellow patterned cotton, attached white and blue-green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched green silk robe (part b), orange and red silk border, green silk at front side edges, also inside front. Decorations include blue tin edged mirrors, red and green plastic sequins, white and pink fur trim. Centre front and back design of dragon in multiple rows of silver foil wrapped thread, pink plastic 'pearl' eyes, red and blue cord. Wrapped thread circle to upper left of centre. Detachable robe attached with cord at neck. Legible purple characters in oval on puppet flap.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
lacquer, wood, cotton fibre, paint, skin, metal, plastic, silk fibre and hair
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PendantC1177

Pendant in the shape of a stylized female figure (hei tiki) with geometric patterns. The figure's head is tilting to her right. The circular eyes are inlaid with abalone (paua). The figure's right arm is at the waist; the left arm is at the face; legs are crossed. Four holes are bored through the figure, two at the arms and two at the legs. An off-white cord threads through the two arm holes; the cord closes with an bone screw clasp.

Culture
Maori
Material
abalone shell, whale bone and silk fibre ?
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA2.597 a-b

Cigarette case and cover. Twined weave and cross warp openwork twined weave with overlay embroidery. Cover design: two triangles, contiguous at vertex with line at point of contact. Case design in symmetric colour arrangement. Colours: red, blue, turquoise, rose.

Culture
Aleut
Material
wild rye grass, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Attu Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GlovesD1.68 a-b

Pair of beige hide gloves, or gauntlets, with flared opening. The top of both are covered in embroidery of red roses, blue birds and greenery. A hide fringe hangs down from the outer side of each glove.

Culture
Blackfoot ? or Metis ?
Material
rawhide skin, cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeD2.114 a-b

Stem decorated with red and green satin plus woven porcupine quills dyed pink, turquoise, yellow and red. T-shaped pipe bowl carved from red stone. Stem not perforated from end to end.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, catlinite stone, porcupine quill and silk fibre ?
Made in
South Dakota, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentE223

Three, decorative, metal crosses attached to three metal balls that hang from a cross shaped design of wings on either side of a cutout heart. All of which is suspended on a narrow blue ribbon.

Culture
Zapotec
Material
brass metal, silver metal and silk fibre
Made in
Yalalag, Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinD2.38

One skin moccasin sewn around the sole, up the back and across the top where the cotton ankle covers are joined. Black velvet ribbon and green satin ribbon around the ankle. Leather thongs, beaded on toe with dark blue and light blue arrow-like-shapes on a white background.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
leather skin, cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeD2.44

Cape composed of an arch-shaped black velveteen collar with a floral pattern in orange, yellow, pink, red, silver, blue, black and brown beadwork, a blue beaded edge, and a long beaded fringe in clear and black beads in a lattice pattern with a band of black followed by a band of clear and another band of black and finished with lengths of silver beads. Cotton backing. The cape is in the "Bertha" style.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, plastic ?, cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinD2.37

One skin moccasin with seams around sole and up each side. Turquoise satin binding around top and blue lining. Tie-laces from heel. Embroidered in green, orange-brown, and blue.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
skin and silk fibre ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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