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Sword GuardEd5.3146

Oval-shaped metal sword guard with triangular hole at centre and ovoid hole to one side. Low relief depiction of a male figure with a hat and sword in profile on one face. The figure's face is copper inlay, the beard is incised, and the hat is gold inlay. Incised tree with one branch on reverse. Made of shicuichi (bronze and silver alloy), open kodzuka, no kogai.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silver metal, gold metal and bronze metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonA2483

Curved silver spoon with an oval bowl and a tapering handle with a profile bird-head finial. Features of bird-head extend out from the handle with the crest and brow band on one side and a jaw line below. Iris and brow band are slightly raised. Engraving includes details on bird's head, including a split u on the crest, an ovoid eye, and mouth and lines indicating the nostril and feathers. Angled ovoid in ovoid on the neck (handle shaft) u-shapes, split u's, and s-curves to large angled ovoid where handle widens to the spoon of the bowl. Wing and tail-like appendages on either side of the ovoid. 'Ketchikan' is engraved in a curve in the spoon bowl.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
silver metal
Made in
Ketchikan, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's HeaddressEd1.278

Child’s cap made of silk gauze ribbons with three long ribbons hanging down the back and ties made of orange silk cord ending in red and white tassels. Front edge of cap is made of a black ribbon with three Chinese characters stamped in gold on each side. Perpendicular to this, going over the top of the head, is a ribbon of yellow green silk gauze stamped with gold flowers and a cicada and embroidered with a Chinese character in red. A ribbon of red silk stamped with gold Chinese characters goes around the head, and parallel to this a blue ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters forms the lower edge of the cap. Over the ears are inserted triangles of pale w silk, each embroidered with a red and white flower. Most of the ribbons are lined with pink silk gauze. A black ribbon stamped with gold Chinese characters goes down the centre back, with a similarly stamped blue ribbon on each side. At the centre front is an ornament composed of five circles embroidered with flowers, stuffed to make them round. At the centre is a flower carved from grey-green stone, at the centre of which is a yellow bead. From this ornament hang five pink silk tassels, each wrapped in silver thread.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, gold metal, silver metal, paste adhesive, jade mineral ? and wood
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChopstickEd1.277

Tapering chopstick rounded at one end and oval at the other. Engraved with floral designs on the two sides of the wide end.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChopstickEd1.276

Tapering chopstick rounded at one end and oval at the other. Engraved with floral designs on the two sides of the wide end.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChopstickEd1.275

A metalwork chopstick with a blunt end. Handle tapers to a square end with an engraved floral design repeated on four sides.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal and metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ChopstickEd1.274

A metalwork chopstick with a blunt end. Handle tapers to a square end with an engraved floral design repeated on four sides.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonEd1.273

A metalwork spoon with a flat handle that has a rectangular end engraved with a floral design. Bowl is deep and longer than wide. There is a silver mark on the back.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair PinEd1.269

A hairpin consisting of a flared tube of silver tapering to a long slender point with a translucent pink stone (rose quartz) inserted into the open end. The stone has an elongated double-lobed globular shape with a simple curvilinear carving. The pin is indented into three lobes at about one-third of the distance from the stone.

Culture
Korean
Material
silver metal and quartz mineral
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair OrnamentEd1.268

Upper surface of hair ornament has two bands of geometric designs along edges and come together at a point on both ends. There is a central lengthwise ridge. Flat in the middle and upward wave on both sides. Signed in calligraphy at middle of back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silver metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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