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Bracelet1322/1

Silver cuff bracelet with an eagle design engraved around the outer surface.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth and Coast Salish
Material
silver metal
Made in
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Open-top HatEd1.288

Cap of black silk damask with widely spaced roundels and floral motifs. The cap is made of two halves joined at a centre seam from front to back, except for the opening at the top, round when worn. This opening and the forehead area are edged with narrow piping. The edge of the cap is straight across the forehead, but then is cut at a right angle so that it covers the ears. The lower edge forms a circle from the right angle to the top opening. The outer fabric is folded under at the ears and threaded on a cord. The cap is lined with blue-green rayon damask with geometric stepped designs and roundels. A pink silk cord extends loosely across the top opening, attached at the centre front and back. At the back are suspended three pink tassels wrapped in silver thread. At the centre front is a complex knot design in pink cord, and five pink tassels.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre, dye and silver metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoverEf423

Embroidered green silk square. Circular embroidered pink and purple centre pattern resembling a fanning peacock tail with mirrors framed by multi-coloured embroidered borders. Center is framed by several embroidered square borders, mostly in yellow, white, black and dark red, with circles and mirrors. Outer borders on orange silk ground. Embroidered with untwisted silk(?). Multi-coloured tassels hang off edges, each with two cowrie shells and two red beads. Two yellow chain stitch borders and square border between are incomplete. White-yellow cotton back.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silver alloy metal, cotton fibre, silk fibre, shell, glass and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEf429

Unfinished strip of orange textile, heavily embroidered with a row of alternating yellow and white half-circles, decorated with small mirrors. Flanked by two bands of continuous multi-coloured chains outlined in black. Narrow green and purple stripe on top of wide band of multi-coloured triangles, connected to multi-coloured diamonds, all outlined in yellow, decorated with white dots on colours and between. White-yellow backing. Top edge is selvage. Three other edges are unfinished, but fastened with basting.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
glass, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre, silver alloy metal and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup917/17 d

Round bowl with rounded sides and raised foot. Bowl is of silver ? while foot is of clay. Exterior is decorated with brown and green floral design on yellow ground; a mark is stamped inside foot ring. Interior is plain metal.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silver metal ?, glaze and clay
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup917/17 b

Round bowl with rounded sides and raised foot. Bowl is of silver ? while foot is of clay. Exterior is decorated with brown and green floral design on yellow ground; a mark is stamped inside foot ring. Interior is plain metal.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silver metal ?, clay and glaze
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceEdz1405

A metal chain with seventeen charms attached: three amber beads; one amber ingot; one jade ring; one jade bead; two coins with square holes; a piece of coral; a jade disc with a round hole; one carved peach kernel; a carved monkey holding a peach; a jade Buddha's hand; a jade lotus; a pilgrim's gourd; a silver, and bird claw sword; and a bird's beak mounted with silver.

Culture
Chinese
Material
nut, beak, silver metal, claw, stone, coral, metal, amber stone and jade mineral
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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