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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/10 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. The sides of the boots are decorated with images of flowers made of yellow sequins outlined in gold, as are the flowers on the toes of the boots. There are wavy lines of yellow sequins above the flowers. White piping demarcates the foot of the boots from the uppers. There are long loops of fabric attached to the tops of the boots at the centre front. A red stamp with Chinese characters is inside of each boot, near the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, paint, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/8 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. The foot is demarcated from the calf with a line of silver sequins. The sides of the boots are decorated with large images of birds facing downwards, the birds and their details outlined in silver, and the images filled in with cream coloured sequins. There are long loops of fabric attached to the tops of the boots at the centre front.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, paint, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/6 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes made of white fabric heavily decorated with silver sequins. There is an image of a butterfly or moth made of sequins and edged with white fur over the toes.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre and animal hair
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/5 a-b

A pair of flat-soled shoes made of dark blue-green fabric decorated with white sequins in a geometric Greek key design. Over the toes are long tassels of shiny white thread, one of which is bound with red thread.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Shoes2701/3 a-b

A pair of shoes made of shiny white fabric with large padded bulbous protrusions over the toes and slightly elevated soles. The shoes are decorated with lines of purple and gold sequins ending in curlicues at the front.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
synthetic fibre ?, leather skin, plastic, cotton fibre, paint and adhesive
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Boots2701/1 a-b

A pair of boots high enough to cover the wearer’s calf, with very thick white soles curved upwards at the front. They are solidly covered with sequins that have been sewn onto the surface cloth. The foot is demarcated from the calf with red piping, and there are vertical lines of piping at the front at back. The sequins are patterned in radiating stripes on the foot portion of the boots, while above the piping there is a dragon curling towards the bottom of the boot and then facing upwards towards a red disc. The sequins are multi-coloured against a background of rich blue-green.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
leather skin, paint, plastic, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskIe468 a-e

Part (a) is a long tear drop shaped plywood with three dimensional carved wood head attached centre front. Face has eyes outlined in red seeds, hook nose with open nostrils and long feather and fibre rope through wide indented mouth. Back board and head painted with geometric designs in brown, gold, white and black. White feathers double fringe attach to perimeter with twisted fibre band. Secondary face on board has wide smiling mouth. Attached black and white feather, red seed medallion top piece, back has support material of hat and ridge in wood. Four flat wood leaf shapes (b-e) with black and white zigzag markings, cut white feather surrounds them, attached at an angle to a stick bound with fibre and white feather down.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, paint, fibre, shell, feather and skin
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerCa66 a-b

Large round-body, part (a), is light coloured wood with two small protruding handles pierced, with leather handle strap going through them and attaching to wider leather strap. Extra piece of leather connected to side of leather strap. Mouth of container is wrapped and woven with grasses. Lid, part (b) is bulbous with round and smaller flat top, does not fit well on container. Inside container is charred black.

Culture
Borana
Material
leather skin, grass and wood
Made in
Somalia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerK2.336 a-b

Gourd container (parts a-b) with a bulbous base that tapers to a funnel shaped neck (part a). Part b is a semi-spherical shaped lid with a looped leather tie on top. The entire gourd is dark red with a shallow engraved design of various geometric patterns. The central line is painted green along with alternating lines along the bottom of the base. The inside of both pieces is hollow.

Culture
Hausa
Material
gourd fruit, pigment and skin
Made in
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap LoomE164 a-h

A loom (parts a-g) an unfinished woven wool textile consisting of blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, red and white central stylized geometric designs surrounded by a repeating, multi-coloured square border all on a navy ground. The textile is attached at the top and bottom to a large, cylindrical shaped wooden stick (part a). Intertwined in the multi-coloured warp are two cylindrical shaped heddles, one covered in red and white twine (part g), the other in navy twine; a flat, rectangular batten with triangular, pointed ends (part d); one cylindrical shaped bar with indentations on the ends (part e) and two long cylindrical shaped sticks of various size (parts f and h). Separate to the loom is a hollow cylindrical shaped shed roll (part c) and the rectangular shaped brown, leather back strap (part b) that has large loops of twisted twine ties on either end.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wood, leather skin and dye
Made in
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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