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Cloth3110/15

Undecorated square of cream-coloured silk cloth. Hemmed 0.5 cm on three sides with cotton thread.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thread3110/14

Thin bright red thread tightly wrapped around a small rolled-up piece of paper. Paper has stamped text in black ink.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/13 a-b

Two small loops of prayer beads. Part a has small tan-coloured beads on two pieces of thin green thread, tied together end-to-end. The beads are similar in shape, colour and size. Part b has small beads in various sizes and shapes in shades of brown, and an oval plastic orange bead, all threaded on rust coloured string. Two plastic beads are tied to the string with cream coloured string: one large translucent orange sphere with a clear circular centre, and one red-brown hollow bell shaped bead.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, plastic, cotton fibre and seed ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/12

A collection of small wooden and plastic beads on rust-coloured string. The largest bead is clear yellow plastic at the tie of the string. There is one small clear purple bead, and one small clear yellow tiered bead. The rest are natural wood. Some are round in shape and varying sizes, while others are vase-shaped or oval.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/11

String of plastic beads on red-brown braided thread which is tied into loop. Beads are all the same size and shape, but are mottled black, green, yellow-green, red, white, and blue. Two of the beads (first and second from the tied ends) are scarlet red.

Culture
Chinese
Material
plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/10

String of light brown beads on rust coloured braided string. Beads are small and spherical, roughly the same size, excluding two “vase” or “bell” shaped beads and one shiny seed(?) bead.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, cotton fibre and seed ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/9

Circle of beads. Dark brown wooden beads with two smaller clear plastic beads and one large cream-yellow coloured bead with a clear plastic centre at the tie. Strung on off-white braided string. A green tassel is attached at the tie by pink braided thread and a red-brown plastic bell-shaped cap. Green tassel tied inside knot, under cream-yellow bead.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, plastic and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/8

String of light brown beads on rust coloured braided string. Beads (seeds?) are small and spherical, roughly the same size excluding one oblong wooden dull-lustre bead at the end, and one bell shaped, dull lustre bead following it. Two braided cords made from the rust coloured string come out of the bell shaped bead and end in tassels.

Culture
Chinese
Material
seed ?, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Beads3110/7

String of brown beads on rust coloured string. One oval shaped orange bead at top of loop, one spherical scarlet bead mid-way down one side, and a cylindrical shaped dusty orange bead across from it, on the other side. The bottom of the loop has one oblong wooden bead of a lighter brown colour with a “bell” shaped bead below it. A braided grouping of the rust coloured string divides into two beaded strands, which are tied off with tassels of the same string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood and plastic
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Bundle3110/6 a-h

Small wooden dagger like object (part a), wrapped in papers (parts c-h), inside a red paper envelope (part b). The front of the red envelope has Chinese characters and images of bamboo and panda bears printed in metallic gold ink. The small wooden stick (dagger?) is round at the handle end, and tied with multiple threads in black, beige, red and tan, forming a tassel. The somewhat flattened blade section has red Chinese characters written on both sides. There are five thin pieces of paper, with writing on them in red ink (parts c-g), folded and wrapped around the stick. All are all wrapped in a small thin piece of red tissue paper (part h), and placed inside the envelope. The bottom of the envelope has ripped open.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, cotton fibre and ink
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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