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Calligraphy440/2 b

Calligraphy composed of a rectangular sheet of paper, red on the front face, and inscribed with four Chinese characters in black.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Couplet Banner396/1 b

Piece of red rectangular paper with a vertical column of black ink Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God Print1154/1 b

Print on paper depicting a civil official door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen;文門神). He is shown wearing a headdress, with a moustache and goatee. He is holding a scepter known as huban (笏板) and a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵). He wears red, yellow and blue-green clothing, with a bird depicted on it; he faces right. An orange, yellow, red and blue-green dragon, among red auspicious clouds is pictured at the bottom of the print. This print would be shown paired with 1154/1 a.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Macau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God Print1154/1 a

Print on paper depicting a civil official door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen;文門神). He is shown wearing a headdress, with a moustache and goatee. He is holding a scepter known as huban (笏板) and a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵). He wears red, yellow and blue-green clothing, with a bird depicted on it; he faces left. A yellow, black and red tiger, coming down from the mountain, amongst blue-green and red foliage is pictured at the bottom of the print. This print would be shown paired with 1154/1 b.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Macau
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Couplet Banner396/1 a

Piece of red rectangular paper with a vertical column of black ink Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic867/28

Maroon tunic with appliqué. The tunic has a short standing collar, long sleeves and side opening with frog closures. The collar has purple trim. The sleeves have blue, green and yellow bands, white meander design and purple trim. The side opening has blue and yellow bands, green openwork design and purple trim. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Qiang
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron867/29

Black apron with white embroidery. The apron has narrow curved bib with a metal button closure, leading to a square skirt and long ties. The lower bib has floral motifs in white on black ground. The upper skirt has a centre pocket with a leaf motif in white. From the sides extend long white ties with ends embroidered with floral motifs in pink and green. The back of the upper bib is lined with red floral print fabric.

Culture
Qiang
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Back Apron867/26

Black and white apron with embroidery. The apron is square with long red ties sewn to the upper corners. The tie ends have rows of embroidery in black and white. The front has a large white square with embroidered floral motifs in black. The edges of the black backing are folded up and sewn overlapping the white square, creating a border. On the inner edge of the black border is a white meander pattern.

Culture
Qiang
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt992/25

Long light brown woven belt with three bands of dark red stripes with black outlines, black along edges. Braided fringe at one end with long black strings and also long string at other end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap Loom1217/1 a-d

A loom (parts a-d) with an incomplete textile (part a) consisting of an orange and blue strap with geometric shapes that ends with numerous long strands of twine. Part b: wooden bar, cylindrical in shape intertwine in the twine. Part c: wooden bar, cylindrical in shape intertwine in the twine. Part d: flat, thin wooden stick with rounded ends. There is a twisted, navy piece of twine attached to one of the sticks.

Culture
Tarasco
Material
wood, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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