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Offering PaperEdz1149

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character; superimposed over the image is a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, metal, ink and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShoesEdz1222 a-b

A pair of baby shoes. Each shoe is red, bordered along the top with black. The toe area is decorated with a face. The eyes are made of black fabric circles over white tear-drop shapes with a white bead for a pupil underneath a green sequin and outlined with silver-coloured thread (?). The eyebrows are white fluffy feathers which the cheek areas also have, but in light yellow. The nose is yellow outlined with gold-coloured thread (?). The ears are pinched yellow fabric decorated with two sequins, radiating brown thread lines, and outlined with gold-coloured thread (?) over brown fabric. There is a base for the shoe. The inside is made of pink fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre ?, dye ?, feather and glass ?
Made in
Xian, Shaanxi, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1148

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with a square of foil at the centre. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1172

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character; superimposed over the image is a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, metal, ink and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1174

Paper offering composed of a piece of off-white paper with an image depicting a four-legged spotted animal, a bearded male figure with a staff, plant and geometric motifs as well as Chinese characters inside a border of stylized flowers with a scroll at the top that is divided in three, each cell containing a Chinese character, all superimposed over a square of foil that has been painted (?) over with orange to make it appear gold. The central piece of paper is flanked by two pieces of rectangular beige paper, and all three pieces are folded over a piece of brown paper. Slight overall dish shape.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink, metal and paint ?
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShoesEdz1221 a-b

A pair of shoes (parts a-b). Each shoe is made of red fabric which folds over the toe. The part of the fabric which folds over the toe is used to create a natural feature for a face, cut around for the ears that are bordered with black stitchwork. The eyes are made of black fabric circles over white with a white bead for a pupil, stitched to the eye with black radiating threads. The eyebrows are made of orange and green yarn. The nose is made of white fabric attached with horizontal black threads and coloured pink and blue. From the white thread mouth, emanates a continuous white thread moustache or whiskers. The heel of the shoe has a light yellow fluffy feather. The top of the shoe is bordered with a horizontal line of orange thread zig zags.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, dye ?, feather and glass ?
Made in
Xian, Shaanxi, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1153

Paper offering consisting of a stack of nearly square pieces of off-white paper, each with a square of metal foil at the centre and one corner painted pink. Half of the bundled papers have a band of yellow paint that has been painted over the metallic square and extends out to one of the edges, and one pink corner. Bound with pink synthetic twine.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, paint, synthetic fibre and paper
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ancestral Tablet PaperEdz1124 a-ppp

Set of rectangular papers with printed black Chinese characters in three columns on a red background and flanked by two multicoloured dragons wrapped around columns on either side with a beam across the top. Rolled.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1177

Paper offering consisting of a stack of nearly square pieces of off-white paper, each with a square of metal foil at the centre. Half of the bundled papers have been overprinted in red with Chinese characters and geometric designs inside a border of stylized flowers. A band of orange paint has been painted over the metallic square and extends out to one of the edges. Bound with pink synthetic twine.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, metal, paint and synthetic fibre
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Offering PaperEdz1167

Paper offering consisting of a stack of nearly square pieces of off-white paper, each with a square of metal foil at the centre and one corner painted pink. Half of the bundled papers have a band of yellow paint that has been painted over the metallic square and extends out to one of the edges. Bound with white synthetic twine.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, metal, synthetic fibre and paint
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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