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OrnamentEdz977 a-b

A pair (parts a-b) of gold isosceles triangles with scalloped edges. Each is glued on a bamboo stick which is bound by a piece of wire which projects, 5.4 cm. (a) or 4.3 cm. (b), beyond the base of the triangle, perpendicular to it. Raised from the surface of each triangle by means of three paper cylinders, there is a smaller foil triangle printed with a multi-coloured design of a butterfly and other shapes. Wired to this is a tuft of red fibres.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, paper, bamboo grass, ink, silk fibre and adhesive
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz976 a-d

Four (parts a-d) gold foil isosceles triangles, stamped with a design of raised dots in curved and straight lines. To each are glued two lozenges of red fabric. Inserted through each is a piece of wire projecting 3.7 cm. from the base, perpendicular to it.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, adhesive and metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz975 a-e

Five (parts a-e) rectangular sheets of paper, coloured red on right side. Glued near centre of each sheet, on longitudinal axis, is a rectangular piece of gold coloured metal foil, printed with the image of a god in red and green, with two Chinese characters in gold on red squares above his head. The area below has been cut in a set of rough geometric designs.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz974 a-b

Pair of gold foil isosceles triangles, stamped with design of raised dots in curved and straight lines. To each are glued two lozenges of red fabric. Inserted through each is a piece of wire projecting 3.7cm. from the base, perpendicular to it.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, adhesive and fibre
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Military Door Gods with GuandaoEdz995 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline, with an armed military door god (wu menshen; 武門神), a general with guandao pole weapons (立刀将军) in green, red, and purple. Faces and background are orange. White paper left uncoloured in some places. The Chinese character福 (fu, fortune) appears on the two fluttering flags behind their shoulders. Figures are 65.5 cm high. Part (a) is the figure in a green robe, part (b) is in a red robe.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Door God PrintEdz994 a-b

Pair of rectangular papers, each printed in black outline with a civil officer door god (如意加官), one type of civil door god (wen menshen; 文門神). The door god on part (b) wears a green robe with red and yellow patterns and the name of the printing shop 新元發 (san1 jyun4 faat3/Xīn yuán fā) appears near his face. The door god on part (a) wears a red robe with green and yellow patterns. They both hold a ritual wine vessel known as jue (爵) each. Faces and background are orange. White paper is left uncoloured in places. Figures are 58 cm high. (The gods would normally be shown facing each other.)

Culture
Chinese
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoinEdz4113

Round, square hole in centre, outer and inner rims on both sides, 4 characters on obverse, 2 characters on reverse. Obverse has minguo dongbao (top-bottom-right-left) in Chinese characters. Reverse has dang shi (value 10) top-bottom in Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
copper metal
Made in
Yunnanfu, Yunnan, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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