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PanelN1.28

Cream damask silk panel with embroidery. There are six wide vertical bands embroidered with bird, bat, swastika and floral motifs, outlined with gold couching. Along the bottom is a black border with bird and floral motifs. There is one red hanging loop in the upper left corner. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre, metal and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileN1.26

White silk embroidered with diagonal pattern of butterflies and flowers in blue, green and magenta.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentM3.274

Ornament depicting a squatting human figure dressed in the skin of a panther with a feathered headdress, and standing on an oval base.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
clay
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolH2.100

A dark wood stick piece with the flat decorative handle having a black and red interwoven knot pattern.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombH2.99

Wooden, four prong comb; one long prong and three short ones. The top, handle, has an elongated diamond shape with an incised outline in the centre. The back has the reversed incised detailing. One of the prongs has broken off.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
wood
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterH2.98

Clothing beater. A rectangular-shaped flared wood piece with a flat angled end. Carved at tip of cylindrical-shaped handle with a cross-hatched pattern and painted black and blue. Simple carved linear design on front of beater, painted blue.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
mahogany wood and paint
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leg: StoolH2.97

Brown wooden board with two tenons at one end and a geometric pattern of circles carved out of the centre. There were brass studs in the centre of each circle-all but one are missing.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
mahogany wood
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonH2.96 a-c

Three gourd fruit spoons with oval shaped bowls that have a different simple linear design inside each. The first piece (part a) is the smallest, the second piece (part b) is the longest, and the third piece (part c) is the widest.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StoolH2.94

Short wooden stool made from three boards, one lying on top of the other two, connected through simple tenon and mortise joints. Half of the top of the stool features a carved, curvilinear pierced design, while the other half has a geometric, crosshatched border; the legs are unadorned.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
mahogany wood and stain ?
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GraterH2.92

Rectangular wooden slab with a metal grater on top. Symmetrical pierced design in one end of wood. Holes in metal grater randomly made with a sharp instrument (nail); metal from a flattened can. Grater is nailed onto wood. Wood is slightly rounded on one side, flat on the other side and flaring outward slightly at one end where there is a cut out design of inter-laced curves.

Culture
Surinamese
Material
wood and tin alloy metal
Made in
Suriname
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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