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DishB769

Wide dish with pierced scalloped rim. Around the perimeter of the dish there are engraved designs of figures dancing among foliage and scrolls. The underside of the dish is decorated with birds and scrolls.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
brass metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB585

Cylindrical metal container that tapers slightly towards the bottom. The outer surface is engraved with vine and leaf scrolled designs. The outside also depicts human figures and animals in a hunting scene. There are palm leaf engravings around the perimeter of the base where the container starts to taper. The container is raised up on a pedestal foot. This is engraved with crescent-shaped lines around the entire perimeter.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
brass metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tray StandB771 b

A dark brown wood stand with six cylindrical legs attached by six cylindrical cross bars pivoting from a central cylindrical peg. Each leg is carved with a vase-like shape at one end and a vase-like shape topped with a cylinder at the other end. The central peg has an egg-shape in the middle and a bulbous shape at the ends.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gateway RepresentationN2.580

Miniature gateway (tori) with plate bearing inscription on upper cross beam, which has a larger beam on top and a smaller beam on the bottom, between the two of which is the plate bearing inscription. Gate has an extension perpendicular to main post at either side, connected by two horizontal beams.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silver metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN2.728 a-b

Stylized dog with a bottom (part a) and a top (part b). Its head is on its right side and facing forward. Face is white with black hair and curly tendrils. The neck is adorned with a twisted gold-coloured rope decorated with an alternating pattern of three blue, and of three red dots outlined with white and tied at the back. The tail curls inward. Decorated with green, brown, blue, red, and white landscape scenes, cranes, and fans on a gold-coloured background.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, paste adhesive and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.937

Folding paper hand fan with black lacquered bamboo ribs. Both sides of the fan are painted a solid, metallic gold colour with burnished effects around the edges and folds. Two red and white tassels on a long, knotted orange cord are attached to the base of the fan.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, lacquer, paper and paint ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueN2.751

Standing figure in relief on circular plaque with forest scene. Paper label on the back reads: "Asahi Co. Nara Hotel."

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.948

Collapsible fan with a band of black silk with a painted border of gold and white, a band of gold wood rectangles, and a band of green silk with a silver and gold border. The fan is supported by black bamboo ribs, each with a cut out triangle, and outer ivory ribs. Yelow cord with a green bead at the end is threaded through the ends of the ribs.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, gold metal, bamboo grass and ivory
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.706

Collapsible fan composed of a series of brown lacquered bamboo ribs supporting a folded strip of paper: one face is gilded near the bottom with iridescent metallic squares and speckles, and the other face has a printed image of the silhouettes of two figures, each in a plaid pattern, on a blue ground.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper, bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentN2.950 a-c

Set of three plastic sticks, each with a flat, balloon-shaped finial at the top; finials are orange (a), yellow (b), and grey-green (c). Finials each have one small cut out near the top and are painted with characters and linear floral and geometric designs in black.

Culture
Japanese
Material
celluloid plastic and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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