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Cantonese Opera RobeN1.634

Woman's palace robe (gongzhuang), ecru coloured with wide sleeves, centre front opening, short, standing collar with brass buttons and panel skirt. Butterfly, peony, chrysanthemum, lotus, narcissus and hsi motifs on the front and back in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple on an ecru background. Sleeve bands with a flower and symbol motif in red, orange, yellow, green and blue on ecru ground. There are mirrors on the sleeves. The inside lining is white linen on the upper portion and blue linen on the skirt panels.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, hemp fibre, silk fibre, gold metal, glass, paste adhesive and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RingB827

Ring composed of an oval-shaped white translucent stone (?) set in a metal band.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
metal and stone ?
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera VestN1.632

Long multicoloured vest with appliqué roundels. The vest has a centre opening with frog closures. The sides are open, held together by three turquoise bands. The collar border has peony and butterfly motifs in blue and green on a mauve ground. On the front and back is a diamond pattern in turquoise, blue and ecru. In the centre is a large roundel with a yin-yang symbol in silver and gold. The four surrounding roundels have with different variations of silver bars on a black ground. The border around the edges has a prunus motif in pink, purple and blue on an orange ground edged with pink. There are tin reflectors, green glass eyes and white fur. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, rabbit skin, hemp fibre, dye, brass metal, silver metal and gold metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera CapeN1.630

Pink cape with embroidery, wide collar and centre opening with cotton ties. The collar and border around the sides have orchid, mallow, daisy and chrysanthemum motifs with blue scalloped trim on pink ground. The back has large peacock and floral motifs on pink ground. The inside lining is pale green silk.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre ?, dye, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
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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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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HeadbandB830

A fabric band, over which, there is metalwork, and beadwork. There is a circle at the centre front, from the top of which, a thin band of fabric extends over to the other side to connect to another perpendicular thin band of fabric, creating an upside down t-shape. The central circle has a red, and dark blue glass dot in the middle surrounded by a six-pointed silver-coloured metal star that has a light blue bead at each point. Outside the star, in between each point, there is an alternating pattern of red, and green glass. The star is outlined with an alternating pattern of red, and light blue beads. The sides of the front of the band has silver-coloured metalwork decorated with vertical lines of light blue beads along the middle, and edged by red, and light blue beads. Diamond-shaped, circular-shaped, and bell-shaped silver-coloured metal objects dangle along the bottom.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
fibre, metal and glass
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg50

Wood figure representing a female standing on an oval pedestal. The sides of the flat-topped square-shaped head angle in such a way so that they meet along the middle, creating a natural nose line. Beside the nose, there are eyes that are grooved out in a triangular way so that the eyebrows are a straight horizontal line. There is a small grooved mouth. The short arms are angled slightly along the sides. Has very long legs.

Culture
South India
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEg48

Wood figure representing a female standing on a double oval pedestal. Has ovoid rounded eyes, upraised eyebrows, a large nose, a mouth, and big ears with a hole in each lower lobe. Hair is accentuated with grooved lines, and is braided down the back. Wearing an upper garment that has cross hatching around the shoulder areas with five pyramidal protrusions along the middle of each shoulder area. Two horizontal grooves run across the front of each upper arm with four smaller horizontal grooves across the front of the wrists. The arms are angled slightly along the sides. Has breasts. Curvi-linear grooves are below the knee area. The pedestal has horizontal curvi-linear lines.

Culture
South India
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollEf237

A small clay figure painted yellow with a simple modelled form. Head is with a pinched face that has black dot eyes and a red mouth. Knot of black hair at the top back. Female torso with a minimum suggestion of arms. Decorated with a red u-shaped necklace-like red line, a horizontal red line around the neck, two horizontal red lines around the lower portion of the body, and red-tipped arms.

Culture
Bengali
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Aranghata, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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