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JacketEdz1317

Light red jacket with indigo embroidery. The jacket has rounded neck, long wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening with no closures. On the centre front and back are large medallions with vase and floral motifs. On the front, back and sleeves are scattered floral and butterfly motifs. Around the sleeve cuffs is a geometric and floral motif border. The neck, side seam slits and front edges have wide inside facings with several joins. The rest of the inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ValanceEdz1264

Blue embroidery on white cotton. Five major motifs of flower and fruit baskets separated by smaller motifs. All baskets have key design in handles and bases; tassels at each end of base. In upper corners phoenixes joined at beaks, hold tassels. Phoenix designs in lower corners. Two birds holding tassel at each upper corner. Between baskets along bottom and symmetrical from center: small boats with two figures, two boys riding a unicorn and holding an umbrella. Two insects on either side of centre basket. Centre basket flanked above by four small crabs; two stylized butterflies, fish and tassels. Near upper edge small design of scrolls, coins, lozenge and sword. Border on three sides has repeating design of buildings, willow tree, flowers, small figure. Selvedge edges; hemmed ends.

Culture
Chinese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Yam MaskIe383

A bulging conical helmet style mask of woven rattan with a large crest for a nose and concentric rings for eyes. The back is open at lower bottom; the inside is unpainted. Exterior has geometric zig-zag designs around face, and block of colour on top of head. Black painted conical 'ears', one each side. A leather loop hangs from the top, a woven loop is at the tip of the nose.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
rattan, pigment and leather skin
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotIe382

A round pot, tapering to the neck, then flaring at the rim. Two handles are shaped like beaks, concentric discs above are eyes. At right angles are two features comprised of an eye above a u-shaped outline of raised clay. Below, running between the handles, is a line of sockets. Pigment is white and pink.

Culture
Chambri
Material
clay and lime pigment
Made in
Aibom, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HornIe381

A cylinder tapering from an open mouth to a closed end with a hole which apparently is for a tether. The blowhole at the top is surrounded by four-prong star-like incised lines. Within the longest arm are six notches. Carved lines encircle the mouth rim and the opposite tip. Stained black but mostly worn to brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
stain and wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Slit GongIe380

Hollowed log with a carved face projecting at each end. The snout of the smaller animal head is broken off; the longer head is human upturned, flat and smiling. The hollow is uneven, bulging on one side, and split at the top.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpoonIe388

A spoon made of coconut nutshell with a steep curve from the handle to the front, but with a fairly shallow bowl. The handle is short with a prong that has a raised three-armed decoration made from the natural features of the coconut nutshell.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FluteIe387

Flute consisting of a large piece of loose skinned bamboo, bound with two sets of crisscrossing fibre and three cassowary feather rings at the top, middle and bottom. The stop of the flute is a carved kneeling man facing outwards with a crested bird standing behind him with its claws ? resting on the man’s head. The bird has a large extending crest on its head, long groups of feathers hanging from the side of its head and carved stylized detailing on its body. Both the bird and the man have cowrie eyes; the bird also has four tassels down the back. The figures and the fibre ties on the bamboo are covered in a black pigment.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, sennit fibre, bamboo grass, cassowary feather, pigment and cowrie shell
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEdz1316

White jacket embroidered with black thread and trimmed with black outward turned facing. The jacket has a round neck, wide sleeves and centre opening with frog closures. On the shoulders are two small roundels with bird, sprig, bat, lotus and butterfly motifs. On the centre back is a large roundel with two birds, butterfly, lotus, cherry blossom, sprigs, leaves, centipede and spider motifs. There is black facing around the neck, sleeves and centre opening. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ValanceEdz1288

Black embroidery on white valance. Five major motifs of flowered plants or tree branches with a bird in each. Smaller motifs between these of butterflies along the top and animals at bottom.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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