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Candle HolderE318 d-g

Candle holders (parts d to g) with cone-shaped bases, tubular stems, crimped drip-saucers, and cylindrical holders at the top. Each are embellished with incised geometric designs on the base and top holder.

Culture
Central Mexico
Material
iron metal and tin metal
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/101

A necklace of 117 beads, 6 teeth and 7 silver beavers, arranged with a large beaver at centre and 4 beads separating alternating teeth and beavers. Remaining beads all in colour sequence of three of the light-coloured beads alternating with a red bead. Large beaver has cross-hatched tail, engraved fur on body and two holes as nostrils. Three cartouches on body. Remaining beavers each have nose rings and a cartouche on back. Hole drilled at base of each tooth through which they are strung.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
glass, elk tooth, metal and beaver tooth
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/103

Triangular Masonic-style brooch with irregular edge. 18 cutouts, of which 10 are semi-circular, 6 rectangular and 2 diamond-shaped. Engraved with 6 sunbursts. Zigzag engraving. Cross-pin attached. Maker’s mark in a square cartouche on front.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.6

Under-trousers of fine white cotton fabric. Pants are angled out from the waistband to the ankles. Body of pants is pleated onto a wide waistband opening at the back. At each side of the waistband opening is attached a narrower long tie. Pleats face towards centre, front and back. Crotch is very low, at about knee-height.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist BagN3.2

A small flat bag made of red and dark blue silk damask and yellow silk embroidered on both sides. At the top, the red silk is folded inside where it is sewn with an invisible seam to the white cotton lining. Main body of the bag is shaped like a vertical rectangle with triangular projections on both sides created by folding and holding the folds in place with a circular pink cylindrical cord. A yellow tab, pointed at both ends, extends around the bottom of the bag. The red part of the front is embroidered with flowers outlined with gold couching and two pheasant-like birds facing each other while the red panel on the back is embroidered with a fungus. The blue points at the front and the back are embroidered with butterflies with two Chinese ? characters on the front, one light green and one yellow. The cord ends at the front with elaborate knots in red, gold, purple, and light green, culminating in five tassels wrapped in gold at the top, one in each of those colours plus a red one.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye and gold metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SocksN3.1 a-b

A pair of child’s socks made of two quilted sides sewn together with a red cloth border at the top and a red silk tassel on the toe. The socks are made of white cotton cloth, lined with coarser white cotton, and quilted in narrow vertical rows. The rounded heel projects slightly and the arch is slightly indented. Two round flowers and one five-petalled flower are embroidered on each side in multicoloured silk thread outlined in gold, with a third flower over the centre front seam and embroidered v's under the red border. Each sock has a pale green silk ribbon sewed to the back seam above the heel and tied on one side in a single loop bow.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsEd1.332

Light pink rayon trousers with white motifs. The trousers have a white straight waistband from which the legs angle outwards. There is a continuous seam on the inner edge of the legs and rounded crotch. There are second seams on the front and back, about one third of the width away from the centre seam. There is an additional seam on the front and back, angling away from the centre of the crotch to the leg seams. Both the outer fabric and lining are constructed in the same way and joined with invisible seams at the edges. The designs on the fabric are floral, butterfly, bat, cloud and circle motifs. The inside lining is unbleached cotton.

Culture
Korean
Material
rayon fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fur-lined VestEd1.330

Short vest made of green silk brocade patterned with flowers that look like chrysanthemums and apricot blossoms in shades of pink and green, and black designs of cranes, books ?, and a tripod urn. The vest is edged with pink piping and white rabbit fur, and lined with mottled dark rabbit fur. The front panels have a rounded bottom edge. The neckline is a deep V curving up into points at the centre front. It is edged with a narrow facing of white fabric woven in a geometric pattern, sewn on top of an outer facing with rounded lower corners, made of the green fabric and with the pattern aligned.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, rabbit skin, paste adhesive, rayon fibre ? and paper
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/174

Circular convex brooch with central round cutout. Scalloped edges with 14 small round cutouts. Inner ring of 7 large oval cutouts. Engraving alternates with the oval cutouts. Maker’s mark on top surface.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/117

A bird-shaped brooch with central heart-shaped cutout, engraved tail feathers and a black stone set in centre of the tail feathers. Cross-pin at cutout. Maker’s stamp in cartouche.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal and glass
Made in
Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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