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FanN2.674

Paper hand fan with a bifurcated bamboo handle, bamboo ribs, a flaring trapezoid-shape, and orange trim. One side of the fan features an image of a man seated in a boat. A short length of orange cord is tied to the handle.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper, fibre, watercolour paint and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolK4.16

Tool with bill-hooked (nearly S-shaped) iron blade with a long, four-sided shaft, a cylindrical wooden handle that flares slightly at the butt end, and a strip of flattened wire wound around the top of the handle.

Culture
East African
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
Uganda
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanN2.694

Round paper hand fan with a bamboo handle. One side of the fan features a bird perched on a willow tree. Grey and yellow on white ground. Plain back.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, paper and paint
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Brooch1590/293

Heart-shaped brooch with heart-shaped cutout and owl head at top. Cross-pin. Maker’s mark stamped on top of head.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
silver alloy metal
Made in
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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Shawl364/1

A woman's large square shawl of finely woven light brown wool, edged with wide (15.5 cm) bands of bias-cut, embroidered, pale beige silk textile and ribbon with multi-coloured floral and geometric designs of predominently red and green. The design is face-up on two adjacent sides and face-down on the other two adjacent sides, so that when the shawl is folded to form a triangle, the designs appear on the same side. Light brown silk fringe on all sides.

Culture
English ?
Material
wool fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
United Kingdom and England ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model AnchorA2.273 h

A small round semi-circle piece with a hole at the top middle. The wood rim has sinew coiled around it. Long thin band of skin is attached.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, seal skin and sinew
Made in
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl737/3

A woman's triangular shawl made of multi-coloured jacquard weave rayon in muted colours. Colour block designs woven in floral pattern with two colours which reverse on the other side. Main design is consisting of a diagonal band along each diagonal side, each having peacocks in a circle in either pale pink or pale black with a pink floral pattern in the triangle above on a black background and a mint green floral pattern in the square below. Edged on two sides with red, yellow, and white silky rayon fringe.

Culture
Sami
Material
rayon fibre and dye
Made in
Ovne Sopporo, Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic737/1

Women's dark blue wool tunic. The tunic has a deep v-neck without a closure and long sleeves with gussets under the arms. It hangs straight from the shoulders infront, the back is slightly fitted above waist and flared below the waist by means of four gores. There are bands of red and yellow with embroidery and rickrack in blue and green around the neck, shoulders, upper back, cuffs and hem. ‘All wool’ is written on the selvage underarm seam, visible from the outside. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre and dye
Made in
Ovne Sopporo, Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronH2.40

Black, triangular piece of leather with a fringe and border of alternating sections of red and black seeds sewn onto it. The centre of the piece features decorative beading with black, red and white-brown coloured seeds, as well as the necks of three gourds, sewn so that they protrude from the leather at a ninety degree angle.

Culture
Interior Amazonia ?
Material
leather skin, seed, gourd fruit, fibre, grass and paint ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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