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Cantonese Opera RobeN1.648

Red robe with slender sleeves, hoof cuffs, front and back slits and side opening with brass buttons. Dragon, bat, cloud, fish, wave and mountain motifs and longevity symbols on the front and back, in silver, pink, yellow, green, blue and purple on a red ground. Collar, sleeve and border bands have peony motifs in yellow, blue, green, purple and pink on a red ground. The inside lining is yellow linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, dye, gold metal, silver metal and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial HeaddressN1.303

A headdress with a high vertical rounded front and flat top sloping downward to the back which is a shorter vertical band. Frame is of wire covered with intricately interlaced bands of black silk braid and fabric. Attached to the headdress with wires, there are highly perforated and layered gold-coloured brass roundels in the shape of flowers and leaves, all inlaid with various shades of bright blue kingfisher feathers outlined with metal. On and around them, there are many ornaments mounted on wires which include the following: bats made of pearls, flowers made of pink glass, gemstones inset in metal, green stone butterflies, and a large roundel of pink quartz. From the front of the headdress, there are suspended strands of pearls with coloured stone butterflies in the middle and stone drops at the end.

Culture
Manchu
Material
metal, brass metal, gold metal, kingfisher feather, silk fibre, dye, adhesive, stone, quartz mineral, coral, pearl and glass ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera RobeN1.647

Ecru robe with slender sleeves, hoof cuffs, front and back slits and side opening with brass buttons. Dragon, fish, bat, cloud, wave, peony motifs and longevity symbols on the front and back, in silver, pink, yellow, green, blue and purple on an ecru ground. Collar, sleeve and border bands have peony motifs in yellow, blue, green and purple on an ecru ground. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, dye, gold metal, silver metal and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial HeaddressN1.302

A headdress with a high vertical rounded front and flat top sloping downward to the back which is a shorter vertical band. Frame is of wire covered with intricately interlaced bands of black silk braid and fabric. Attached to the headdress with wires, there are convex gold-coloured brass plaques in the shape of flowers and leaves, all inlaid with iridescent bright blue, and darker blue-purple kingfisher feathers outlined with metal. The centres of the flowers are formed of circles of many wires with rounded ends, surrounding inset stones in blue, and green.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, brass metal, gold metal, kingfisher feather, silk fibre, dye, adhesive, stone ? and glass ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera RobeN1.646

Ecru robe with slender sleeves, hoof cuffs, front and back slits and side opening with brass buttons. Dragon, cloud, wave and peony motifs on the front and back, in silver, pink, yellow, green, blue and purple on an ecru ground. Collar, sleeve and border bands have peony motifs in yellow, blue, green, purple and pink on an ecru ground. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre ?, hemp fibre, silk fibre, dye, gold metal, silver metal and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace1590/247

Flat round pendant with a cutout heart and a cutout Latin cross within the heart. Engraving on the pendant includes cones and pine needles. Zigzag engraving around the edge. There are two necklace holders at the top of the pendant. Necklace strung with blue and white beads. Maker’s mark on pendant.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
clay ?, metal, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Canada ? or USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera CollarN1.661 c

Blue collar (part c) with embroidery and brass frog closure. The collar is rounded at the back and pointed at the ends. On the front are butterfly and peony motifs in gold, pink, purple, green, white and yellow. There is pink trim around the edges. The back lining is white cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye, gold metal, paste adhesive and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pillow End PanelN3.4 a-b

Two virtually identical square pillow end panels (parts a-b) embroidered on red fabric pasted to paper. Each has images in an inner square framed in yellow thread which is surrounded by images also framed in yellow thread. The images on the inner square consist of a pair of birds facing each other with long tail feathers, one with a pink body and the other with a yellow body. Below them are six baby birds with a seventh on the back of the pink bird. There is a green triangular shape between them and flowers with leaves above. Images in the outer rectangle include a white flying crane at the top, a pine tree on the right below which is a purple rock shape, below which, there is a mushroom shape with green leaves. At the centre bottom, there is a kneeling grey deer, behind which, there is a blue-green rock shape. Above that, facing upwards, there is a tortoise with a white wavy shape coming from its mouth, beside which, there is a stalk of bamboo.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, gold metal, paper, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEfg76

Untanned leather cutout, translucent with red and black pattern painted on one side supported by split bamboo rod which is fastened with four cord ties. Patterned with a human-like moustached figure holding a coiled serpent on its left arm (as used) and a pyramid shaped object in its raised right hand. Figure is in profile, but two round eyes are frontal. Nose is hooked with a bird-like beak and mouth shows one prominent fang. Two feathered wings extend behind shoulders. Clothed with high headdress, trousers and body and limb jewelry. Shown in motion with extended legs. An object with two flower-like wheels lies between feet, the wheel pattern is repeated at waist level. Behind the figure the fanged serpent with extruded tongue is patterned with flecked scales and a row of red hearts. The wings, headdress and other prominent features are perforated by closely spaced round, oblong and triangular holes.

Culture
North India
Material
bamboo grass, goat skin ? and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thoughts of HomeNa1565

An airplane with a figure in the doorway, a ladder descends from the doorway to a standing figure on the ground. There is a figure in the lower left and a cairn. Pencil inscription along bottom reads; "Thoughts of home lithograph 5/30 Dorset 1975 Pudlo." Stamped with the names of artist in Inuit syllabics. Canadian Eskimo Arts Council stamp of approval and Cape Dorset stamp blind embossed in lower right corner. The print is hinged to white mat board.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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