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Cantonese Opera HatN1.677 b

The hat is green and rectangular, decorated with silver applique and metal-mirrored discs. The upper sides of the hat are indented and edged with gold fabric. The hat is decorated with silver designs, some outlined in pink. Also covering the hat are metal discs with mirrored centres. The bottom of the hat has a white border with brassl discs and is edged with purple. There are two white ties knotted together. The back of the hat has a wire design on back and is stiffened with cardboard. The front has a narrow segment that folds out when the hat is worn. In the centre of the segment is a white circle with a red border surrounded by white fur. In the centre of the circle is an applique blue and pink bird with green leaves. On either side of the centre circle there are similar bird circles, not visible when the narrow segment lies flat.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, hemp fibre, cotton fibre, rabbit skin, dye, silver metal, gold metal, brass metal, glass, steel metal ?, cardboard paper and paste adhesive
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pattern BasketNb11.362 a-b

Cylindrical, wrapped twined, pattern basket (a) with slightly scalloped rim. Woven around a plastic honey container (b). Walls decorated with many patterns: two swimming deer, whale attached to canoe containing two persons, whale eating boat, whale, three triangular trees, flower and leaves, two ducks, five sitting birds, ten flying birds, two wolf or serpent headdress representations, three thunderbirds, one bird with wings over yellow head, one dark blue and red-purple bird. Band of dark blue and green at top and bottom of basket. Base has square of cedar bark checker work weaving at centre surrounded by three rows of plain twining, wrapped twining completes base.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
grass ?, plastic, dye and cedar bark
Made in
Opitsaht, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: TextileM3.79 a-b

Two irregularly shaped textile fragments with a dark blue background and designs in yellow and red (part a); red, yellow and green (part b). The first fragment, part a, has a red swirl with yellow flowers in the openings and a yellow triangle border across the bottom. There is one selvedge. The second fragment, part b, has a yellow step pyramid with a green circle near the top, a red circle lower and blue square designs. There is one selvedge.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC455

The bag is natural coloured and heavily fringed with a band of geometric design. The band has large black diamonds with black and natural coloured bent lines in between. Above the geometric band there is a heavy fine fringe connected to the top of the bag. Beneath the band there is another heavy fine fringe. Overlaying the band on both sides there are three long bunches of fringe, paired with three thin rectangular pieces of bark. Beneath the lower heavy fringe there are three more long single bunches of fringe with three more thin rectangular pieces of bark on both sides. The top of bag has a multi-strand knotted fringe on both sides surrounded with woven triangles. Two braided fibre handles with a single long fringe are woven to the top points of the triangles.

Culture
Sikaiana
Material
grass and bark
Made in
Sikaiana, Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtH1.273

The shirt is brown with woven borders and a fringe. The borders show a yellow animalistic figure with a green and red diamond in its head and hind regions repeated on a red background. The borders extend around the sleeve and neck holes and the bottom of the shirt. Along the bottom of the shirt, beneath the border, there is a twisted brown fringe.

Culture
Inca
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtC964

Skirt with strands of bark (?) extending down from a navy cloth waistband that has several points along the bottom edge, each point ending in a dark blue bark (?) tassel alternating with natural brown bark (?) tassels at the peaks between the points, and is decorated with shells, seeds, and yellow and blue tassels. Twisted cord for fastening.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
fibre, shell, seed, bark and dye
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpearB207

Large, flat metal point with two outward curving barbs, one at either lower side. The brown wood shaft is pointed at the end and has a band of bright red. Woven fibre is on the upper portion of the handle at the base of the metal point.

Culture
Philippines ?
Material
rattan ?, wood and steel metal
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagC1229 c

Bag woven from off-white and grey-brown palm leaf and red-brown bark to form geometric designs. Several fringes along top edge with two woven loop handles.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bark and palm leaf
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB445 a-b

Rectangular woven basket (part a) with lid (part b). The basket (part a) has a purple and natural-coloured checker pattern along the upper portion while the lower portion has a geometric diagonal line pattern of the same colours. The lid (part b) has a central diamond design on the top with a checker pattern around the sides in purple, black, and natural colour.

Culture
Philippines
Material
palm leaf and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.38

Embroidered flowers, leaves and vases adhered to a piece of white paper. The designs are attached to one another creating short twisted chains. The designs are light and dark blue, light and dark green, light and dark pink, and white. Details and outlines are added in gold thread.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, adhesive, gold metal and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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