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Bark Container ~ Cooking | Model1-11437
Cantonese Opera SkirtN1.722 a-b

Pink skirt panels with pleats (part a-b). Across the top is a wide cotton waistband with one long tie and three frog closures. The pink damask is woven containing a flower motif. The panel consists of three pieces. The first piece and the bottom hem are edged with pale blue scalloped braid. The centre piece has tiny pleats. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.64

Doll representing a female figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. The doll's face and hands are painted white, with eyes and eyebrows painted in black and the mouth painted in pink. The doll's hair is painted in black on the crown of her head with a braid hanging down her back and adhered to the back of her head. A strip of blue-green silk is braided into the hair, and the braid is tied at the top with a ribbon of burgundy silk. She wears a pink skirt with a white cotton waistband with long ties, tied in a single-loop bow at the front over two pairs of white under trousers with a back slit, the outer pair of which is voluminous. Above this she wears a short greenish-yellow jacket with burgundy outer neck facing and wristbands, and narrower white neck facing. This is tied with burgundy ribbons in a single-loop bow. She wears shoes with pointed, upturned toes painted pink with a black linear and loop design, and socks of white ramie.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, wood, paint, dye, ramie fibre, horse hair ? and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearEd1.301

Padded under-trousers of fine white cotton fabric, lined with coarser off-white fabric. Pants are angled out from the pleated waistband to the ankles. Waistband opening at the back, attached to narrower long ties. Pleats face towards centre seams, front and back. Flared panels are attached to each side of the back opening, which is carried on in the open inner leg seam, sewed together just above the ankle. Dark blue ribbons of shiny silk are attached to each inner leg seam at the bottom. There is a horizontal seam in the outer white fabric at about knee level.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, ramie fibre, dye, paste adhesive ? and silk fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.60 a-b

Doll depicting a female figure (a) carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. The doll's face and arms are painted white with the hair, eyes and eyebrows painted in white and the mouth painted in red. Her hair is knotted in a bun at the nape of her neck, secured with a long hairpin and covered with a purple ribbon with four coloured ornaments. Over two pairs of white under trousers with a back slit, the outer pair of which is voluminous, she wears a pleated pink skirt (b) opening at the back with a white fine cotton waistband with long ties, and short green jacket fastening with green ribbons tied in a single loop bow. Over these is a full-length green silk gored coat lined with white silk, white cotton cuffs, outer neck facings that are burgundy, white, and pink from the outside in, and burgundy panels under the arms. At the top of the centre back is pasted a white rectangle that is wider at the lower end. The sides of the coat meet at the centre, and it is tied at the top with double ties in a single loop bow, one pair pink and the other burgundy. Below the ties are three spherical buttons with loop buttonholes. She wears shoes with pointed, upturned toes covered in pink fabric and painted with a black linear and loop decoration.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye, paste adhesive and glass
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Underwear984/4

Under-trousers of unbleached heavy white cotton fabric. The underwear has a wide cotton waistband. There is an opening on the right side, closed by wide ties. The wide pant legs are pleated into the waistband; the three pleats on each side face the centre seam, front and back. A triangular panel is inserted between the legs, ending below the knees. The panel is lined with the same cotton fabric, which extends into adjacent areas of the pant legs. The rest of the underwear is unlined.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Summer SkirtN3.18

Skirt of made of eight panels of pale green shiny, translucent silk open at the back. The skirt fabric is pleated onto a band of white silk, with long ties at both ends of the band made of ramie doubled over and sewn with stitches concealed inside. There is a smaller area at the top right upper edge with no pleats. On the left side the silk is inserted higher into the waistband, thus raising the bottom hem at this point. Roughly-written label in black ink in phonetic script and Korean characters on waistband.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Child's SkirtN3.15

Dark blue skirt of heavy stiff silk with a smooth sheen on both sides. It is made of two fabric panels joined with a hand-sewn seam and open at the back. The skirt is evenly pleated at the top and inserted into a waistband of white ramie. The waistband is lightly pasted together and ends in long ties. The upper edge of the skirt is pulled up at one end inside the waistband, making that edge slightly shorter.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, ramie fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.14

Under-trousers of very sheer white silk 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. Both ties are very creased. Pleats face towards the centre, front and back. Crotch is low, ending above the knees, and open at the back, ending in a gusset of white ramie with an edge that has come loose from the edge of the leg. The edges of the back opening are folded, but not hemmed. The lower edges of the pants are finished with hems 3.5 cm. deep.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre and ramie fibre
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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UnderwearN3.7

Under-trousers of very fine white cotton fabric with a sheen. 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 the centre, front and back. Crotch is very low, at about knee-height, and open. On each side of the crotch opening is sewn an additional panel, extending from the lower edge of the front of the waistband to each side of the back opening. Panels overlap where they are attached to the front of the waistband so that one inserts into the other. The inner seams of the legs below the panels form convex curves, so that the pants are narrower at the ankles.

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