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Cantonese Opera HoodN1.631 b

Hood for opera cape. Peacock, chrysanthemums, and prunus in gold and blue all on pale pink ground. Border: bamboos and chrysanthemums, silver on royal blue ground. Similar designs and embroidery on cape and hood (see N1.631 a). White fur edging; blue patterned cotton lining both on hood.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, silver metal, rabbit skin, brass metal, glass and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief Red Bear; ArapahoeD2.193

Print depicting Chief Red Bear of the Arapahoe Nation. The chief is shown in three-quarter view with his head in profile, and he is wearing traditional dress complete with beadwork and skin as well as a feather attached at the back of his head. He is set against a background of a yellow and orange sky with hills in the distance, and cacti, rocks and vegetation in the foreground. White and dark green border.

Culture
Arapaho
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SitgarriatNa882

Print depicting three Arctic birds, each with light yellow breasts, and a brown body and wings with an overall black crescent-shaped pattern. One is facing away from the other two birds with its beak open and curled tongue protruding. Of the two remaining birds, the top most bird is front-facing and has its head bent downwards, which seems to indicate that the bird is preening itself. The remaining bird is pictured in profile and is bent forwards with its beak aimed towards the foot of the open-beaked bird. The Cape Dorset stylized red igloo seal is printed above the name of the printmaker, which is in Inuit syllabics, in the lower left-hand corner. Below the image is written, "Sitgarriat Lithograph 2/50 Dorset 1977 Kananginak," with the name of the artist written in Inuit syllabics. The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council and Cape Dorset Cooperative blind embossed stamps are in the lower right-hand corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OfferingB537 n

Offering consisting of an image depicting good luck symbols printed on a piece of rectangular off-white paper. The image, printed in red, light blue, dark blue, green, and yellow, is of a bearded man with a staff, a crane, a deer, and a bat. A scroll above the figures has a series of Chinese characters, and there is a floral border.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sealskin BoatNa1516

Print depicting two bird figures wearing parkas in a boat with a hull that has several white ovoid shapes separated by dark grey areas and a sail with horizontal lines. One bird figure is at the rudder, and the other is at the bow holding a spear with one arm extended. Below the image is written, "48/50" with the title and artist's name in Inuit syllabics and "1963." Written on the reverse is. "48/50 Sealskin Boat Kananginak." The Canadian Eskimo Arts Council blind embossed stamp is in the bottom right-hand corner.

Culture
Inuit
Made in
Cape Dorset, Nunavut, Canada and Kinngait, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN1.549

A paper book with an off-white cover. Cover has a design in blue consisting of a boy, and a girl with a dog, Chinese characters and in English, "MADE IN CHINA". The pages consist of blank squares for writing.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, ink ? and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OfferingB537 j

Offering comprising a piece of rectangular off-white paper printed with two sets of Chinese characters meaning good luck, each set of characters surrounded in a border.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OfferingB537 f

Offering composed of eight Chinese bills, rectangular in shape with printed images and text on off-white paper. On one face, the printed text reads, "Bank of Minh-Tung," and the image is of a building inside an oval shape off to one side, which is inside a border with Chinese characters at the corners as well as at the top and bottom of the border. The other face is printed with the image of a steamship, and "BANK OF MINH-TUNG" as well as Chinese characters inside oval shapes to either side of the steamship, as well as below the ship and at the corners of the border. Seven of the eight bills are printed with red-brown ink on the face that has the image of the building and blue ink on the face that depicts a steamship. The eighth bill is printed in black ink on the face that has the image of the building, and orange-brown ink on the face that depicts a steamship.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper
Made in
Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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String PuppetN1.132 a

Male puppet in standing position and dressed in traditional stage costume. Puppet is wearing a gold hat, an orange shirt, and a light green skirt. It has a Y-shaped bamboo control rod that is attached to its wrists and head by white string.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, wood, silk fibre, clay, paint and bamboo grass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookN2.1019

Bound white paper book with orange characters and an orange drawing of a rooster on the cover; book is composed of colour plates showing various drawings by Japanese school children.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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