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Cantonese Opera SkirtN1.851

Multicoloured cotton skirt with an open back and two loops for a tie closure at the waistband. Skirt is made from two identical panels, overlapping at centre front, attached to a wide, unbleached cotton waistband; panels are made from strips of blue, white, green, red, and yellow fabric, separated by gold metallic braid-like ribbon.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, gold metal, hemp fibre, dye and starch
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera ArmbandN1.826 a-b

Pair of pink crepe armbands (part a-b) with striped cuffs. At the cuff are three ribbon bands in yellow, red and blue, and a band of woven braid. At the top of the armband are two thin white ties. The inside is lined with navy blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddle Blanket1201/18

Lavishly embroidered, padded horse blanket, made of red wool textile and decorated with multi-coloured, curvilinear, naturalistic floral motifs worked in fine silk chain stitch. A rectangular space that would be located under the saddle when the blanket is in use is left plain. The horse blanket is rectangular in shape, with triangular extensions on either side of the back end. It is fully lined with multi-coloured striped cotton textile, with a layer of wool batting between the blanket and the lining. Partially edged with embroidered binding. Multi-coloured and blue fringe is applied to all edges except the front edge.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, wool fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera VestN1.700

Pink vest with appliqué roundels. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The sides and bottom hem have green borders with white trim. The roundels on the centre front and back have a peony motif in dark red, pink, green and yellow on blue ground. The inside lining is yellow linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera RobeN1.701

Dark purple robe with rounded neck, tapered sleeves with hoof cuffs and a side opening with brass frog closures. There are slits in the centre front and back. The collar border has a gold peony motif on a red ground, edged with gold braid and pink trim. The cuffs have gold braid outside and black cotton lining inside. The robe lining is yellow linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, hemp fibre, dye, silver metal and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera VestN1.698

Purple damask vest with large floral pattern. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and an off-centre opening with brass frog closures. The opening, sides and bottom hem have pink borders with gold braid and yellow trim. The borders are stiffened with paper. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, dye, gold metal and brass metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera VestN1.697

Ecru vest with appliqué roundel. The vest has a rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The sides and bottom hem have pink borders with blue trim. The roundels on the centre front and back have a peony motif in dark red, green and yellow on blue ground. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and hemp fibre
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl1201/33

Woman’s large embroidered shawl made from greenish black cotton textile, embellished with horizontal rows of red and off-white (or pale yellow) finely embroidered geometric designs worked in silk floss. Rectangular in shape and worn over the head with the wide dimension encircling the wearer; the top two corners are turned back and tacked down to the body of the shawl, where there are large clusters of red broken threads on each side where large ornaments may have once been attached. There is a dense row of bright red, white and blue glass beads and red silk tassels that extends from the edge of one turn-back to the other, at about 32 centimetres from the top of the shawl. The piece has a densely embroidered border and the sides and bottom are edged with a narrow brass(?) chain. The textile is pieced in places.

Culture
Kohistani ?
Material
cotton fibre, glass, dye, silk fibre and brass metal ?
Made in
Kohistan, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt630/2

A dark blue rayon gathered skirt that has a 12.5 cm. horizontal panel of orange cotton embroidered with cross stitch in geometric designs at the hemline. The horizontal embroidered panel has a design consisting of alternating mint green and dark blue chevrons in an X-shape and yellow and dark blue cross-shapes pattern on an orange background. Waistband and centre back opening. Fastened with a large green plastic button. Patch pocket on left side. Pieced together.

Culture
Russian and Ukrainian
Material
rayon fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse Blanket1376/9

Large, very heavy, multi-coloured, decorative horse blanket made from rough wool warp-faced textile and backed with a thick layer of felted wool fleece. It is roughly rectangular in shape, with a deep squared-off indentation (57 cm x 52 cm) at one end (the end close to the horse’s neck). Loops made of red and white braided wool or cotton are sewn near the bottom inside corners of the indentation. Two long, narrow triangular pieces are sewn at the outside edge of the opposite end of the rectangle. The predominant colours are red, brown, blue, yellow and greyish white, and the textile is woven in vertical stripes; red and blue stripes alternate with patterned stripes with blue, yellow and greyish white geometric forms. All outside edges are finished with brown wool braid and brown twisted fibre fringe. The fringe has been mended with orange fringe in a few places. The heavy layer of felted fleece (light brown with dark brown spots) that is used as a backing over the entire underside of the blanket is quilted to the top layer with running stitches.

Culture
Turkmen ? or Uzbek ?
Material
wool fibre, dye ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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