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Cantonese Opera RobeN1.636

Red robe with long sleeves, side slits and side opening with a tie. On the lower front is a butterfly motif in orange, red, green, and black on a red ground. The collar and waist border has chrysanthemum and prunus motifs in blue and turquoise on a pink ground. The waist border has a fine blue and white fringe along the lower edge. The sleeve and bottom hem border has a diamond pattern in blue and white. There are tin reflectors on the back and front. The waistband is stiffened with paper and adhesive. The inside lining is natural-coloured cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, dye, brass metal, silver metal, paper ? and paste adhesive ?
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Inner RobeN1.633 b

Cream underwear robe with wide flared sleeves. The robe has a side opening with one inner and three outer ties. The robe is machine sewn and unfinished seams are cut with pinking shears. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre ? or rayon fibre ?
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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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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Sampler1222/1

A fine rectangular linen sampler showing variations of the technique of weaving with needle and thread. A centre medallion, worked in cross stitch embroidery, contains the date of 1767 and several sets of initials from the top right clockwise: CL, S, CS, CS, LS with B, and EK in the middle. The medallion is framed with bands of plain weaving stitch in red-brown thread. Ten rectangular sample blocks of different weaving patterns surround the medallion. The patterns include plain weave, twill weave, diamond pattern, check pattern, herringbone pattern, chevron pattern, and stripe pattern worked in two colours. One sample is multi-coloured. The samples are reversible. Decorative stitchery in all four corners. The left edge is a selvage while the other edges are finished with a rolled hem.

Culture
Dutch
Material
dye, linen fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
The Hague, Netherlands ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1128/11

Woman's hat. Hat with ear flaps made of reindeer fur and lined with shearling lamb. Trimmed with a band of red wool fabric and rickrack in the front. Decorative tabs of yellow, green and red fabric inserted into crown seams. Ties of narrow (1.5 cm) woven red, yellow and blue wool braid, finished with wool fabric tabs.

Culture
Sami
Material
reindeer skin, sheep skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1461

Folding fan with thirty-three inner ribs of split bamboo and two bamboo parent ribs. Covered on both sides with white paper printed on one side with dark blue band at upper edge, painted with leaves and flowers in light and dark red, light blue, and grey. Rivet of light yellow plastic, through which is threaded a cord of white silk 14cm. long (double) on which is threaded an imitation pearl.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, adhesive, plastic, paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseCh279

White cotton blouse with open work. The blouse has a wide collar, long cuffed sleeves and front centre opening with white plastic buttons. The collar and cuffs have scalloped edges and open work in floral and leaf motifs. The sleeves have open work from the shoulders to cuffs. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Polish
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Zakopane, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DressCh284

Sleeveless dress with embroidery. The dress has a round neck, no sleeves and partial centre back opening with glass buttons. The bodice is black velveteen with large machine embroidered floral motifs in red, pink and yellow. The skirt has vertical stripes in three shades of green, two shades of blue, purple and off-white. There is a black velveteen border around the hemline with large floral motifs, narrow bands of white lace and sequins. The skirt is lined with starched cotton muslin with printed pink floral pattern. Very stiff and heavy.

Culture
Polish
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, dye, plastic, glass and starch
Made in
Lowicz, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseN1.94 a-b

Pair of red cloisonné vases with a flared foot, rounded body and shoulders, and a curved neck with brass lip. Both vases are decorated with flowers in green, pink, yellow and white, with a pattern of cloud-shaped brass wire in the background; borders are decorated with a scroll pattern.

Culture
Chinese
Material
enamel and brass metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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