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ClothEdz1058

Black glazed hemp cloth. The rectangular cloth has selvage sides and cut ends.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
hemp fibre and dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 e

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part e). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
gesso ?, paint, bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal and wood ?
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.839 b

Flag attached to a curved bamboo staff (part b). The flag has bright pink characters on purple ground, with a wide mauve border. The back is unlined. The bamboo staff terminates in a gold head with pale green fringe at the top.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera FlagN1.838 e

Chinese characters in gold embroidery, on deep pink ground with plain turquoise border on three sides, white on side hanging from staff. Black Chinese characters at bottom back of white border. Curved staff has light green silk fringe at gold painted tip.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, cotton fibre, gold metal, wood ?, gesso ? and paint
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/4

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered at the top with a narrow multicoloured horizontal stripe. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long (38 cm) strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of red wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1444/6

Textile with rectangular shape and fringe. Woven pattern in light yellow-brown and dark red on black.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre ?, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow LoomNa1608

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of cardboard separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes. The design has a white background with purple and orange diamonds outlined and connected together with a horizontal green line. In between each set of purple and orange diamonds is a red-purple rectangular pattern made up of triangles pointing to a centre.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
diamond willow wood, dye, porcupine quill, fibre and paper
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes984/8 a-b

Pair of rigid shoes with thick stiff soles of natural brown leather studded with iron hobnails at the heels and toes, and stitches along the edges. Parallel lines are scored along the length of the soles. Shoes have low sides, but are high at the back of the heels and have upturned toes. There is narrow white leather piping along the edges, and the white leather extended down inside the heel. The sides of the shoes are covered with pink silk, over which are applied pieces of light green silk at the toe and heel. Small fragments of dark pink decorative pieces remain at the toes and heels. There are narrow bands of darker green silk at the top and bottom of the sides, with a row of heavy white stitches along the lower band. The shoes are white inside, and the soles are lines with loose cotton batting.

Culture
Korean
Material
deer skin ?, silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Outer Pants984/1

Men’s off-white trousers. The trousers have a wide waistband, centre gusset and long wide pant legs. The legs have a seam along the inner edge and additional seams near the centre front and back of each leg. The outside is made of silk; the inside is made of fine white cotton and padded.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureIe493

Conical shaped woven basketry figure with two faces depicted. Top face is larger than the lower face, it has a tapered forehead that ends with a fibre, looped handle and is decorated with small feathers. Both faces have oval shaped holes for eyes, an opening for a mouth, a protruding nose and ears along with sennit fibre beards. Each face is painted white with brown and orange detailing. The bottom edge is wrapped with long pieces of fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, wood, sennit fibre, paint and feather
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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