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Rod PuppetIb318

A three-dimensional male humanoid figure puppet. Has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. The pink face is positioned upwards with white eyes that have red irises. There are prominent white upper teeth with red lips. Facial hair and details are painted in black. Hair (human ?) is attached to the face to form a moustache. The head is covered in a hairnet in the Javanese style in black, yellow, blue, white, and red. The upper torso is covered in a tight fitting brown garment with two plastic buttons and two tacked epaulettes: one cloth and one plastic. The arms are very long with the upper arms of twisted cloth which appear very flexible and unrealistic. Wearing a long batik skirt in brown, blue, and beige.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
fibre, wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb313

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Figure has a large head and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. White face positioned forward. Gelung supit urang with Garuda Mungkur headdress: includes diadem (jamang), lungsen, and wide ear ornament (sumping) in black, gold, red, and green. Gold neck and body; torso slim with wide shoulders. Two ornaments on each arm at bicep and wrist; fingers held flat, hands bent back at wrist. Green velvet (synthetic?) chest covering, tacked to back; gold, blue, and orange patterned skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, fibre, synthetic fibre ?, metal, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEdz1009

Purple damask jacket. The jacket has a standing collar, front pockets, side slits and a centre opening with brass frog closures. The damask silk is woven with a peony motif. The jacket is lined with yellow-white lamb’s wool.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, wool fibre, cotton fibre, brass metal and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NetN2.1161 a-b

Pair of nets, identical in construction, of coarse red/brown plant fibre. Each net is rectangular, woven in a pattern of rectangles. Each is composed of 66 rectangles. Lengthwise, the strands are composed of two-strand rope and are interwoven through cross-wise strands of four-strand rope. Two rope loops are attached, one end to each corner of the net. The cut ends of the rope are bound with cotton thread.

Culture
Okinawan
Material
cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Okinawa, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kimono UnderwearEd5.1524

Cream hanjuban (半襦袢) or kimono underwear, white printed with floral motifs in light red and blue. Centre opening with two front panels and a single back piece, seamed at sides. The sleeves are separate pieces attached to body with straight seams and finished with cuffs 4 cm wide. The front edge is bound with a band of same material 5.3 cm wide.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BorderSf867

Small rectangle of brown cotton cloth veneered on one face with stem stitch embroidery. Frontal view of brown bodied creature with yellow and green wings and blue ears set against a red background. Two adjacent finished edges and two cut edges. Z-spun, and two plied s yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf866

Irregular, white cotton textile with row of six profile llamas (some partial) with double-headed snakes above their backs. Red and black llamas alternate, each with chevron stripes of yellow, black, blue, and red. The patterning is in a supplementary weft weave. One finished edge is partially intact and has three heading cords in place. The other fabric edges are oxidized or cut.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandSf865

Cut piece of a narrow double cloth band in off-white and medium brown cotton. Central panel has faces with ears (felines ?) surrounded by 4 birds in radial symmetry; flanked by a series of solid coloured stripes and bands with profile birds in a simple repetition of alternating colours. Fragment of plain weave cloth neatly sewn to one weft selvedge. Coarse running stitches and overcasting stitches with several tufts of brown cotton threads along the other weft selvedges. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelSf864

Rectangle of red cotton with four complete selvedges. Birds in bifold rotational symmetry interlock with similar designs in a contrasting colour. The designs are worked in supplementary warp and weft. Floats of dark yellow, dark blue and white yarns. The red ground cloth is loosely woven and the selvedges show no sign of having been sewn to another fabric. Z-spun, two ply s.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEdz1001

Dark red background with repeating dragon pattern in yellow, blue, green and white, bordered by parallel bands of key scroll design edges and green fish, white blossoms and sea grass. Entire pattern is repeated again, seperated by plain middle section with narrown band of Chinese characters. Ends of entire piece are plain. Selvedges run length, ends are raw.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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