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Print titled "Picture of the destruction of Russian fleet of war vessels outside the Port of Lushun (Port Arthur), no. 3", of a sea battle from the Russo-Japanese war (1904-1905). Depicted is a print of battle ships at sea that has two oval shaped portraits of two men, Admiral Tōgō (left), for the Japanese, and for the Russians (right), Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekesyev located at the top and centre of the print. Next to one man, there is a Russian flag and next to the other man, there is a Japanese flag. The titles in Japanese characters frame the print. The caption written in English at the bottom reads: "The destruction of Russian fleet of war vessels. The illustration of war of Japan and Russia."
Square of handmade rice paper in translucent cream with designs of a faded flower with a dark green stem in front a few stalks of light green grass.
Woven shirt, worn with leggings (Ac213 c), made of 2-ply grass open twine with long sleeves, crew neck and light brown and dark brown alternating bands. There is braided grass tied around neck with loose ends; long twisted twine tie at back of hem, frayed at end with knot.
Sheet of handmade paper that is plain cream-coloured with small, brown fibrous speckles.
Book of poems by various authors entitled "Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japanese". Contents include the following: Blossom Songs - Snow, Astray, Waking and Sleeping, Wasted Spring, On the Heights, A Message, The Lotus, Miserere, Maple Leaves, Foam Flowers. Sword Songs - Waiting, Hearts and Swords, A Death Reverie, The Old Examiner. The poems area accompanied by polychromatic illustrations.
Blank card: Red and green sail boats and landscape in the background, with the caption reading "A Sweet Reminder" on front. Inside front cover is a scene of people playing instruments and lighting fireworks. "Hand painted in China" stamped on back. Purple tie at left of cover.
Rectangular sheet of brown handmade paper with floral designs in red, black, and green alternating with white geometric designs.
Wooden mask painted black. Animal has a round head and long snout with white teeth, red gums and pink protruding tongue. The eyes are painted on in black and white, rimmed in red. The carved ears loop around into a point, painted red. The under side of base is unpainted and carved out.
Wooden, storage chest (parts a-b) with a brown wood frame bottom, metal side handles and a flat wood lie (part b). The box (part a) is painted on three sides with a white background and Northwest Coast stylized figures in black, green, grey and red. The front design depicts a front facing whale with its body split to either side, its dorsal fin on top and its tail fin at the bottom. The ends each have a whale in profile.
Green pleated skirt with an orange sash tie. Above the bottom hem is a metal mesh border with sequins. The inside is unlined. The sash has braided and tasseled ends.