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FigureEdz943

Multicoloured rice flour paste figure of the deity monkey; left leg is lifted, left hand over brow. He is holding a yellow staff of paste over bamboo behind his back (9cm. Long). Figure is mounted on a bamboo stick which is embellished with rice flour paste flowers with leaves.

Culture
Chinese
Material
rice flour paste adhesive, bamboo grass and aniline dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEdz942

Figure of goddess Kuan Yin, seated on a pink lotus with green leaves, of rice flour paste. White robe, multi-coloured headdress. Hands in prayer position. Mounted on bamboo stick.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, aniline dye and rice flour paste adhesive
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEdz941

Multicoloured rice flour paste figure of Kuan-ti with spear halberd at his back of paste over bamboo sticks, carrying a book in his left hand. Cracked due to drying and partially eaten by insects. Mounted on a bamboo stick.

Culture
Chinese
Material
rice flour paste adhesive, bamboo grass and aniline dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEdz940

Multicoloured rice paste figure of a phoenix, with large striped tail. Mounted on bamboo stick which is embellished with four rice flour paste flowers with leaves. Somewhat cracked due to drying, with a little black mold.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, aniline dye and rice flour paste adhesive
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureEdz939

Multicoloured rice flour paste figure of the deity monkey, with right leg lifted, left hand over brow, with staff behind back. Staff is 17.5cm. Long, and is paste over bamboo stick. Figure is mounted on a bamboo stick which is embellished with two rice flour paste flowers.

Culture
Chinese
Material
rice flour paste adhesive, bamboo grass and aniline dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArrowAa41 a-b

Metal double-barbed point (a) with a metal shaft wrapped in sinew and inserted into a hollow section of sinew-covered bamboo. Into this is fitted a mid-section of carved wood which is pointed at both ends. A bamboo shaft (b) wrapped with sinew at both ends. The posterior end is notched. The anterior end forms a socket which fits over the lower point of the metal shaft.

Culture
Khoisan ?
Material
bamboo grass, metal, wood, sinew, adhesive and poison resin
Made in
Botswana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomEdz904

A backstrap loom with a partially finished 'patterned band' of red, yellow, green, and white cotton thread, and green synthetic thread tassels. Shed stick is a piece of bamboo 11.5 cm. long with a 1.5 cm. diameter. Bar heddle is formed by loops of white thread knotted together with a piece of grass. Warp is continuous (circular).

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
bamboo grass, grass, cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz902

Round hat with a flat brim that curves down at the edge. The crown is raised and flat on top. Formed of layers of bamboo leaves, enclosed inside and outside by rattan in open hexagonal weave. Top of crown covered in light coloured rattan in a woven pattern. The brim is finished with a double rim of split bamboo, lashed on with woven rattan. Inside the crown is a square of pink paper. The hat is varnished on the outside.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
bamboo leaf, paper, rattan, bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz901

A flat hat of straw in a circular twill weave of natural colour and varnished on the upper surface. Hat is disc shaped with a round hole in the centre, and finished with a bias band of blue cloth with diametrically opposed cloth loops. Outer circumference is finished with a double rim of split bamboo, affixed to the under surface of the hat with rattan. Two pieces of heavy blue cotton cloth, 15.5 cm. wide, machine stitched into fine pleats and joined with two red and two green strips of fine stitching.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
tung oil lacquer, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre, rattan, bamboo grass and grass
Made in
Shatin, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEdz900

A flat hat of twill-weave straw with natural yellow and yellow-green colours and varnished. Hat is disc shaped with a round hole in the centre and finished with a band of black cloth with two diametrically opposed black cloth loops. Outer circumference is finished with a double rim of split bamboo affixed to the upper side of the hat with split rattan. Two pieces of thin, black cotton, 18 cm. wide, finely pleated and joined together with loose stitches of red and green thread.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
synthetic fibre, tung oil lacquer, cotton fibre, rattan, bamboo grass and grass
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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