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Hand PuppetIa58 a-b

Hand puppet representing the character Wu Sheng (young warrior). Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Varnished yellow/cream face, black and red detail; black hair glued; ponytail held with glued string. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attaching around head with attached white hands with holes through sideways; stuffed legs with attached white and green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched panelled green silk robe (part b) in six rounded sections; double front flap at centre; cotton lined. Orange waistband and insets; stuffed yellow and green cat face at centre with red plastic ears, tongue and white plastic fangs; metal eyes. Decorations include; silver foil wrapped tread meanders, gold foil wrapped thread outlines, round and leaf shaped metal sequins and white and orange fur trim. Detachable costume; cord tie at neck.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
cotton fibre, wood, paste adhesive, skin, metal, paper, plastic, silk fibre, adhesive, hair, lacquer and paint
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa57 a-b

Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Represents character of Bearded male (aggressive), Golden Rays style. Varnished white face, pinkish tinge under eyes; black, slightly bulbous painted hair. Red mouth, red spot on forehead, dots in eyes. Two moustache tuffs and full beard of black hair attached in channel at chin. Body (part a) is made of undyed cotton flaps, attached around head; attached white hands with holes through sideways, stuffed legs, white and green soled black boots. Stitched yellow silk robe (part b) with dark blue sleeves, waist and border trim, cotton lined. Front has orange trim outside blue, also on inside front (reinforced with paper). Sleeves edged in pink fur; rickrack on upper body; yellow, pink and white fur at edge. Two centre flaps, reinforced with paper, pasted cotton at black fur edged trim. Red, yellow and blue silk sections, decorated with metal sequins and silver foil wrapped thread. Silver 'thread', sequins and mirrors decorate borders, bodice, and back. Front, bottom panel; 'thread' flowers in silver, pink and green. Costume detachable; tied at neck.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
skin, silk fibre, hair, lacquer, paint, wood, cotton fibre, paste adhesive, paper and metal
Made in
Taiwan
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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MaskEh5

Mask with dark red face, black painted hair, bulging eyes with semicircular holes beneath them, a wrinkled forehead, large ears and nose, a bushy black moustache with curled ends, white buck teeth, and a large red lower lip. On the reverse, there are two small nails with thin wire attached indicating possible hanging support. There are two small nails on each side securing the ears.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
nux vomica wood ?, paint and lacquer ?
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskEh121

Mask depicting a male humanoid face with a multicoloured crown that has a line and dot design, back hair around small projecting ears, black eyebrows, red-rimmed eyes that each have a crescent-shaped hole beneath, a pointed nose, a black moustache with upturned ends, and a smiling mouth with red lips. Twine is knotted through holes beneath the ears on either side.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
lacquer ?, plant fibre, paint and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketEdz1026 a-b

Basket (part a) with lid (part b) of fine split bamboo, round with red lacquer on rims. Lining of woven flat bamboo strips, dyed red-brown lid, also lined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass and lacquer
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa62 a-b

Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved and painted wooden head, hands and feet. Represents character of Bearded male (aggressive, with Daoist headgear and magical powers), Golden Rays style. Varnished two-toned pink face with black, white and red details. Gold crown with green and red, hair painted black with green/yellow detail, black hair beard attached in channel at chin, some missing on right side, two moustache tuffs. Body (part a) is undyed cotton flaps, attached around head, with attached pink hands with holes through sideways, partially stuffed with paper, stuffed grey cotton legs, white and green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched white silk robe (part b) with yellow and orange silk borders trimmed in pink, blue and whitish fur. Rows of silver, pink, and green sequins cover white silk. Red and silver foil wrapped thread, sequins on yellow silk, gold wrapped thread edging orange silk, with plastic sequin flowers and tin edged mirrors. Back and front centre, dragon-like figure, stuffed, covered in gold foil wrapped thread and trimmed in pink fur. Orange silk strip inside front side edge. Costume detachable, string tie at neck. Missing sequins, mirrors, torn at back where sleeves meet centre. Faint purple characters inside front bottom of costume at left, at back inside bottom centre and on back puppet flap.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
paper, skin, metal, silk fibre, hair, lacquer, paint, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand PuppetIa60 a-b

Costumed cloth hand puppet with carved, painted wooden head, hands and feet. Represents character of Old Male (aggressive, with Daoist headgear and magical powers), Golden Rays style. Varnished white face, pink cheeks, yellow hair, gold, green and red crown. Black, yellow and red details on face. Yellow dyed hair beard attached at slits in chin. Body (part a), undyed cotton flaps, attached around head, attached white hands with holes through sideways, partially stuffed with paper, stuffed legs of pink and yellow patterned cotton, attached white and blue-green soled black boots. Pasted and stitched green silk robe (part b), orange and red silk border, green silk at front side edges, also inside front. Decorations include blue tin edged mirrors, red and green plastic sequins, white and pink fur trim. Centre front and back design of dragon in multiple rows of silver foil wrapped thread, pink plastic 'pearl' eyes, red and blue cord. Wrapped thread circle to upper left of centre. Detachable robe attached with cord at neck. Legible purple characters in oval on puppet flap.

Culture
Taiwanese
Material
lacquer, wood, cotton fibre, paint, skin, metal, plastic, silk fibre and hair
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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