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Scroll PaintingEd5.2867

Silk hanging scroll. Painting on silk of two carps swimming between lotus pads; mounted on light green silk with gold brocade at top and bottom. Plastic cylinder at base; black and white braided ties at top. Calligraphy in lower corner on left.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, ink, wood, adhesive, metal, paint and plastic
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseCh21

Purse with wide black bands and narrow red and green stripes in a plaid pattern as well as black and white concentric diamonds in bands. A silver metallic thread runs crosswise over the bag at intervals. The front of the bag has orange, green, yellow, burgundy, black, red, blue, and silver pompoms attached in a symmetrical pattern. The strap, with parallel bands of black, red, blue, orange, yellow, green, pink, silver, and burgundy, is sewn to the sides of the bag from the base where the ends are left unfinished for a length.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
wool fibre, metal, cotton fibre, dye and plastic
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pinwheel ToyEdz1090

Wire frame in shape of t with two cross-pieces; four small pin wheels attached to ends of cross-pieces and one 10.5 cm from bottom of handle. Brass horse with Chinese character on back at top, below which is larger pinwheel with bell at centre, below which is rectangular plaque with four Chinese characters.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, plastic, paper, ink and paint
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetIb421

Javanese Wayang (shadow) Kulit (leather) puppet of man wearing elaborate crown and outfit. Upper torso bare except for floral pink and red sashes that connect to crown. Large trousers go from hips to knees, highly decorated in pink, blue, and green, and gold leaf all over. Feet together on a red platform. Plastic rivets at shoulder and elbows. Support stick goes from head all down body into point attached by white string half way to end of horn stick curved. Arm sticks also black attached to hands with white string.

Culture
Javanese
Material
water buffalo skin, plastic, fibre, paint, gold metal and water buffalo horn
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskAc212

Three dimensional helmet mask with black simulated hair at crown, and a bright yellow painted face in low relief with extensive black painted linear designs that are roughly symmetrical. The eyes and eyebrows are emphasized with black paint, and the mouth is painted red with several thin teeth and a central thicker piece of wood and metal representing the front teeth. There is a blue stone in a metal setting attached to each earlobe.

Culture
Makonde
Material
wood, paint, hair, fibre, pigment, metal and plastic ?
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSa189

Black plastic(?) belt with a silver metal buckle and brown leather backing. The belt is decorated with silver metal eye holes which have a metallic yellow foil centre. Belt has been cut and re-joined with black twine.

Culture
Quiche
Material
fibre, leather skin, metal and plastic ?
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEe42

Small, flat change purse with a metal snap fastener. The purse is made of pieces of finely woven cotton fabric, backed with stiffening fabric and bound in red plastic. Two inner pockets are separated by a simple mill cotton sleeve. Machine stitched. The design shows a band of narrow stripes alternating with bands of diamond motif. Multicoloured stripes in green/blue and red, and bands of light and dark yellow and red/brown and white.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
plastic, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSa251

A boy's plaited straw hat in a fedora style with a turned up brim and a creased crown. White plastic band stitched around the rim and a black plastic hat band with the ends crossed and having three holes: one at the cross is attached to a metal eyelet in the hat and the other two holes are 1-2 cm. from the first.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
metal, plastic and grass
Made in
Panajachel, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1498

Folding fan with thirty-nine inner ribs of split bamboo, highly perforated, and two white plastic parent ribs. Covered with silk on one side only, painted with grey wave design with two sailing boats and birds in red, with silver glitter, on white background. Silver paper around edge. Attached to silver-coloured rivet is cord of pink silk, 25cm. long (double), knotted, with tassels at end, strung with an imitation pearl.

Culture
Japanese
Material
bamboo grass, silk fibre, paper, adhesive, metal, paint and plastic
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEd5.1523

Folding fan with thirty-eight inner ribs of split bamboo and two aluminum parent ribs. Covered with silver/white paper on both sides, one side having an irregular green stripe along lower edge of paper, with light green and white squares enclosing dots, and other side having the same along the upper edge of the edge of the paper. White plastic rivet through which is threaded a grey/green silk cord 18cm long (double), knotted, on which is threaded a green plastic bead.

Culture
Japanese
Material
plastic, silk fibre, adhesive, ink, paper, aluminium metal ? and bamboo grass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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