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Cantonese Opera JacketN1.645

White jacket with short standing collar, side slits and centre opening with frog closures. On the front are bird, peony and prunus motifs in blue, turquoise and silver on a white ground. On the sleeves are chrysanthemum, butterfly and prunus motifs. On the back are bird, fu dog, peony and prunus motifs. There is gold braid around the edges. There are green glass eyes, tin reflectors and white fur on the front and back. The inside lining is natural-coloured linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre ?, hemp fibre, dye, brass metal, silver metal, gold metal and rabbit skin
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera JacketN1.642

Purple jacket with appliqué circles on the centre front and back. The jacket has a rounded neck, wide sleeves and a centre opening with brass frog closures. There are slits in the sides and back. The circles have four toed dragon motifs in silver, pink and purple on a turquoise ground. There are mirrors, tin reflectors, green glass eyes and white fur within the circles. There is black and gold trim around the edges of the sleeves and bottom hem. The inside lining is yellow linen.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, hemp fibre, dye, rabbit skin, brass metal, glass and silver metal
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera CapeN1.631 a

Light pink cape (part a) with a large collar and centre opening with frog closures and embroidered ties. The collar has peony and butterfly motifs in silver on blue ground with turquoise and orange trim. The front and back have peacock, chrysanthemum and prunus on light pink ground. The border around the edges has bamboo and chrysanthemum motifs on blue ground with turquoise trim. There are tin reflectors, green glass eyes and white fur on the front and back. The inside lining is white cotton with a blue circular pattern.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, silver metal, rabbit skin, brass metal, glass and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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rabbit skin robe1927.1734 . 176453

« The manufacture of woven hare skin blankets by Indians of the Mistassini and Lake St. John bands is described in detail by Speck (1930, pp. 451-454), Lips (1947, pp. 42, 44), and Rogers (1967, p. 64, fig. 8, p. 40). Speck (1930, p. 454) notes that 100 skins were required for a blanket, while Rogers (1967, p. 64) states that a large blanket to be used by three people might comprise twice that many skins. These blankets were woven of narrow, twisted strips of hare skin on a three-pole frame by a coil netting technique in which the strip of skin was conveyed by a wooden or bone needle. The Speck collection contains two examples. The smaller, in poor condition, measures approximately 165 by 145 cm. The larger measures 220 by 152 cm and has short cloth ties at the four corners. It may have been worn as a robe. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.17.

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
rabbit skin
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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