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VaseN1.355 a-b

A light green ceramic vase. The middle section of the vase is rounded on the bottom and tapers downward into a smaller flared base, and which angles inward toward the top to taper to a short cylindrical opening with a stepped rim. Lion head handles from which fish are suspended carved on both sides. (Part b is a wooden square stand with a circular centre and four legs, in storage.)

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snuff BottleN1.251 a-c

Ivory snuff bottle (part a) carved in the form of an official's head; wooden stand (part c) is carved in the form of his shoulders. The head is carved with a moustache, goatee, large hat, and braided hair in the back. A part of the hat is removable, acting as a bottle stopper and a spoon.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, elephant ivory and stain ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN1.238 a-b

Ceramic figure of a priest (part a) dressed in formal red robe. Wearing a black hat. He is holding a scroll in his left arm. Bubbly red and green glaze over grey clay. Impressed mark on bottom. With wood stand (part b).

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueN1.237 a-b

Jade screen (part a) shows calligraphy. Engraved with handwriting of emperor ch'ien lung (part a). With stand (part b).

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood, ivory ? and jade mineral
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotN1.233 a-b

A small melon-shaped ceramic pot (part a). Pot has grey glaze except near bottom. With wood stand (part b).

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CupN1.215 a-b

A horn cup carved in the form of a lotus leaf, with salamanders in relief. The handle is in the form of a pine branch. Part b is a wooden stand.

Culture
Chinese
Material
rhinocero horn and wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PotN1.212 a-b

Pot (a) and wooden stand (b). The pot is glazed with a speckled greeny-blue and dark brown finish, has a small mouth with a brown lip, and the rounded sides are lobed with a slightly raised leaf motif. The stand is made of dark brown stained wood with elongated ovals cut out of the sides with scroll shapes emerging from the bottom upwards at the centre of each, and it has four small feet.

Culture
Chinese
Material
clay, glaze, wood and stain
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Thumb PianoK4.51

Thumb piano constructed from a wooden plank base with five narrower, and seven thicker metal prongs raised up from the plank on a piece of wood and bent metal, and secured with a metal bar and wire. Each prong has a ball of resin or wax stuck underneath the end. There is a rattle composed of a metal bar with four metal cylinders attached to the edge opposite the end with the metal prongs. A skin handle is attached at the prong end through two holes in the wooden plank. A ridged geometric design, with an overall rectangular shape composed of four triangles, has been carved into the top face.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood, iron metal, resin ? and leather skin
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombK4.37

Handle of comb is arched and rounded. There are eight teeth that taper to a point. Black scalloped designs frame the edges of both sides of the handle.

Culture
Ovimbundu
Material
wood
Made in
Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureN1.120

Standing Kuan Yin figure carrying prayer beads. She is wearing a long robe which flows up and outward behind her at an angle. She is standing on a lotus.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wood
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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