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Shadow PuppetEdz1343 a-d

A shadow puppet of a male (fujing or high ranking military official character) (parts a-b) with a red-painted face, and a down-turned mouth. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, yellow, green, and black floral print with faces on the shoulders, waist, and hip. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c) that has a face in profile at the front, and two circular appendages at the front, and one fan-like appendage at the back. Holding a scalloped knife (part d). Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, dye, metal and wood
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1340 a-b

A shadow puppet of a female (parts a-b) with a her black hair up in a bun and decorated with red flowers with leaves. Wearing clothing that is decorated in dark floral print on a red background. Wire is coiled around the neck. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, dye and metal
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1349 a-c

A shadow puppet of a male (parts a-b) with a profile face in outline. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, orange, blue, and black creatures on a rank badge in the front, and floral print on a red background. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c) consisting of a sitting cat with three appendages. Handles are made of bamboo grass. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, dye, metal and bamboo grass
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1345 a-c

A shadow puppet of a male (laosheng, retired general or war hero character) (parts a-b) with a black-painted face, and a large nose. Wearing clothing that is decorated in red, yellow, blue, and black dragons, and floral print on a natural-coloured background. Wire is coiled around the neck. There is an elaborate red and black headdress (part c). Handles are made of bamboo grass. Joined in the shoulder, elbow, waist, hips, hands, and fingers with rivets.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin, dye, bamboo grass and metal
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1357

A shadow puppet fragment of a headdress. Helmet style of natural colour with red, green, and black detailing. There is one elongated black appendage.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shadow PuppetEdz1353

A shadow puppet fragment of a female head, outlining the face in profile, with red and black detailing. The forehead has a horizontal black band. The eye is outlined in black extending to the back of the head with a horizontal black line. The nose curls inward to create a nostril. The mouth is outlined with red. The white hair has a black bun at the back of the head. Behind the ears, there is a black section. The neck is split with a groove in the middle.

Culture
Chinese
Material
skin and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy Scroll850/14

Scrolled painting composed of a painted piece of paper with white Chinese characters and a red background on an off-white damask patterned silk with an off-white paper backing. Rolled on a cylinder with blue-green, indigo and red fabric floral patterned ends. Indigo silk scrolling border at top side edges. Wooden bar across top with string for hanging.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Calligraphy Scroll850/12

Scrolled painting composed of a painted piece of paper with white Chinese characters and a red background on an off-white damask patterned silk with an off-white paper backing. Rolled on a cylinder with blue-green, indigo and red fabric floral patterned ends. Indigo silk scrolling border at top side edges. Wooden bar across top with string for hanging.

Culture
Chinese
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament850/2

Jade ornament. Dangling, three-piece, brown-grey carved, translucent stone ornament. The first link is a circular loop, attached to which is a shallowly carved section of a roughly square shape with a scrolling, ornate design. Dangling from this section is a smaller, square-shaped section with a similar scrolling, character-like design.

Culture
Chinese
Material
stone
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting850/7

Multi-faced diety sitting on green field under blue sky. Red halo behind head and cloud with four beings above.

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