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ShoesEdz996 a-b

A pair (parts a-b) of shoes for bound feet. The soles of each shoe are made of white cotton fabric, and the thick arch, and heel, in one piece, are of the same fabric over wood(?) lined with finer white fabric. The outer surface, except for the sole, is covered with silk. The lower part is made of light blue-green silk with embroidery consisting of multi-toned pink flowers, and butterflies. The upper part is made of red silk, trimmed with black silk, and multi-coloured silk braid. At the front, there is lattice pattern of pink silk. The body of the shoe has several layers of stiffened fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and wood ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.31

Grey, clay jus with a cream slip with white limestone particles. Fairly thick slip and dark brown, thin matte paint. Fairly high ring foot, squat globular depressed body, tall neck with moderately flaring rim, vertical strap handle from neck to shoulder with horned projection at its top. Decoration consists of vertical and horizontal latticed bands and vertical rows of lozenges on body, short rows of stippling on rim and horned projection, zigzag pattern on handle.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.29

Jug made of red fine-grained clay, glazed with white filling in incised decoration. Pyriform body, narrow cylindrical neck, small bell rim. Handle originally from rim to shoulder. On neck are two groups of six or seven encircling grooves. On body a group of five encircling grooves below which is a row of large contiguous hatched lozenges, each divided in half by encircling groove in the centre of the pot. A group of seven encircling grooves around bottom of body.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.28

Jug made of red, fine grained clay, glazed with white filling in incised decoration. Pyriform body, narrow cylindrical neck. Small bell rim. Semi-circular, rounded handle from rim to shoulder. On neck are two groups of seven encircling grooves, then a frieze consisting of four circular motifs set on a central defining line which divides each motif in half. One half of the circle consists of eleven concentric lines defining a half circle. The other half circle consists of two concentric lines framing oblique strokes. The circular motifs alternate these elements above and below the line. Ten encircling lines at bottom crossed by groups of oblique strokes at irregular intervals.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.27

Jug made of light buff fine-grained clay with a lustrous dark red slip. White filling in incised decoration. Pear-shaped body. Short wide cylindrical neck. Everted circular rim with a small point in front. Rising handle from the rim to the shoulder. A projection in front at the neck base. On the neck are two groups of horizontal straight grooves. On the body are five straight grooves and a row of hatched lozenges, a framed row with groups of short oblique strokes, a row of hatched lozenges and six straight grooves. All are arranged horizontally.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JugM1.26

Jug made of red, fairly gritty clay, glazed with white filling in incising. Pyriform body, narrow cylindrical neck. Small bell rim. Handle from rim to shoulder. The decoration consists of two groups of five encircling grooves on neck; two groups of seven encircling grooves on body. These flank a large vertical zigzag pattern made up of six parallel lines.

Culture
Cypriot
Material
clay and glaze
Made in
Cyprus
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSf415

Skirt sewn from purple woven wool fabric and gathered at the waist with a narrow blue waistband which ties on both sides at side slits. A narrow band of scroll patterned light purple embroidery runs horizontally around the middle and the hem is embroidered with a stylized flower and zigzag design formed by circles. A blue band at the hem is embroidered with a repeated dot design. The reverse of the hem is reinforced with off-white cotton facing. Two horizontal pleats are sewn into the lower half of the skirt.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb305 a-c

Male figure (part a), with head (part b) and pointed rod (part c) with circular metal disk around centre: face painted yellow, yellow ears, red lips, four gold teeth exposed. Gold eyeballs with black pupils looking upwards, black eyebrows each forming long arches. Black caste mark, black beauty mark on right above corner of mouth. Top of head is flat; wears gold crown, headdress of green, red, black, gold, and yellow rises up at the back to an open-mouthed creature with gold lolling tongue: has jagged teeth. Green hair shows beneath headdress. Long brown and black batik skirt, open at the back; black long-sleeved jacket, decorated front, tattered green and pink braid attached to each sleeve. Multicoloured shoulder ornaments (epaulettes), woven Mandarin-style collar. Wide blue band around waist; black, white, blue, and gold plastic belt. Smaller pink belt underneath. Gold painted hands.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre and plastic
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb304 a-d

Three-dimensional female humanoid puppet: head (part c) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part d) with a long shaft passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. The figure's right arm is broken at the hand where the control rod attaches (part b). The figure has a flower motif on each breast underneath a black fabric bib decorated with gold-coloured beads and coloured sequins. The bib has a shiny bright green mandarin-style collar decorated with braid and silver sequins. Forward-bending white face and neck, small straight nose, slit-shaped eyes, red lower lip, red caste mark, beaumark on right above corner of mouth, ears. Top of head is flat, straight black hair. Gold body and arms; crown of gold, green and red. Multicoloured band around waist, attached to body with blue tack on front, red and blue tacks on back. Long batik skirt, in beige, light brown and grey-blue.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, paint, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, metal and plastic
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketSf403

Jacket, collarless, in the bolero style made of green wool twill with set-in sleeves gathered to wide cuffs. There are black wool diamond-shaped patches on the elbows, attached only at the corners. There is a light red/purple wool tape border around all the decorative areas: at the neck, front, bottom, cuffs, pockets, and elbows. The decorative areas include dark red-purple cotton twill tape with yellow and white rickrack appliqué and multicoloured cotton machine embroidered floral, and geometric designs. The jacket is fastened at the front by six metal hooks and eyes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
metal, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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