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Obi

Machine woven sash with orange ground and gold brocade chrysanthemum designs. The sash may have been hand made by recycling another piece of clothing. The sash has been created from two pieces of cloth stitched together to provide enough length.…

Sarong

Javanese cotton batik sarong with bird and flower motif. Machine woven plain weave cotton beige colored with brown rust dark blue and light blue dyes. The fabric has been folded in half and machine stitched along one side to form a tube skirt. The…

Silk Yardage

Silk (?) hand woven fabric with multicolored plaid in maroon pink green yelow and white. The warp and weft threads are each laid out in sections of various colored threads to form intersecting stripes. The weave creates a complex diamond pattern over…

Coins

Six coins: three silver colored coins of three sizes each bearing the same two characters on both front and back; two aluminum colored coins; one bronze colored coin. A B C: Three silver-colored coins with two characters printed in raised lettering…

Pen

Souvenir ball point pen with Governor Gary Locke's signature. White plastic ball point pen with screw on top; Washington State seal Gary Locke's signature and the word "Governor" printed below. It is a Sheaffer pen with silver holder silver band…

Christmas Ornaments

Hand blown glass ornaments for Christmas tree. In the form of "19th Century Chinese Male". He has yellow tinted face. Painted black eyes and "Fu Manchu" moustache hair braided in a queue. He is wearing candy red jacket with black collar shoulders and…

Silk Fragment

Fragment of rose colored silk hand lettered in black ink with three sections of text which pledges the allegiance of numerous signees belonging to a secret brotherhood supporting the activities of the Chinese Nationalists. Plain woven silk with…

Coin

A - O: Set of 14 coins attached to a cardboard with thread.

Figurines

Set of clay and wire figures with metal litter for bride. From China or Korea. The figures are not well articulated. The dress may be Chinese or Korean. The colors associated with the bride and the bride's hat indicate possible Korean affiliation.…

Earrings

Pair of Philippine Taboli beaded earrings previously a part of the museum store inventory. Long multi-strand earrings with price tag attached "$12.00 MK". Each earring is attached at the top to a small metal ring. The earrings have a small loop at…