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Paul Kane: Truth and Mysteries ►

Kenneth Lister, Heidi Sobol
World Culture
Oracle bones (inscribed bone), Shang Dynasty, China, 1400 - 1050 BCE, (960.237.2225, 960.237.542)

James Menzies Chinese Research Fellowship ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Veronika Gervers (1978)

Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History ►

Alexandra Palmer, Sarah Fee, Anu Liivandi
World Culture

Ceramic Petrology Laboratory ►

Robert Mason, Kay Sunahara, Chen Shen, Krzysztof Grzymski, Clemens Reichel
World Culture
Wuzhu coins of the Han Dynasty, 206 BC – AD 220 (926.9.25.1.1-.40.3), Spade-shape coin of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, 771 - 221 BC (926.9.6.1.6.2), Kangxi Tongbao coin of the Qing Dynasty, AD 1644 - 1911 (926.9.216.3.1)

Chinese Coins ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Dr. Chen Shen – Nihewan project - Xichangling Excavation, China, 1998 - 2000

The Nihewan Project ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Excavating the Longyadong cave site in 1997

The Luonan Project ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Excavating the Wanghailuo site in 2001

The Shandong Project ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Hollow-brick Han tomb reconstruction, Gallery of Chinese Architecture.

Hollow-Brick Han Tomb ►

Chen Shen
World Culture
Roberta Shaw, Theban Tomb #89 Epigraphic Project

Theban Tomb #89 Epigraphic Project ►

Roberta Shaw
World Culture
Angelina lace dress, published in Time Magazine and shown at the Fall 1960 Association of Canadian Couturiers collection. Gift of Angelina Fabbro. ROM 971.431 Federica silk satin evening dress and jacket, embroidered with crystals. Gift of Mrs Jeannie Hersenhoren. ROM 978.32.a-c

Fashion: A Canadian Perspective ►

Alexandra Palmer
World Culture
Fall 1948, Balenciaga silk taffeta cocktail dress that was purchased in a New York City second hand shop. This dress was worn by two owners over a ten year period. Gift of Miss Nancy Thompson. ROM 987.153.1

Old Clothes, New Looks: Second Hand Fashion ►

Alexandra Palmer
World Culture
Cotton textile printed with photo montage of various famous international tourist sites and modes of transportation including an American Airlines DC10, American, 1930s-40s. Acquisition made possible by the generous support of the Textile Endowment Fund (2001.123.8) Beate Elenique, printed furnishing cotton with nude rider on horseback, by Salvador Dali, American?, mid 20th century. Acquisition made possible by the generous support of the Textile Endowment Fund (2001.123.9)

Decor & Decorum ►

Alexandra Palmer
World Culture
1926 silk satin and lace wedding dress worn in Toronto by Mrs Ruth Bernice Burnham nee Ratcliff. Made by Martha located at 65 Bloor Street West, a leading Toronto couturier at the time. Gift of Dorothy de Haas. ROM 996.115.1.1-4. Jeanne Lanvin silk crepe evening dress, worn by donor for her wedding in 1913. Purchased at Eaton's College Street in Toronto. Gift of Mrs John MacIntosh Duff. ROM 965.53.1

20th Century Couture in Toronto ►

Alexandra Palmer
World Culture
Ceramics recovered in an intact tomb at Collota. The ceramics mix local and Wari styles.

Excavations at Collota, a Wari-influenced site in the Cotahuasi Valley of Southern Peru ►

Justin Jennings
World Culture