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Mui Yuen Kung Chiu & Hung Fook Chiu collection
Collection — Box: 1-11, Frame: 12-13
Identifier: 2009.015
Scope and Contents
The collection contains 250 hand written opera manuscripts, Books and articles written by Chiu, Hung Fook and other authors on Cantonese opera history, theory, performance, and instrument. Photographs of Chiu, Mui Yuen Kung and Chiu, Hung Fook on stages, at training classes, at their opera business, and in their daily life, in group pictures with other Hong Kong opera singers, as well as the materials of the Art and Performance Center and the Arts Training Centre, including business...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
Way Gar Wong collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008.022
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials related to Way Gar Wong's career as a Chinese opera performer. The majority of the collection includes opera costumes and accessories, such as hats, belts, and shoes, but there are also hair and makeup materials, such as wigs and wig pieces; a few stage props, like swords and fans; two framed photographs and a few print blocks; and some paper documents, including a flyer for a performance and an opera script. Only one item is dated, a receipt, which is...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1920s-1980s
Found in:
Museum of Chinese in America
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