Blouse Item Number: 3559/55 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Black sleeveless blouse, with V-neckline on front and back; entire surface decorated with embroidery and seed beads. Long pieces of fringe along sides and down centre, on bottom half, on front and back of blouse; short fringe extends from top edge of arm openings. Top half of blouse is decorated with multicoloured lines with groupings of four beads, forming an "X" shape, along their lengths; bobbles spaced across stripes too. Large woven panel across middle of blouse; consists of pink bands with rows of diamonds across them, black squares throughout design. Black squares are filled with beads, forming an "I" shape; plain stripes with bobbles trim wide pink bands. Bottom half of blouse has differently decorated embroidered and beaded rows. Embroidered designs consist of plain lines with bobbles, repeating hourglass-like shapes, and zigzags; beaded rows have groupings of two beads forming alternating diagonal lines. Bottom edge of blouse is hemmed; interior is unlined.
Worn by women.