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Jacket2902/90

Dark blue jacket with colourful embroidered back and black sleeves that have squares of embroidery on front and back. Embroidery consists of multi-coloured geometric patterns in line formation. Back of jacket has red trim and is embellished with a border of round white beads. The left arm seam is red, and the right arm seam is blue. The jacket sleeves have red trim. The sides of the jacket have small slits and the front of the jacket is open.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre and seed
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe2902/19 a-b

Long silver pipe with cylindrical stem (part a) that widens at centre and curved hook-shaped neck with wire wrapping. Mouthpiece also has wire wrapping, and centre of stem has braided wire design. (b) Bowl is round with slightly contoured sides and has a zig zag pattern horizontally around the centre.

Culture
Akha
Material
silver metal
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/65

Black jacket with open front. Thin piece of rectangular fabric forms the collar with a blue strip on the right side and a red strip on the left. Blue fabric runs down arm seams and down sides at front, red fabric at back. Sleeves have patch of applique at cuffs with band of colourful embroidered triangles. Cuffs have blue trim. Back of jacket has colourful geometric embroidery on bottom. Small slits up sides with three magenta pompoms on each corner.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leggings2902/68 a-b

Pair of leggings with dark blue base and multi-coloured striped applique designs. Stripes are embellished with colourful embroidered zigzags and triangle shapes. Back has appliqued blue, white, and red vertical stripes.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2902/69

Dark blue rectangular sleeveless shirt (halter-style top) with purple strap which goes around neck. Top has three string ties on either side used to tie top together at back. There is a rectangular striped applique on the right side of the front of the top with a band of embroidered snowflakes in the centre stripe.The bottom two thirds of the right side has red trim and a band of dark blue tassles which hang down from the shirt.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/66

Dark blue jacket with open front. Sleeves are black and have appliqued patch with geometric embroidery. Cuffs have blue trim and arm seams have red trim. A thin rectangular piece of fabric forms the collar with a strip of red on the bottom of the right side. Bottom of jacket is trimmed in red with round white beads decorating the edges. There are thin lines of embroidery along the bottom, embellished with three vertical rows of colourful buttons on either side. This pattern continues on the bottom of the back of the jacket also. There are slits in the sides of the jacket with a loop of round white beads and a tuft of red fur (?) with a tassle on the end hanging from the top of the slit. The right tassle is multi-coloured and the left tassle is white. Back of jacket is covered in horizontal lines of colourful embroidery embellished with four rows of white buttons. Bottom edges are lined in round white beads.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre, acrylic fibre, plastic and seed
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash2902/130

Long thin rectangular black sash with seam in centre and black fringe tassles at each end. Either end has thin embroidered multi-coloured lines and then wider multi-coloured striped applique bands. Attached to the applique is a cowrie shell and two strings of white beads with two gold beads at the ends. Green and pink tassles hang from the ends of these beaded strings. One end also has two round beads attached to the black fringe, one clear and one brown. This end also has a blue strip of fabric tied to the tassle.

Culture
Akha ?
Material
cotton fibre, plastic, cowrie shell and stone ?
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/107

Short dark blue jacket with open front. Rectangular piece of fabric is stitched on to form the collar. The cuffs of the sleeves have colourful appliques with vertical and horizontal stripes. The right arm seam is blue, and the left arm seam is red, and there is open space in the armpits. The sides of the jacket have red and blue trim. The back of the jacket has a flag(?) applique composed of white, red, and yellow vertical stripes. The bottom has three rows of three white buttons with pink stitching.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest2902/108

Square dark blue vest with open front and slit sleeves. Collar has stitched lines in white, pink and green with embroidered tassle designs on the bottom. The right side of vest has a small square applique slightly darker than the rest of the vest. Bottom of vest has six thin horizontal lines of colourful embroidery. Sleeves have red and blue trim, and sides of vest are embellished with four shells on either side. Back of vest has a white appliqued band along the centre with green and pink embroidery. Above the band is a flag(?) composed of white, red, and yellow-orange. Below the band are eight thin horizontal lines of muti-coloured embroidery, embellished with three vertical columns of white buttons with pink stitching.

Culture
Akha ?
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/100

Dark blue jacket with colourful embroidered geometric pattern on bottom half of back. Ends of sleeves have white and blue appliques with a stripe of colourful geometric swirl embroidery. Seams of sleeves are blue. Front of jacket is open and has a string tie in the centre to close it. A dark blue collar is stitched on. Sides of jacket have small slits.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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