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Dress3295/7

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with deep red floral embroidery extending down the garment in strips, on the chest piece, and around the cuffs. Draw strings extend down from top of V-neck. The centre of each flower has wire embroidery. Multi-coloured figure eight stitching joins material along vertical seams. Small tree of life on back of skirt (T-shape).

Culture
Bedouin
Material
rayon fibre ? and dark red-purple
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/6

Full length dress. Rectangular area of embroidering on chest, with V-neck running through. Tops of sleeves embroidered in green, red and yellow. Bottom half of dress decorated with light and medium blue designs with a few areas in pink, green or orange.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/4

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with deep red floral embroidery extending down the garment in strips, on the chest piece, and around the cuffs. The centre of each flower has gold wire embroidery. Multi-coloured figure eight stitching joins material along vertical seams. Small 'tree of life' design on back of skirt (T-shape).

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/2

Long black dress with cross-stitch embroidery all over, mainly in a vibrant red, with details in white, pink, light green, purple, blue, green and yellow. Four large embroidered triangular designs decorate the top of the garment, one on each shoulder, and one on the chest, and the other on the back. Different sleeve style with gussets under the arm. The hemline and seams are embroidered by double rows of orange zigzag stitching. It appears the designs extending down the right side of the skirt were not completed.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
rayon fibre and fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/3

Full-length dress of hand woven cotton. Woven in strips, with separately woven bands of deep pink, orange and green, extending vertically down garment. Factory-made flower strips embellish the garment down each side, front and back, and along the top of the sleeves, and around the cuffs. Cross-stitched designs decorate the bib, shoulders, and bottom of the skirt on the back.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/1

Long black dress of linen, with sleeves decorated by light taupe silk on top, golden silk on sides, and a deep maroon velvet underneath. The cuffs are heavily embroidered. The sleeves are lined with a red floral patterned fabric. The front of the dress is heavily embroidered in red with a few accents in various colours in long panels extending from the waist down both sides of the skirt, and a square bib. The reverse has the same panels extending down the legs, but the designs are attached by a large section of embroidery across the bottom of the skirt. The hemline is edged by a thin plaited stripe in red, and another in off-white.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
linen fibre, gold metal, silk fibre and fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/5

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with red embroidery covering the entire garment. Embroidery features rows and columns of repeating floral designs.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress741/1

Long black dress with embroidery. The dress has a v-neck and short sleeves. Around the neck is a square panel of a round floral motif, predominantly red on black ground. On the upper back is a rectangular piece with yellow, blue flowers on red ground. The upper sleeves have a floral motif and sleeve ends have red trim. The bottom of the dress has a geometric border reaching up the sides and thicker in the centre front and back. Below the border is a double blue line. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag348/1 a

Bag made from black fabric embroidered mainly in red and dark red with some areas of multicoloured embroidery. the sides of the bag are finished in red, pink and blue twisted yarn, and the bottom edge is ronamented with a row of multicoloured beads as well as six tassels. A second row of beads and tassesls is attached midway up the body on the front, and twisted pink and red yarn strands extend from the tip of the bag's flap.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, glass and wool fibre ?
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress334/1

The headdress, or headband, consists of two narrow orange pieces of fabric attached and decorated with metal discs and beads with a long braided tassel. One piece of fabric is longer than the other; the shorter piece has a red and pink embroidered panel in the centre. The pieces are attached in the centre. Along the outside edges of the larger piece thin metal discs are sewn. Smaller metal discs are sewn all over the shorter piece. Two strands of orange and yellow beads extend from the centre of the headdress, one in either direction. String and fabric loops and one red button extend from the centre piece. Attached to one of the string loops is a black braided tassel that branches into two brown and one orange tassels. The tassels are accented with orange and brown wrapped thread and black and white beadwork.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre ?, metal, glass, wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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