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Tray StandB771 b

A dark brown wood stand with six cylindrical legs attached by six cylindrical cross bars pivoting from a central cylindrical peg. Each leg is carved with a vase-like shape at one end and a vase-like shape topped with a cylinder at the other end. The central peg has an egg-shape in the middle and a bulbous shape at the ends.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB566

Model winnowing tray. Tray is upturned at one end and flattens at the other. There is a thick band of pink coloured bamboo that lines the perimeter of the piece, inside and out. There are line designs painted on the interior with pink dye.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
bamboo grass and dye ?
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coin BoxEf188 a-b

Basket (part a) and basket base (part b) resembling the shape of a duck. The basket (part a) or the body of the duck-shape, has one end that is wide and round. This then angles inwards and tapers to a narrow point. From this point, the basket widens and resembles a duck's large tail feather. At the widest part of the body, the basket rises with coils to a large purple coiled knob with two coiled triangular shapes protruding from one side. The basket base (part b) fits on the underside of the body and is tear-drop shaped. It has a coiled perimeter, but the centre consists of long stripes of stem that come together in the middle and are slightly twisted. There are four sections of purple stem amongst the natural stem portions.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
stem ? or dye ?
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1496/1

Large, rectangular wool textile, bordered on the long edges with darkly coloured and brightly coloured woven stripes, and embellished horizontally with (mostly) lighter coloured narrow stripes in various patterns and colours, on an off-white background. Embellishments are either embroidered (counted thread technique) or worked in discontinuous supplemental weft. Fringed ends. The piece is woven in two identical, long, narrow halves which are joined in the centre, using a decorative embroidery stitch. The two ends of the textile are identical, mirror-images. The textile is reversible; the patterns on the two sides are similar but not identical.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dowry Bag1330/7

Small, flat, square, embroidered, envelope-style bag, detailed with mirrors and pompoms, made by folding and stitching together three corners of a flat, square panel to form a pocket, with the fourth corner left open to serve as a flap or cover. The square-shaped embroidered motifs, formed from bars of satin stitch, are grouped together into larger squares, arranged in an X shape, and are outlined in black. Mirror-work is incorporated into the designs and along the edges of the square. The embroidery is so dense that it completely covers the background textile. The seams are embellished with decorative stitching. There are small pompoms scattered throughout the design. Two thin fibre strings are attached to the corner of the flap. The embroidery is underlined with multicoloured cotton gauze.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ? or Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1330/5

Small, flat, rectangular, multi-coloured pouch made by folding a long, narrow, embroidered panel in half crosswise and stitching up the long sides, leaving one narrow end open. The embroidery is so densely worked that almost none of the background textile is visible. The two sides of the pouch are almost identical in design and colour. Each side has a rectangular centre design panel embroidered with diamond shaped motifs outlined in black, some embellished with mirrors; the centre panel is outlined in dark yellow stitching, a row of mirrors interspersed with embroidered bars, and an edging of black “braid” made from dense bundles of black thread that are laid and couched at wide intervals. There is a pompom made of cotton thread at each corner. The pouch is lined with red printed cotton gauze.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ? or Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1330/2

Small, flat, rectangular, multi-coloured pouch made by folding a long, narrow embroidered panel in half crosswise and stitching up the long sides, leaving one narrow end open. The embroidery is so densely worked that almost none of the background textile is visible. The two sides of the pouch are almost identical in design and colour. Each side of the pouch has a rectangular centre design panel embroidered with diamond shaped motifs and mirrors, worked with multi-coloured thread, outlined with black, on red cotton muslin; the central panel is bordered with a row of mirrors that are outlined with metallic thread and set between rows of black “braid” made from dense bundles of black thread that are laid and couched. Closely-spaced, faded red pompoms are sewn into the side seams. At the open end of the pouch is a casing made from grey-green cotton fabric. The pouch is lined with dark green cotton fabric.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ? or Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bull's Hood1330/10

Highly decorated hood for a bull, formed by joining two embroidered square panels along two of their adjacent edges and rounding off the point that is thus formed. The remaining two edges of the squares are left open, forming points at the bottom of the cover. Two ovoid openings, finished with binding, are located along the top edge. The two sides of the cover are heavily embroidered with square, circular and floral motifs, in red, orange, purple, green, and white, which are embellished with many round and tear-shaped mirrors on blue background. The embroidery is underlined with red-orange heavy cotton textile.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mobile Figure1610/13 a-e

The first piece (part a) is the head of a female painted with a green face and a large oval headdress surrounding her entire face. The headdress has a cylindrical stepped middle part, and the whole thing is red decorated with gold dots and a yellow rim. Her face is outlined with white and she has long black fibre hair. She has two knobs protruding from her face. The second piece (part b) is the upper body which has the arms bent at the elbows with the right perpendicularly forward holding a golden object and the left hand being held over the chest. The neck is long and tapers up to a point with a metal loop. The upper body garment is red decorated with green, blue, and gold. The third piece (part c) is the three red and beige multiple stringed strands with red and white tassels which are draped around the neck. The fourth piece (part d) is a skirt which tapers to a white point at the top with a metal loop. The waist has a dark blue belt decorated with circular gold flowers and a horizontal gold line around the top and the bottom of the belt. Oval beads are painted in three rows around the hips with a pink rope underneath. The skirt is white with visible light blue folds in the fabric and have two sets of horizontal rows that have pink in the middle and green around them which transition to yellow at the back. There is a long thin red front panel decorated with gold dots and sideways crescents outlined with two rows of gold dots followed by a pink, green, yellow, and white garland. Two long thin orange side panels are decorated with horizontal rows of green pink, blue, yellow and black. The fifth piece (part e) is the legs which are slightly fused together with dark blue anklets decorated with two horizontal of gold dots around the middle. The beige-pink feet are standing on a rounded circular base painted grey and black. There is a metal loop at the top of the legs.

Culture
Indian
Material
paper, cotton fibre, cement ?, dye, clay ?, paint, metal and paste adhesive
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carving1670/3

An elaborate wood carving with a central figure standing with the right leg crossed over the other and two smaller robed figures standing straight at the sides of the doorway. The sides of the doorway are carved with a spiral floral design and an angel at the top of either sides with negative space all around. An animal head is at the top centre of the doorway. The top and the base are carved with geometric designs in relief.

Culture
Indian
Material
wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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