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Figure907/2

A figure of a brown man standing, wearing a yellow-white and black turban-like headpiece and a garment wrapped around the lower half of his body. He is on a flat rectangular wood base.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
wood, lacquer, paint and metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1034/5

A small tilted clay head of a female with a slight smile wearing a vertically grooved headdress. The figure is on a wood mount.

Culture
Indian
Material
clay
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1034/4

A clay head on a square block wood base. The hair is carved into a bun at the back middle, and is designed with circles to give it texture.

Culture
Indian
Material
clay and wood
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sculpture1034/3

A stone sculpture of a female head with her hair tied in a large bun at the top and ringlets on the hairline along her forehead. Attached to a wooden base.

Culture
Indian
Material
stone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sculpture1034/2

A stone bust of a female with earrings and necklaces. The sculpture is broken off at the head; on a wood stand. There are remnants of red paint.

Culture
Indian
Material
stone and paint
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoverEf423

Embroidered green silk square. Circular embroidered pink and purple centre pattern resembling a fanning peacock tail with mirrors framed by multi-coloured embroidered borders. Center is framed by several embroidered square borders, mostly in yellow, white, black and dark red, with circles and mirrors. Outer borders on orange silk ground. Embroidered with untwisted silk(?). Multi-coloured tassels hang off edges, each with two cowrie shells and two red beads. Two yellow chain stitch borders and square border between are incomplete. White-yellow cotton back.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silver alloy metal, cotton fibre, silk fibre, shell, glass and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HangingEf422

Yellow square with embroidered patterns. Centre has eight green, red and brown mirrored and dyed parrots which face each other in pairs. Nine large, stylized, brown flowers with many petals and mirror centres and multi-coloured sprays and cones. Cones are arranged singly or in fan shaped patterns. Brown floral pattern and sprays are repeated in a wide border, defined by an inner and outer narrow border and are banded with red, green and blue. Outer edge is bordered with multi-coloured triangles topped by tridents and there are mirrors between each triangle. White-yellow backing consists of two triangles stitched together; one rectangle has a narrow woven red edge the other in blue. Hanging loops are on each corner. Some embroidery stitches pass through the backing.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, glass and silk fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HangingEf421

Silk square, with a yellow centre and purple border. Centre embroidered with sixteen red, green and white peacocks and mirror-centred flowers it is bordered by mirror-centred flowers and leaves. The pattern is edged with a row of multi-coloured undulating ovoids and chevrons, embroidered with untwisted silk(?); backed with white-yellow cotton and bound with red cotton. Hanging loops present on the two lower corners.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
mica mineral ?, cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HangingEf420

Rectangle hanging composed of one long and one short (on left side as seen) pieces of textile, with seven pentagonal leaves stitched on one long side. The background is red cotton, lined with yellow-white cotton(?). A narrow black cotton(?) band separates the rectangle and leaves. There are three hanging loops on top corners and centre. Rectangle is heavily embroidered with varying sizes of mirrors which form eight distinct unstructured patterns. On either side of the centre is a pattern: one is on an orange embroidered background and the other is on blue. A border of closely spaced mirrors, enclosed in two undulating black lines, encloses the patterns: the top and sides of the rectangle are embroidered with multi-coloured closely spaced diamonds and inverted triangles; seven mirrored and embroidered leaves are stitched to the bottom edge. Three alternate leaves are centred with a large rectangular mirror; two of which are framed in silver coloured metal and the third one with pink metal. Two of the other leaves may represent stylized peacocks, and two have unstructured mirrored patterns. Each leaf is ordered with closely spaced mirrors enclosed in two undulating black lines. Yellow embroidery thread rayon(?) is seen throughout.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, metal and glass
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEf430

Rectangle silk textile with repeating horizontal rows of woven, metallic patterned ovals, each with two heart-shaped leaves; one leaf has diaper pattern, one has short broken lines, background of narrow vertical lines. Alternate rows of ovals face in opposite directions. Top and bottom are unfinished, sides are selvage.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, metal and silk fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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