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Bag473/12

Bag made of red fabric with fine yellow, green, blue and white vertical stripes, a wide strap, and four red string tassels a the bottom edge. The top edges of the mouth are finished with braided blue, white and red string with the ends hanging loose.

Culture
Karen
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse473/9

Black blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a v-neck and no sleeves with braided yellow and pink yarn around the openings. On the lower front and back are several horizontal rows of embroidery. The majority of rows have squares with red triangle motifs and long white seeds on black ground. The other rows have geometric motifs in yellow, pink, blue and green yarn on black ground. Extra yarn hangs from the centre and side seams like tassels. Near the bottom is a solid red appliqué band. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Karen
Material
cotton fibre ?, seed and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Turban Cloth473/13

Plain white band with ends woven in red with zig-zag patterns in orange and green. Side fringe in weave colours, white, and red fringe at ends.

Culture
Karen
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong473/10

Two red textiles joined by a seam at centre with orange and light brown stripes outlined in black, narrow stripes of orange, light brown and white in between, and one black stripe near each side. Raw ends.

Culture
Karen
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseEi39

Two identically cut panels; sleeveless; stitched together at sides; hidden seams; hemmed; v-shaped neck front and back. Red felt trim cut along one side in repeating pattern of peaks. White, yellow, green, and pink lengths of rickrack trim stitched overtop. Trim borders armholes, front and back of neck, and hem, then extends further to form tassels. Embroidered motif of green flower stalk with pink and yellow flowers repeated to follow trim around hem, arm, and neck openings.

Culture
Karen
Material
rayon fibre, synthetic fibre ? and wool fibre ?
Made in
“Myanmar: Bago, Toungoo ?” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseEi42

Two identically cut black cotton panels; sleeveless; stitched together at sides; hidden seams and hem. V-shaped neck front and back. Red wool trim cut along one side in repeating pattern of stepped-pyramid shapes; white rickrack trim stitched overtop. Both border armholes and front and back of neck then extend further to form tassels. Lower blouse area has horizontal woven bands front and back of supplementary weft float patterning. Embroidered on cotton, green vine and pink floral repeating pattern follows trim around arm and neck openings.

Culture
Karen
Material
wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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