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SkirtEe40

Long, rectangular cotton skirt made of two panels sewn together in the middle. The textile is cream with a black band along the outer edge and a black stripe design in the middle.

Culture
Adi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEe36

A rectangular sample of green woven cloth. Main geometric design has been embroidered on either end with the design consisting of alternating white and yellow outlined diamond shapes that have red dots interdispersed throughout and bordered by a central dotted red line that has a yellow dotted line at either side. Hemmed along the top and bottom with raw side edges

Culture
Adi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEe35

A small rectangular sample of woven dark red cloth. Ends are embroidered in a white and yellow geometric design. Pattern resembles a snowflake bordered on each side by parallel rows of stitching. Ends have also been machine stitched. Hemmed along the top and bottom with raw side edges.

Culture
Adi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoinclothEe19

Long strip of woven, cream-coloured cotton with warp threads left loose at one end to form 57 cm. of tassel. Band of woven design at other end, in alternating bands of bright red, green, and pink forming diamond shapes with weft threads. Portion of design, roughly in centre, forms larger diamonds in black, green, bright red, orange and pink.

Culture
Nocte
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEe18

Cotton, sleeveless and collarless jacket made from a single piece of red woven cloth that has been folded over and hand sewn at the sides. The front is open. White and red band of geometric, lozenge design woven on upper back, lower border and over the chest line. A small panel on upper back consists of four separate horizontal geometric-patterned bars in green and white.

Culture
Adi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEe7

A black jacket that has a border trim and a pattern on the upper portion of the back. Made of one folded black fabric piece, open at the front, with sleeves made from two fabric pieces. Border design around neck, chest line, lower border, and sleeve edges. Larger geometric design on upper back is made up of interconnected orange, yellow, and white triangles in a traditional diamond pattern with four horizontally extending lines. The border has a main design consisting of an orange diamond pattern row having white dots interspersed within and outlined by thin orange and white bands.

Culture
Adi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeEe24

An engraved metal pipe with a bowl and a stem. Dark blue cord goes through rings on the stem. Alternating pattern of leaf-like design and circles on the stem.

Culture
Mishmi
Material
metal
Made in
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PipeEe23 a-c

A silver pipe made of three pieces including a straight stem (part a), a grooved wooden connecting plug (part b), and a hook-shaped bowl (part c). Two sets of rings are around the ends of the stems (parts a, and c) nearest the connector, from which extend four equally spaced vertical lines of melted wire decoration along the stems. Floral decoration around the exterior of the bowl (part c).

Culture
Mishmi
Material
silver metal and wood
Made in
Lohit, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEe22

A small rectangular tightly woven bag made from a single piece of material. Machine stitched across the bottom and up one side. Open edge is selvedged. Main design is consisting of alternating red and yellow wefts about every inch on a black background. Top three bands of three are in red, then consistently two rows of yellow and three rows of red, except for a repeat of two rows of red in the centre.

Culture
Tangsa
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtEe21

Large rectangular yellow cotton skirt; machine hemmed decorated with a vertical chevron design in red, black and white, extending down the centre of the garment. A different wider border design extends horizontally across the garment, consisting of thin stripes in green, red and white.

Culture
Adi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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