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ShawlSa179

Square shaped cotton shawl with hand sewn centre seam. At each end warp threads are knotted into a fringe with blue tassels attached. The design consists of three rows of multi-coloured double-faced brocade floral designs, separated by narrow bands of white single-faced brocade. Smaller floral bands are bounded by multi-coloured single face stripes at each end. The colours are pink, blue, red, green, yellow and purple on a green ground.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
San Antonio De Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashSa157

Man's sash with 5 fine grey warp stripes on a red ground. Multi-coloured, embroidered geometric chevron and lozenge shapes at one end. The fringes at each end are twisted and tangled.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa318

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating sets of stripes in brown, white and red on a black ground. White adhesive tag has '38C' written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa317

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe pattern consisting of wide bands of orange along with thin bands of orange, white and red on a blue ground. White adhesive tag has '38B written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa316

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe pattern consisting of wide bands of yellow with thin bands of yellow, white and red on a navy ground. White adhesive tag has '38a' written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa315

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Evenly spaced repeating striped bands on red ground; dark blue on either side of black and white ikat; two thin black stripes; green on either side of black and white ikat. White adhesive tag has '37' written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa314

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Repeating pattern consisting of evenly spaced bands of red and white alternating with green and yellow checkered band, two orange stripes along with yellow and green bands. White adhesive tag has '36' written in black felt.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseSa262

Red cotton blouse with embroidery and stripe pattern. The blouse has a square shape with a square neckline and no sleeves. Across the upper front and back are rows of embroidered diamond, animal and bird motifs in dark blue and purple on red ground. The embroidery is 2-faced supplementary weft. The stripe pattern has thin vertical stripes in green overall. Along the bottom hem is a twisted red fringe. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa261

Skirt formed by two pieces of indigo-dyed cotton with two white stripes woven into the fabric every so often. The two pieces are joined together with a hand-embroidered multicoloured band (randas) insertion stitch seam in silk (?) and cotton or synthetic yarn. The ends are sewn together to form a tube.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceSa260

Silver necklace; numerous inter-locked circles form a spiralling circle chain. Each circle is 2 twisted wires, flattened and soldered after inter-linking.

Culture
Maya: Kekchi
Material
silver metal
Made in
Coban, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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