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Short PantsEg401

Brief-like shorts with a drawstring waist and a multicoloured beaded fringe with pom-poms around the leg holes. Front and back of shorts are covered in strips of brightly coloured satin-like material sewn into a chevron pattern. Front of shorts have a bilaterally symmetrical image of two red and blue fabric birds and sequin-like metal hearts sewn onto it at random intervals.

Culture
South India
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, metal, shell ?, synthetic fibre ? and paint ?
Made in
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile406/14

Textile consisting of a bolt of off-white fabric with unfinished edges and a stamped red inscription near the edge.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
cotton fibre ? or ink ?
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt389/1

Black velvet belt pointed at bottom centre, with metal embroidery. Two snaps on one end, one on other. Lining coming through at one end.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
fibre and metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress1014/1

Woman’s long, sleeveless, A-line dress made of purple silk damask that is patterned over-all with small coin-like motifs and larger roundels enclosing images of dragons and an auspicious symbol. The neckline has a high collar that extends diagonally from centre front, across the chest from left to right and fastens under the right armhole with a loop and metal ball-shaped button. The edges are faced with strips of blue silk or rayon crepe that is patterned with black and white ribbon-like streamers and pink, red and green floral motifs. The garment is lined with gray cotton with an over-all printed pattern of red, green, white and dark blue ovoid shapes.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
silk fibre, dye, metal, cotton fibre and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Tibet ? or India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Turban ClothEf477

Long, rectangular sheer red cloth with raw ends and sides.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Madhya Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head ClothEf469

A long, rectangular, sheer, very pale light green fabric with woven horizontal bands consisting of an alternating pattern between flowers and shell-like bow-tie-like shapes. Edged with orange and gold-coloured threads.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silk fibre ?, metal and dye
Made in
Madhya Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backless Blouse1187/10

Woman’s backless blouse with plain bodice, pieced from blue, yellow and red cotton broadcloth, and decorative elbow length sleeves, pieced from panels of embroidery and jacquard-woven ribbon. It has a V neckline in the front and ties at the centre back neck and at the waist with self-fabric ties. The embroidered panels on the sleeves are embellished with metal sequins and mirrors. There is a small pocket on the lower right side of the blouse.

Culture
South Asian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, glass, silver alloy metal and dye
Made in
India ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure1394/1

A metal fish that can stand on its three legs. There is a geometric pattern design of rows of concentric circles in between vertical lines.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile453/1 b

Red silk textile with alternating diagonal rows of black, green and white embroidered flowers. Borders at one edge, embroidered white floral border above, and black and white embroidered flowers between two thin green strips. Gold coloured fabric on reverse.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian ? or Indian: Central Indian ?
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1376/2

Very long, narrow, black and grey textile, decorated with many horizontal rows of resist-dyed or painted red disks that are overprinted or stamped with black cross-shaped motifs, like petals of a flower. Sections woven with wool or goat hair yarns alternate with sections woven with cotton yarns. Long black fringes at each end are made by tightly twisting the warp yarns.

Culture
North India ?
Material
wool fibre ?, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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