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ShawlB662

Long, rectangular shaped silk shawl with many geometric patterns in gold and bronze coloured metallic thread on dark purple and maroon ground. The centre of the piece is dark purple while the top and bottom border, along with the ends, is maroon.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoinclothEf433

Rectangular, white cotton loincloth with a red border. The border consists of a solid line with interior decorative line. The ends are raw.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEf448

Long rectangular shaped sheer silk ? textile consisting of a red and white designed horizontal stripe border intermixed with solid stripes of green and yellow. The centre has fine horizontal stripes of red and dark brown. One end has thick red and white vertical stripes followed by a brown and white stripe. The opposite end has three vertical white stripes.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileB676

Long, rectangular textile with stylized flowers and geometric design in black on a cream background. There is a black geometric border that runs along the top and bottom with two stripes on either side. There are two differing, floral patterns in between each line of border. The centre has a black lozenge pattern. The ends are raw.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtB660

Rectangular shaped pink skirt with red and light blue horizontal stripes. In the centre is a vertical wool strip with a yellow, red, black and white zigzag pattern. The textile has a dark green and blue and white border.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile548/29

Square textile consisting of sewn patchwork layered. The edges have a triangular patterned repeated in different layers and colours; from red, grey and beige. The central design is red with cream cutout shapes creating a floral motif. Around the centre are beige, yellow, blue and red birds cutout in profile.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SariEf373

Long rectangular, green sari with a sheer crepe weave, machine stitched on both ends with silver and green ribbon edging. Throughout the textile are silver coloured metal studs spaced closed together at one end then widely spaced over the rest of the length. One end and part of the side does not have the silver edging.

Culture
North India
Material
silk fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Punjab, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Panel1559/2

Rectangular embroidered and appliquéd textile panel, decorated with mirrors and edged with closely-spaced cowrie shells on three sides; the top edge is has a fibre loop attachment at the left corner. The design in the centre of the panel consists of two square motifs, embellished with rows of mirrors on a red and dark yellow background. A border design of embroidered and appliquéd bands and mirrors surrounds the central motifs. There are three 'tassels' made of clusters of bell-shaped pompoms of fine cotton thread and suspended from twisted fibre cords, evenly spaced on the 'bottom' edge; the tassels are trimmed with cowrie shells and metal beads.

Culture
Banjara
Material
cotton fibre, glass, cowrie shell, lead metal ?, silk fibre ?, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile453/1 a

Alternating white and blue flowers and leaves, outlined in white embroidery, on red ground. Green border at bottom with larger flowers in white, blue, and green outlined in white embroidery. Reverse side is light brown fabric.

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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MatB732

Plain woven mat in herring bone pattern. Knitted belts put together. Ends hemmed with string. Small nail sticking out near one end at side.

Culture
Santal
Material
palm leaf and fibre
Made in
Bihar, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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