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Blouse1201/17

Woman or girl’s multicoloured, short-sleeved, blouse front. Dense, bold geometric motifs, embroidered in silk and cotton thread, cover the entire surface of the garment, and in most areas completely hide the ground textile, which is made of red cotton. The shoulder area is defined by large floral designs; below the armholes the motifs form an apron effect, with a wide border at the hemline and along the side edges. Mirrorwork, white rickrack and red beaded pompoms are incorporated into the design overall. At the neckline there is a straight, centre-front slit, decorated with triangular dark grey tabs with tie-cords. Tie-cords are also located at the back of the neck. At the back of the shoulders, plain panels of dark red cotton textile are attached. Sleeves are extensions of the shoulder pieces. Sleeve edges and the hem are bound with strips of plain cotton textile trimmed with decorative machine stitching. A label made of off-white cotton textile, printed with a rubber stamp, is attached at the neck edge on the front with a loose running stitch.

Culture
Meghwal ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal, plastic, shell and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
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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Bracelet672/3

An oval-shaped yellowish metal bracelet with a knob at both ends between which there is a space. The bracelet is decorated with an engraved design of diagonal lines with hatch marks.

Culture
South Asian
Material
metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Seat Cover1370/3

A flat, embroidered seat cover. It appears to be shaped to fit a large bicycle seat. It is constructed from blue cotton textile (that has faded to a blue gray colour on the front side of the object), which is profusely embroidered in chain stitch with bright orange and mustard yellow silk or rayon floss, using a meandering pattern, along with paisley motifs and designs that perhaps represent peacocks. A small hooked sun disc motif, enclosed in a circle, appears in the centre, and along the perimeter of the design field are several small discs made from yellow, green and white glass beads. Some gold metallic braid is incorporated into the design. The embroidered textile is edged with a dense fringe made from twisted dark red fibre (faded) and white glass beads, and a ruffle made from dark green synthetic knitted textile. The embroidery is backed with red cotton textile.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
synthetic fibre, glass, metal, dye, cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse Front Panel1098/6

Embroidered textile panel for a blouse front. The embroidery is worked on gray-green cotton textile, with predominantly red and purple/mauve geometric designs and mirrorwork. The designs are outlined in black and orange. The embroidery is underlined with bright pink block printed cotton gauze. A strip of bright green embroidered cotton textile (15.8 cm wide) is sewn to the lower edge; the colours of this strip, as well as the style of embroidery, are different from those used on the upper portion of the textile.

Culture
South Asian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, silver alloy metal, glass and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1201/31

Embroidered, multi-coloured, flat, square envelope style bag or purse made by folding and stitching a square piece so that three of its corners meet in the centre, leaving the fourth corner free to form a flap. The seams are roughly sewn with yellow thread. The geometric embroidered designs are worked in white, black, blue and yellow silk floss on red, loosely-woven cotton textile. In addition to stitchery, the piece is embellished with mirrors.

Culture
Rabari ? or Ahir ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, glass, metal and silk fibre
Made in
India ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress Panel Textile1201/28

Densely embroidered square textile, stitched overall with meandering patterns worked in orange thread in chain stitch on a background of purple silk or cotton textile. The design field is divided into four equally sized squares, separated from one another with rows of narrow gold metallic braid. The textile is embellished with five large (4 cm) ornamental discs, made from several layers of black cotton textile, topped with a layer of red cotton textile and embellished with white cowrie shells, blue glass beads and white shell buttons; one of these discs is located at the centre of each of the four sides of the textile, and there is one in the centre. The textile is edged with blue and white glass beading on all four sides. The embroidery is backed with a layer of dark red cotton textile.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
cotton fibre, glass, shell, dye, metal, silk fibre and cowrie shell
Made in
Afghanistan ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse1098/3

Flat, rectangular, envelope-style, embroidered purse with triangular flap located on one short end. One side is detailed with densely worked counted-thread gold metallic embroidery and edged with blue beadwork. The design follows the shape of the purse, with a central panel and borders, worked in flat stitches which form various textures. On the reverse side, there are two rectangular panels that form pockets. The two ends fold together with the opening at the triangular flap. Lined with printed plaid cotton flannelette.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, synthetic fibre, glass, metal and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEf269

A finely woven off-white circular wool hat with the machine sewn top sewn to a long rolled tube. The tubular section has decorative seams consisting of circular rings. Top of hat is lined with white cotton.

Culture
Kalash
Material
sheep wool fibre
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CoatB700

Long brown robe with rectangular collar, long sleeves and front centre opening. Dark brown braid is appliquéd around collar, centre opening, upper back, back of sleeves, cuffs, pocket openings and bottom hem. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chitrali ?
Material
cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Northwest Frontier, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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