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Bowl658/1

A light white-brown papier-mache bowl painted with pink, yellow, and blue animals, floral designs, and geometric designs.

Culture
North India
Material
paper, lacquer ?, paint and paste adhesive
Made in
Baas, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging1029/13

Rectangular, appliquéd wall hanging or canopy, featuring repeated motifs formed from pieces of grey, red, yellow and tan cotton textile which have been cut, the edges turned under and slip-stitched down onto an off-white cotton textile background. In the large central field, there are 28 identically shaped square motifs, measuring approximately 20 cm x 20 cm, with stylized floral centres, arranged in a multicoloured checkerboard pattern. Around the edges there is an appliquéd border of abstracted elephant motifs on all four sides, edged with two rows of red and grey sawtooth designs. Small loops of cotton string are spaced at the corners and at intervals along the edges.

Culture
Kathi ? or Rabari ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ? or Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kavad Shrine2587/2 a-k

A miniature mobile temple with several doors, each painted with various folk deities and text, appearing to tell a story. The last door concludes the narration, opening with a darshan of Ram, Lakshman and Sita, standing in the innermost chamber of the temple. The sides and ends of the shrine are decorated with floral, ray and cross-hatching motifs. There is a small drawer under the doors and a compartment in back for worshippers to deposit coins (see Cultural Context field). A leather strap is attached to the top. There is a shrine (part a), a sliding panel (part b), and doors (parts c-k).

Culture
Bhat
Material
metal, paint, wood and skin
Made in
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shrine548/24

A large wooden box-like structure, rectangular cube, with multiple hinged doors painted with human and animal figures in polychrome on a red background. Possible colours include white, blue, green, and yellow.

Culture
North India
Material
wood, metal ? and paint
Made in
Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting Hanger548/2 b

Plain wooden stick that slides into a tube at the top of painting, 548/2 a.

Culture
North India
Material
wood
Made in
Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pants632/2

Black cotton pants with waist gathered at a wide waistband and banded cuffs with geometric embroidery. All stitching is executed with black thread.

Culture
North India
Material
rayon fibre ?
Made in
Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile552/1

Long, rectangular, black cotton textile with a white stripe on each end of a floral motif. The central design consists of a green branch-like image with red and white flowers and/or berries. Each end has a constricted amount of images while the centre is more spaced out in vertical and horizontal lines. The ends are raw.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SariEf254

Large rectangular piece of thin, muslin-like, tie-dyed cotton. Fabric has been folded in four and entirely covered with closely spaced, knot-like resist ties that penetrate all four layers of folded cotton, giving the material a puckered appearance. The outer border of the fabric has been dyed orange, while the rectangular centre is a deep red. Where resist ties have come undone at one end, a minute dotted motif of white, yellow, and green circles surrounding tiny red or orange centres emerges.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeEf129

Man's cloak in 2 sections, stitched together with red, turquoise, orange and natural wool. Woven horizontal and vertical striped design, along edge in brown, band of two red and one black stripes, orange at very edge, and band of orange, green, red, turquoise and black run parallel to edge. At ends, a parallel bands run perpendicular to edge. Red, black checker, orange and green bands, as well as solid black stripe, and band of black between red lines. Band of wool warp threads only near fully woven ends.

Culture
Rajasthani
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShoesEf126 a-b

Pair of men's shoes, slip-on style, with squared toes, and pointed tongues as well as heel backs. The uppers are cut from one piece of tan leather edged with narrow strips of tan leather and attached by thin green leather stitching. Separate triangular leather reinforcements at upper heels are also stitched with green leather. A thick sole is formed by glued layers of leather with extra layers forming the heel and half sole at the front of each shoe. Upper are glued and sewn with a thick strand of fibrous jute (?) string.

Culture
Rajasthani
Material
dye, cow skin, jute fibre ? and adhesive
Made in
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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