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Sarong764/4

Brown textile with five series of parallel bands of brown stripes with mirrors, alternating with four wide bands of embroidered white and red zig-zag and scroll desgins with mirrors. Narrow strips of red and green with mirrors, and single red stripes are inbetween larger ones.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre ?, silk fibre ?, dye and glass ?
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket820/1

Long sleeve cotton jacket woven with vertical bands of colour and design in blue, red-orange, yellow and gold. Jacket is lined with white cotton. Exterior decorated: front openings embroidered with maroon and white, small, mirror-like reflective insets; area around neck opening decorated with white shells sewn on to red and green cotton print cloth. Shells border the central blue and gold diamond design panel on back of garment.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre, shell, glass ? and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile784/1

Heirloom cloth with supplementary weft of gold thread. Gold metallic embroidery of flowers and various surrounding areas of repeated geometric shapes, on red ground. Centre of flowers are coloured in blue, orange, brown, or pink.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre, gold metal ? and dye
Made in
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl772/2

Shawl composed of black fabric with bands of dark red running the length near the edges. The shawl is embroidered with multicoloured vertical bands of floral and geometric designs as well as humanoid figures and bird figures. There is also an inset band of multicoloured woven losenge designs near each end, and each end is finished with a fringe.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1359/2

Brown, square woven textile with a broad central section of linear and figurative designs; flanked on both sides by bands of geometric patterning. A single blue band of patterning on either side of the central design. Two fringed sides.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1359/1

Brown, square woven textile with a broad central section of linear designs; flanked on both sides by bands of geometric patterning. A single blue band of patterning on either side of the central design. Two fringed sides.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongIb423

Sarong of heavy cotton woven cloth in rectangular shape formed by two pieces sewn together. Striped with supplementary weft with red and brown silk on the weft. Decorated with gold thread in bird, fish, and abstract motifs in between supplementary vertical stripes on the blue cloth. Two multicoloured bands at each end. One end has gold couching with red thread. Embellished with sequins. One edge is unfinished.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, paper, metal, synthetic fibre, rayon fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeB427

Elongated, dagger-like knife (a) with wooden sheath (b). Carved handle with a band of chased geometric design where the handle is attached. Woven bands on the sheath.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
wood, rattan and steel metal
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CombB780

A comb that has forty-five short teeth and a horn handle frame with a hook-like feature at each end. The teeth of the comb are made of bamboo which is secured by the frame. Each tooth is held separated by woven hair.

Culture
Batak
Material
hair, bamboo grass and horn
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ContainerB192

Gourd covered with open weave; woven base. Wood stopper is secured by a piece of string. All red-brown with a bit of black.

Culture
Batak
Material
fibre, gourd fruit and rattan
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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