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TextileK2.153

Rectangular shaped cotton textile consisting of hand woven strips with machine sewn bordered ends. The design is alternating red and brown stripes of the same approximate width.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente GarmentK2.152

Kente garment. Large woven cloth with an orange background, covered with red, green and black geometric designs in a checkerboard pattern.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nkwataya, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeK2.151

Large, rectangular green woven fabric with orange, blue, and yellow surface embroidery in geometric patterns. Overall robe is made from several individual strips of the same material hand-sewn together. Fringe at either end.

Culture
Asante ?
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.150

Textile composed of cotton damask with a geometric pattern of small squares and a mottled light green and dark greenish-blue tie-dyed pattern. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
Mende
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.149

Small, rectangular shaped textile. This is a small sample of Khente cloth, which is normally five or six yards long and two yards wide, worn draped around the body and over one arm. Label reads, A.E. Asare and Co. Dento Mills Nsawan, Ghana. Green background with geometric and striped designs in red, orange, yellow; fringed at both ends.

Culture
Ewe
Material
silk fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.148 a-b

Long, rectangular shaped cotton textile (parts a-b) consisting of a repeated red, green, and black stripe and geometric pattern on a light grey with thin black striped ground. Both ends have a twisted thread fringe.

Culture
Nupe
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bida, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.147 a-b

Rectangular shaped cotton textile (parts a-b) with one edge that protrudes slightly farther then the rest object. Both parts are detailed black and white thick and thin stripes creating a plaid-like design.

Culture
Gbari
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Abuja, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FragmentM3.90

Cylindrical fragment of glass bead with yellow feathered trail design on blue.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
glass
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FragmentM3.89

Fragment of glass with a yellow, grey, green and off-white floral motif on a dark grey background.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
glass
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FragmentM3.87

Fragment of glass with a mottled design in green and black.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
glass
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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