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Panel421/5

Red silk panel with green damask silk flap and embroidery. The rectangular red panel has lotus, scroll, floral and fish motifs. The green flap is folded over onto the top of the red panel. On the flap are Buddha’s hand citron, peach, bat and circular gold ornament motifs on a green damask woven with a swastika motif. The panel and flap are edged with white floral and black trim. The back lining is orange cotton. There is a black ink inscription on the back lining.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bib806/4

Collar made of different patterned fabric pieces. The pieces are five-sided with an outwards point. The pieces are sewn together with white thread. The centre is edged with blue trim. The back lining is white cotton with a blue floral print.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile764/6

Rectangular red textile with mottled brown and light red zig-zag pattern. Two sections on short sides are straight parallel yellow stripes alternating with narrow bands with same mottled colours. Two white an dark green stripes run across this pattern, and parallel stripes of yellow, orange, dark green and white.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar1520/1

Multicoloured collar with embroidery. There are nine overlapping pieces arranged in the shape of a bear. The bear’s face is on the front centre piece with black whiskers and round ears. There are white claws on the four long pieces. The four long pieces have embroidered fish and scorpion motifs. The four short pieces have bear and spider motifs. All the edges have black trim. The back is lined with blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, skin ? and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsEdz4131

Glazed black pants with natural coloured waistband. The pants have a wide waistband, centre gusset and wide straight pant legs. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1201/29

Densely 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 as a flap. The intricate geometric embroidered designs are worked in silk floss on a cotton textile and are so densely worked that the background textile is almost invisible. In addition to stitchery, the piece is embellished with mirrors and red and black pompoms. The embroidery is backed with blue-green cotton textile.

Culture
Meghwal ?
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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Textile1201/32

Multi-coloured embroidered and beaded square textile. The embroidery is predominantly orange, with deep pink and purple accents, worked in chain stitch on green silk background; the design field is divided into four identical quadrants, separated by rows of gold metallic braid. In each corner of the textile, and in the centre, are prominent multi-coloured discs (known as ‘dress flowers’); each disc is decorated with glass beads arranged in concentric circles around a small mirror. All edges of the square are trimmed with a short, heavy fringe of white glass beads. The discs are stiffened, probably with light weight cardboard. The piece is backed with red cotton textile.

Culture
Hazara ? or Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, glass, metal, plastic ?, silk fibre and paper
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltEe33

Belt woven from red cotton (?) with a woven multicoloured design in silk (?) featuring squares with four smaller squares in the centre of each. This woven design covers slightly less than one half of the belt on one face. The ends are loose.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre ?, silk fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck TieEe38

Neck tie made of black cotton with a woven design near the base of the tie. The design consists of four horizontal red bands with three sets of vertical bands of diamond shapes in yellow and white divided by thin yellow horizontal bands.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1444/23

Rectangular shaped, red cotton textile decorated with a top section of stripes embroidered with geometric designs in orange, red, yellow and dark blue. The bottom half section consists of long, thin strips of fabric with thin embroidered yellow stripes with a thin dark blue border. The bottom strips are loose creating a fringe.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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