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Blouse379/1

Ecru blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a round neck, short sleeves and side slits. Around the neck is a pointed border in black, edged with red. The front and back are composed of three vertical panels sewn together with black stitching. The upper centre panel has a large embroidered square with a geometric pattern in many colours on black ground. The upper side panels and sleeves have smaller squares with the same geometric pattern. The bottom edge is unfinished and uneven. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2516/19

Hand-woven textile which could have been worn as a skirt. Top and bottom each have wide black bands with thinner off-white, black, light brown and red stripes inside them. The rest of the cloth is densely covered with traditional repeating geometric patterns.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2516/18

Hand-woven textile with woven traditional designs and two large male figures in orangy-red, black and off-white. Short fringe on both short ends. The long edges have bands of pink and off-white.

Culture
Iban
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseSa460

One-piece, rectangular blouse. Multi-coloured horizontal stripes, vertical brocade bands; stitched at neck and shoulders; crocheted around arm holes, with lace added. Vertical bands are patterned with animal, flower and geometric designs. Stitching is in light and dark green. The lace at arm holes has been added on over the top portion of the holes and over the crocheted band.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Huixoc, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSa458

Long, wool, red belt with black and white horizontal stripes and nineteen multi-coloured vertical brocaded bands in geometric patterns of diamonds, chevrons and diagonal lines. The bands are blue, green, yellow, pink and purple. Both ends have four braided tassels which end in a long, twisted and tied string.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
San Sebastian, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseSa457

Three pieced sleeveless blouse with predominantly red, blue and white vertical stripes. There is multi-coloured brocading across the top of various geometric patterns in purple, blue, pink, green and grey. The arm and neck holes are stitched with blue, purple and black thread and the seams with blue thread.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
San Juan Atitan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagSa455

Red, rectangular shaped, cotton bag with multi-coloured brocading, a thick red handle and twisted and tied fringe. The bag is detailed with four patterned bands in blue, orange, green, yellow, red and purple. Two bands have a floral motive, one a bird design and the other butterfly-like design. Both sides are decorated.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ixtahuacan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tortilla ClothSa454

Small, square shaped multi-coloured tortilla cloth with vertical stripes, fringed ends and an embroidered center design. The design consists of orange, yellow and red stripes intermixed with bands of blue. The central motif has an embroidered stylized x-pattern in between a checkered band in green, pink, yellow, purple, black, orange and red.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ixtahuacan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlSa451

Long, rectangular, woman's shawl detailed with multi-coloured stripe pattern and fringe ends that are twisted and tied. The stripes are yellow, green, pink, purple, blue, white, red and maroon.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
San Sebastian, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Incomplete LoomSa456 a-f

A partial set of backstrap loom pieces (parts a-f), consisting of a permanent bar (part a), two end bars (parts b and c), a dark brown pointed batten (part d), a heddle (part e) and a shed roll (part f). There is a purple string tied to the end of part a.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
bamboo grass, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Colotenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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