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Textile1093/1

Long, rectangular cotton textile consisting of two panels sewn together in red, down the middle. There is a twisted thread fringe on each end. The sides have the red border followed by orange, black and green stripes. The middle has a light red and cream striped design with a central cream panel with light red house-like images along the sides.

Culture
East African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Somalia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pants1091/17

Natural coloured linen pants with cotton waistband. The pants have a wide waistband and wide straight pant legs. Several pieces have been sewn together with dark thread to form the pant legs. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and flax fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pants1091/15

Red pants with natural coloured waistband. The pants have a wide waistband, centre gusset and wide straight pant legs. There is black stitching on the seams. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket1091/12

Dark blue jacket. The jacket has long tapered sleeves, side slits and centre front opening with a single brass frog closure. Around the neck and partway down the centre opening is dark blue band, edged with white stitched trim. The sleeves have an added piece, extending them. The neck and centre opening are lined with tan fabric. The rest of the inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, dye, brass metal and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Flag1091/5

White flag with painted black characters, attached to a curved wooden stick.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, wood and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron1057/2

Light brown apron with dark blue border on the bottom, dark green on the other three sides. Two green stripes go across the lower half; each has nine bells attached. Four bells and seven thimbles are attached to the bottom of the apron. Top half of apron is embroidered with an eagle in pink, red and green on wings, yellow on beak and feet, holding a green in its mouth and one foot. Ink design in wings indicates embroidery is unfinished. One tie extends on each side of apron.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, brass metal ?, ink, wool fibre, dye and silk fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1046/4

Rectangular, multi-coloured silk ikat bed cover or wall hanging, backed with machine printed, floral cotton textile. On the ikat side are 25 narrow vertical stripes of seven-colour warp-face ikat designs, separated by narrower, unpatterned green, yellow, or red-purple stripes. The weft is bright pink, giving the piece an over-all rosy appearance. The machine printed cotton backing textile is predominantly red, with brown, tan and white details, and the piece is bound on all four edges with bias cut green silk textile. Several lengths of ikat textile were pieced together to achieve the desired width.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan ? or Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1046/3

Rectangular, multi-coloured silk ikat bed cover or wall hanging, backed with red, white and gray-blue machine printed cotton textile. The patterns on the ikat side are large and boldly colourful and are composed of six-colour warp-face ikat designs on three narrow vertical panels that have been stitched together to achieve the desired width. The silk weft is bright pink, giving the piece an overall rosy appearance. The cotton backing textile is loosely attached to the ikat silk with running stitches made with red thread. All edges are bound with green silk bias binding.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan ? or Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1045/1

Rectangular suzani textile with dense appliqué designs on cream ground. In the centre are round red flowers and multicoloured floral motifs. Around the flowers are green vines arranged in a diamond pattern. There is a border around the edges with large round red flowers and circular green vines. The back lining is blue with a diagonal line pattern in white and dark blue. There is a strip of fabric with tabs for hanging sewn to the top edge.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Bukhara, Uzbekistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse1314/2

Brown blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a rectangular shape with a square neck and no sleeves. Around the neck is a border with a floral motif in red, yellow and purple, edged with black velvet. The front and back are divided into three vertical panels by pleats sewn with green stitching. The upper centre panel has a large embroidered square with floral and leaf motifs in many colours on maroon ground. The upper side panels have smaller squares with floral and leaf motifs on maroon ground. The bottom edge is unfinished and uneven. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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