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Chatelaine Bag3660/39

Small tulip-shaped cloth bag with densely beaded floral motifs on both sides in blue, green, red, yellow, white and clear. The beads are stitched on to a brown pile velvet fabric. There is a lighter brown fabric sewn around the edges, and a short handle made of brown velvet with a blue-purple silk backing. The top of the bag is open, and the interior lining is a dusty pink, shiny fabric.

Culture
Haudenosaunee
Material
cotton fibre, fibre, plastic and glass ?
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Booklet3660/32

Birch bark booklet with quillwork. The cover has red maple leaf, angled row of white cross-hatching, and then in red "Veterans Guard of Canada" in quillwork. Inside birch bark pages are blank. The cover is edged with bent grass(?) and is whip-stitched with black cotton thread. There is a small adhesive sticker on the inside of the front cover, "F 3.00". The back is plain except four angled white quills, in two pairs.

Culture
Anishinaabe
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket3668/6

White, felted wool jacket with wide folded collar and centre opening; secured shut with three loops and bobble buttons. Collar is embroidered with connecting flowers and vines; done in orange, dark blue, and pink. Being with a serpentine body embroidered on either side of jacket opening, along sleeves, and down back centre of jacket. Being has a triangular head and wide open mouth, with loops imitating teeth and a wavy tongue; curved lines extend from nose, and swirls along bottom edge of jaw. Creature has frilled neck, three legs along length of looped body, and tail with fanning lines. Head and tongue are pink, eye is orange, frills are green and orange, body is orange with dark blue and green highlights, legs and tail are green and pink; circles along body are pink, circles and swirls on head are dark blue. All edges of jacket are trimmed with light purple cotton and bordered with wavy pink lines; additional dark blue irregular-shaped lines border cuffs, jacket opening, and bottom edge.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fan3660/31

Fan of white and some purple-blue downy feathers, and a birch bark handle with quillwork. The front has attached a small black and orange-yellow bird with its body oriented downwards, and head turned to its left. The back has 11 white feathers extending out of the handle, the tops of which have been rounded with downy feathers extending beyond them. There is quillwork on both sides of the birch bark handle. On the front, there is a seated person in profile with a pipe held to their mouth next to a small tree surrounded by a foliage frame with a flower at the top and bottom. Below, a bird in profile stands within some foliage. The quillwork on the back of the handle depicts another person in profile with a pipe(?) held to their mouth, situated between two different plants and also framed by foliage and a flower at the top and bottom. Below appears to be a red plant.

Culture
Huron-Wendat
Material
down feather, feather, baltimore oriole bird ?, birch bark, porcupine quill ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Ontario, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vase3660/46

Folding tulip-shaped fabric vase with square base. Opposing sides feature similar beadwork. Two sides have five-petaled flowers, with each petal a different colour - yellow, white, blue, clear and dark blue, with a larger white bead at centre, and green foliage. The other two sides have two flowers, shown in profile, with yellow and white petals, and connected by dark green foliage. The designs are framed on each side by light green tube beads that follow the shape of the vase. The opening is beaded with small loops of green with a clear bead on each loop. Handwritten along interior top edge is 'R DELARONDE'. The interior is lined with off-white fabric. The base is plain.

Culture
Mohawk: Kanienkehaka
Material
fibre, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3660/27

Doll with a cloth body and is dressed in fabric garments. Its legs are disproportionately large, wrapped at the feet in navy blue and multi-coloured fabric, followed by off-white fabric, and then brown fabric with an off-white crisscross and floral pattern. The head is wrapped in blue fabric, covering the face and neck, with a black yarn necklace around the neck. The doll has small red rectangular earrings with orange beads. The back of the head is wrapped in off-white fabric, and the doll wears a navy blue hat with a multi-coloured pattern. The top consists of various fabric pieces stitched together to form a tunic, featuring vibrant red and blue patterned strips of fabric in vertical stripes, a dark brown band with pink floral patterns, and a large yellow rectangular patch on the back. The tunic's shoulders match the hat and foot covering. Over the tunic, the doll wears an off-white bib with black yarn stitching along the edges. The arms are small and made from plain off-white fabric. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Herero
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Namibia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3660/28

Doll with a cloth body dressed in layered fabric garments. Its disproportionately large legs are wrapped in brown fabric at the feet, followed by green fabric up to the thighs, light grey wrapping above that, and brown-red fabric around the hips and waist. The face is undecorated and dark brown, while the head is wrapped in the same brown-red fabric that extends down to the hips, with a green band at the waist. Additionally, the doll wears a yellow beaded necklace. The doll's long brown fabric arms are wrapped and extend straight out to the sides. It wears a beaded leather hat with short fringe and yellow and orange beading, and an apron with a long fringe, featuring beaded detailing in brown and vibrant blue around the waist. The fringe in the back extends beyond the doll’s length. The body is filled with stuffing.

Culture
Herero
Material
cotton fibre, rawhide skin and glass ?
Made in
Namibia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/28

Tube skirt. The skirt is composed of two lengths of dark purple textile stitched together to form a tube. One opening has a 6.5 cm dark grey band attached, with a small section of black textile included to match the width. The other end is unfinished. The dark purple is embroidered with columns of diamonds alternating between groups of two and four in red, white, light purple, yellow, and light green-yellow. There is an off-centre column of repeating diamonds - one column of white and red, and another column of light green-yellow and light purple, with the pattern mirrored on the opposite side of a plain band featuring the text 'GANGAW SPECIAL'. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Yaw
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Magway, Gangaw” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3587/12

Sleeveless blouse with single-sided embroidery. Composed of six pieces of woven textiles sewn together. Two larger rectangular pieces are folded in half lengthwise, then partially stitched together down the long edges, creating a v-neck opening for the head and arm holes. Both pieces have red backgrounds with repeating embroidered diamond and other geometric shapes. Down the centre of each piece is a black embroidered band with alternating red and green diamonds and gold zigzags on each side. The black band is flanked by two smaller green bands which are embroidered with orange and yellow zigzags. Four smaller pieces of textile are sewn to the bottom. Each piece has a horizontal solid red band, flanked by two smaller bands of repeating embroidered diamonds in green, red, yellow, and white, outlined in black. Along the bottom edge is a purple band (due to the addition of blue to the red ground) with a thin black band through the centre embroidered with diamonds in red, white and green. The bottom edge has a short fringe.

Culture
Chin
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Haka” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Face Cover3655/2

Rectangular fabric face covering, with coins and beadwork across surface. Covering has a plain dark brown-red centre, bordered by strips of metal beadwork, and adorned with opalescent buttons stitched with pink thread. Two eye holes cut out above rectangle; fabric ridge sewn down middle of covering, imitating a nose. Ridge has coins attached along the top edge, and plastic beads and buttons along the sides. The largest coin is a worn Victoria Empress - One Rupee India 1901. Three long tassels are attached to the top corner of both sides, and three short tassels hang from the bottom edge. The tassels alternate between sections of metal beading, wrapped metal fibres, and red, orange or green tassels. There are three straps attached to the back.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, metal, shell ?, glass, silver metal and skin
Made in
Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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