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Face Cover3655/1

Rectangular, pale orange-red fabric face covering with beadwork and embroidery. The cut out eye hole is divided by two wrapped fibre strings down the centre. The edge of the eye hole is decorated with chain stitch and metal beadwork. The cover has chain stitch embroidery and beadwork in concentric lines, leaving the middle plain. A fabric ridge is sewn down middle of covering, imitating a nose. Ridge has white beads along the crease on each side, and is more heavily beaded on the lower half. Unlined.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, glass and metal
Made in
Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/31

Wrap-around skirt (pukhang). Composed of two lengths of woven fabric, stitched together on a long edge. Red supplementary patterning with repeating diamonds. Each end has 5 bands - three solid red alternating with a band of zigzag designs and another band of concentric diamonds. Collector's tag sewn to back.

Culture
Kachin: Jingpo
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3655/3

Blue printed fabric. Composed of two textiles sewn together. Pattern consists of alternating rows of dark bands and light bands with repeating dark blue dots. Bright border with floral pattern. Raw frayed edges on two sides.

Culture
Syrian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Damascus, Syria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/44

Tube skirt. The skirt is composed of a rectangular textile stitched together on one edge to form a tube. Overall, the textile has a ground of blue with subtle vertical yellow lines. There is a plain section, followed by a section of alternating stripes of army green, purple, blue-green and grey with lines of repeating embroidered black checks. The lower two-thirds is embroidered with black dashed lines, sqares in diamond formations, and dashes flanked with a square above and below. The edge is finished with a small black and blue checkered patten. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Mon
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Mon, Mudon” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/38

Tube skirt composed of a rectangular textile that is stitched together on one side to form a tube. The fabric is woven with green on a red ground, which is iridescent in appearance. The skirt has an off-white with yellow, purple and blue floral pattern, with a section interspersed with vertical bands. Vertical stripes of silver-blue metallic thread are sewn incorporated in the fabric. A wide black plain-woven band is attached to the top. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Intha
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Taunggyi” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/10

Wrap-around skirt. Top portion is a solid dark blue. Lower portion has two thick bands of embroidered design on a black background, flanked by teal bands, with a large solid dark purple band through the middle. A single row of cowrie shells are sewn along the top band with strings of beads, evenly spaced, hanging down. Each string has many different sizes of reddish-brown cylindrical beads, a few small red glass beads, and each with a pearlescent seed at the end. From the centre of the row of cowrie shells, two bells are hung. Single-side embroidery.

Culture
Chin: Falam
Material
cotton fibre ?, cowrie shell, metal, clay, seed, shell and glass
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Falam” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Octopus Bag3656/31

Small bag, rectangular at top with eight arms hanging from bottom (commonly called an octopus style bag). Both sides are beaded with floral motifs using tiny beads on a dark brown-red cotton. Each arm has a short red and brown tassels with blue geometric beads attached. Interior of bag lined with brown cotton. There is a red and brown plaited strap attached near the opening.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
wool fibre, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/26

Tube skirt. Composed of a rectangular handwoven textile, sewn together on the short edge to create a wide tube. The skirt has a black background with bands along both the top and bottom edge. The band has horizontal alternating black and red lines on the outside edge, and a band of vertical alternating black and red lines, with a yellow line separating them from the centre. Supplementary weft patterning in the centre in red, dark green, yellow and white.

Culture
Chin: Mru
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine, Kyauktaw” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket3587/4

Man's jacket (sangpon bulaq) with bersang patterns. Off-white jacket with dark grey hexagonal shapes with dots, lines and other designs within the hexagon in dark grey and red. The sleeves have repeating clusters of four dots in a diamond patterns. Each cuff and the hem have two dark grey lines. The jacket has a straight collar with short lines at various angles.

Culture
Rawang
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3587/47

Decorative cloth with a rectangular off-white ground with embroidery at centre, which is bordered by strips of dark blue fabric and then strips of dark brown-red fabric. The off-white centre is embroidered in repeating geometric patterns in alternating sections using dark brown or brown-red thread. Collector's tag is sewn to back.

Culture
Tai Lue
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Mong Yawng” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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