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Textile456/9

A long rectangular hand-woven twill weave olive green textile. Perhaps a table runner? Has narrow horizontal bands of woven geometric designs and plain wider bands at each end. The main design is consisting of seven bands in an alternating pattern of a slim band with a cream-coloured dotted band that has squares within and a wider band that has alternating cream-coloured x-like and star-like shapes surrounded by a striped band outlined by a cream-coloured dotted line that has squares at either side. The central band has cream-coloured x-shapes and diamond shapes. The centre has seven more slim bands with a cream-coloured dotted band that has squares within. Selvages on each side. Ends are finished with a knotted fringe. Course and stiff linen or hemp with a weft design, worked in cotton? Reversible.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
flax fibre ?, hemp fibre ?, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band523/3

Thin band with woven pattern and tassels. The pattern repeats white geometric shapes within square blocks on pink ground with green borders. The ends have tassels with green, pink, yellow and white.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band523/2

Thin band with woven pattern and tassels. The pattern repeats white geometric shapes within square blocks on pink ground with green borders. The ends have tassels with green, pink and white.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Dongguan, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leggings473/5 a-b

Red leggings with thin horizontal colourful green and white checkered border, and colourful stitching on black above green band that has one area of colourful stitching over small vertical stripes of colour. Black border at edge. Seam runs down length of legging, next to striped area.

Culture
Lisu ?
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl334/3

A large, rectangular black fabric piece. Main design is consisting of a flower design at each corner. The central flower is red with either a dark blue or a dark purple centre and has pink stems radiating from it for smaller peripheral red flowers with yellow centres, and green leaves. The edges have a zig zag line of red, light pink, dark pink, white, dark blue, and green.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1201/11

A densely embroidered, multi-coloured cuff, consisting of a wide band (13.4 cm) joined to form a cylindrical shape. Embroidered designs in the form of large X’s and asterisk-shapes, worked in red floss outlined in light gray-white on brown cotton textile, alternate in the central design field, and there are bands of red, orange and light gray-white embroidered geometric designs at the edges. There are two large pompoms, one orange and one red, sewn to the seam where the two ends of the band are joined.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoes592/1 a-b

Pair of blue mary jane style shoes. Blue cotton with bright, multicoloured floral embroidery with a rooster extending from each toe. Green plastic button with a moulded design at the end of the strap. White, stitched cotton sole. Multicoloured floral pattern cotton lining.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Kunming, Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coat578/1

Blue coat with embroidery. The coat has a round neck, wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening with brass frog closures. The border around the neck, cuffs and edges has bands of light blue tendrils on cream ground and white zigzags on blue ground. On the centre front and back is a large dragon motif within a large roundel in blue, white, gold and brown on blue ground. Also on the front and back are mountain and cloud motifs in blue, white and gold. The inner lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket820/1

Long sleeve cotton jacket woven with vertical bands of colour and design in blue, red-orange, yellow and gold. Jacket is lined with white cotton. Exterior decorated: front openings embroidered with maroon and white, small, mirror-like reflective insets; area around neck opening decorated with white shells sewn on to red and green cotton print cloth. Shells border the central blue and gold diamond design panel on back of garment.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre, shell, glass ? and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile784/1

Heirloom cloth with supplementary weft of gold thread. Gold metallic embroidery of flowers and various surrounding areas of repeated geometric shapes, on red ground. Centre of flowers are coloured in blue, orange, brown, or pink.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre, gold metal ? and dye
Made in
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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