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TextileK2.163

Textile made of cotton damask featuring a flower and leaf design that is tie-dyed with indigo in a "diamond" pattern. The shorter edges have machine-stitched hems, and one edge is also folded over.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.162

Textile composed of two pieces of cotton damask with a leaf pattern sewn together. The cotton textile is tie-dyed with indigo and orange-brown dye to form a mottled pattern at the centre and bands of dark greenish-blue at the ends. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.161

Textile with dark blue ends and mottled dark blue and orange at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.160

Textile with mottled blue ends and a mottled dark blue and orange tye-dyed pattern at the centre with vague rows. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.159

Textile with black ends and a mottled black and an orange tye-dyed pattern at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/30

Woman's skirt. Composed of many pieces of fabric stitched together to form a tube-skirt. The top section is beige with pink hues, then blue stripes with some pink accent stripes on a beige background. The centre is Acheik (horizontal wave) pattern in light yellow-green, pink and dark green background. The bottom section is red textured fabric. The reverse is plain beige with borders of dark red on the sides and top edge.

Culture
Meitei
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Mandalay, Amarapura” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap3587/5

Women's body-wrap (phi) composed of two panels stitched together on the long edge. The panels have matching patterns, but are attached so that they are mirrored. The textile has a dark red ground weave with two horizontal black bands, outlined in off-white, on either side of the centre seam. The top and bottom edges are finished with a single black band. Between the black bands are groups of three grey horizontal lines or two grey with one black centre line. The wrap is embroidered on both sides with a column of repeating horizontal green and beige lines that are stitched vertically. The columns are flanked by vertical lines in beige and dark blue-grey. Three short vertical lines in green and beige with tufts at ends are embroidered through the wide black bands on the centre seam, with a set on either side of centre, and either side of the seam. The short edge has fringe.

Culture
Naga
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Sagaing, Somra” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Cloth3587/52

Woman's head cloth composed of three distinct fabrics with each side ending with very long tassels. The middle section of black fabric is folded and partially stitched on the sides, creating a section that unfolds and expands. There is a section of dark teal fabric on one side, and a brightly coloured patterned fabric on the opposite side that has a line of silver sequins stitched on with bright pink thread. Extending from the fabric are long red and yellow tassels that are decorated with Job's tears seed pods.

Culture
Palaung: Palé
Material
cotton fibre, dye, job's tear seed and metal
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Taunggyi” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Dress3587/1

Woman's wrap-around dress (kira). The dress is composed of three woven panels stitched together on the long edge to create a rectangular fabric. Each panel is finished in chain stitch in either red and dark blue or light grey-green and light brown. The centre of the textile has a beige background with evenly spaced bands of stripes. On each side there is a section of alternating solid orange and navy blue bands on an off-white ground weave. Both sides have sections of navy blue, grey, and bright orange bands in various sizes on a dark orange ground weave. One side is heavily embroidered with alternating lines of dark blue or dark blue-green and red designs including meander, stepped pyramids, diamonds, and other motifs. Fringe on the short ends.

Culture
Bhutanese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bhutan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap3587/13

Body wrap or body cloth. Composed of three panels stitched together on the long edge. The seams have thin black bands on either side, which come together to create two distinctive black bands. The two outer panels have vertical bands of red and black lines in various thicknesses close to the outer edge. There is horizontal embroidery of three dashed lines of red and some pink in both the upper and lower portion of the textile, creating a frame with the vertical panels of the central embroidery of repeating raised lines in the same tone as the background. The short edges have folded hems.

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