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Apron2790/9

Apron made of numerous double strings of red, blue and white beads hanging between two knots in a piece of rope.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/5

Square beaded hide apron with brass metal rings along edge of flap at waist and two long ties. Beadwork designs in white, red, blue, green and black include patterns in the shape of a capital "I "and "H", a tall cross, and a long, low house. A central bottom fringe, made of twisted bundles of four skin strips encased together at the ends in beadwork tubes, hangs between two panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass, animal skin, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/3

Beaded hide apron with straight top and five scalloped panels hanging along the bottom. A blackened flap of skin at the waist is folded over a stiffer tie (skin or fibre?), stitched and coiled with white beads, and edged with a band of white and blue beadwork that has a hanging chain of red blue, yellow and white beads at the centre. A blue bead trim runs around the edge of the thick horizontal and vertical bands of beads that form a white ground with green, pink, blue. black, orange and yellow house designs in the centre and on two of the panels.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
cotton fibre, animal skin and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2790/4

Heavy square canvas apron with beadwork decoration on the front. Canvas is rolled and stitched at the top edge to create a waist band, across which are stitched four strings of large white beads and through which is knotted one skin tie. A thick blue bead trim runs around the edge of the horizontal bands of beads that form a white ground, with non-beaded negative spaces at the top and dark blue, green, purple and black house designs at the bottom.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
plastic, cotton fibre, glass and animal skin
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe2798/1

Knee-length lime green robe with long sleeves has looped buttoning from the neck across upper chest to below one arm and down the side. Bordering the entire robe , including sleeve cuffs, are wide panels of black and blue fabric decorated with colourful needle worked cutouts, wavy lengths of yellow cording, blue and green fabric overlay, ribbons of gold and silver threads, and a red trim. The back is covered with overlapping feather shapes of black, brown and blue fabric, each trimmed in blue, yellow or red and with needle worked exotic bird or flower design in the centre. There is a one piece lining of unbleached cotton.

Culture
Nanai
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, dye and plastic
Made in
Poronaysk, Sakhalinskaya Oblast, Russia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lenten Costume2796/6 a-b

Two piece costume consisting of a heavy wool hooded jacket (a) and pants (b). Checked design woven in dark purple, dark red, green and yellowish-beige wool embellished with bands of purple wool fringe. The coat opens at the front and closes with metal clips; the underside of the sleeves is made of a solid burgundy coloured fabric; pocket sewn onto front with red thread. Wool pants with elastic waist and metal closure; purple fringe at knees and pant bottoms.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, sisal fibre and metal
Made in
Vila Boa, Braganca, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Lenten Costume2796/7 a-b

Two piece costume consisting of a heavy wool hooded coat (a) and pants (b). Hood is checked design woven in pink and dark brown with fringes of purple and red and green. Body of jacket is a red and beige patterned wool embellished with many rows of fringe in purple, red and green, purple and gold and red, burgundy and white. The coat opens at the front and closes with four plastic buttons. Wool leggings have been sewn onto cropped green polyester/viscose trousers with button-up fly.

Culture
Portuguese
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Vila Boa, Braganca, Portugal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Costume Pants2792/2 b

Pants that are part of a costume with shirt (2792/2 a) and mask (2792/1). The heavy dark brown wool pants have large belt loops, a 4-button fly, and panels down each side that are decorated with sequins and cording of gold, red, and blue outlining fabric flowers and stems. The leg cuffs are lined on the inside with pink fabric.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Costume Shirt2792/2 a

Shirt that is part of a costume with pants (2792/2 b) and mask (2792/1). Heavy dark brown bolero-style wool jacket is decorated with a border of continuous blue cording around gold and silver sequins, and with several large sequin and cording-outlined fabric flowers with leaves on stems of bright yellow cording. Bunches of long red and blue strands of wool form ties down the front, a fringe of the same hangs from the waist at the back, and a shorter gold thread fringe is attached along the waist at the front.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Belt2701/7 c

A belt, decorated with floral designs of sequins in white and silver, that has a white lining. The belt is part of a costume with a blouse (2701/7 a) and a panel (2701/7 b).

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
metal, synthetic fibre ?, plastic, cotton fibre, glass ? and dye
Made in
Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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