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Shirt1774/2

Resist-dyed indigo short-sleeved shirt with embroidered neck hole and belly pocket with two embroidered access slits. The sleeves are square with bottom bells to the sides. The pattern consists of clearly defined white vertical stripes, light blue to white stripes with fuzzy edges and thin wavering blue-white lines.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adinkra Cloth1774/1

Adinkra (stamped design) cloth composed of seven strips of white cloth joined lengthwise with bands of kente weaving. Afe (comb lines) and kente divide the cloth into fifty-six squares; squares are decorated with gourd stamp patterns, as well as hatching and cross-hatching; designs done in dark brown. In between two sets of afe are ahoma/nnonoma - "double dono drums" symbols. There are two large light-blue textile company stamps on the reverse.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre, ink ? and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tumpline1768/50

Woven tumpline with wide band in middle. Coloured oblongs and braided tie at each end. Black, white and blue bands of pattern.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
cedar bark and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle1768/12

Oval wooden rattle with handle carved in one piece and remainder split and hollowed out. Pebbles(?) inside. Two halves are bound with twine at handle and attached through two sets of holes at each side. One side has black and red design, at outer edge, of head, eyes and ears. Other side has two large, double U-shapes and horizontal form lines in black and red.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood ?, paint, metal, cotton fibre ? and stone ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1719/31

Rectangular-shaped burden basket that tapers slightly towards the bottom. The base of the basket is missing. The basket is decorated with alternating rows of horizontally stitched black and reddish-brown cherry bark. Near the top of the basket, there are evenly spaced sections of black coloured cherry bark stitching. Near the base, there are evenly spaced sections of red and black cherry bark stitches that are in vertical rows of two.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, grass, dye, skin ?, cotton fibre and cherry bark
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Quiver1719/27

Tubular quiver that tapers slightly towards the bottom. Quiver has a long thick hide and cotton fibre strap that is secured near the top and bottom of the quiver with strips of hide. The upper portion of the quiver basket is decorated with alternating strips of light coloured grass and reddish-brown bark.

Culture
Interior Salish: Stl'atl'imx
Material
cedar root, cotton fibre, canary grass, cherry bark, leather skin and cedar wood
Made in
Mount Currie, British Columbia, Canada and Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse Panel1705/1

Finely stitched, rectangular shaped appliqué blouse panel or mola with a striped design in blue, pink, green, orange, yellow and black on a red ground. Detailed is a central, large male wearing a feathered headdress and holding two pot-like objects in each of his outstretched arms. In between the pots and the large figure are two small black figures; one outlined in pink, the other green. There are two groups of two similar figures in the upper corners. Each set has a figure holding an instrument above its head while the other holds a rectangular object over its chest. The panel is wrapped around a piece of board ? then is mounted to a piece of cardboard.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre, dye and paper
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Spear1704/15

Cantonese opera prop. Spear with a cylindrical wooden shaft that has been wrapped in off-white fabric tape and has a silver, decorative wooden finial. Grey hair has been attached around the shaft at the base of the finial and tied with orange cord.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, hair and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots527/29 a-b

Pair of smoked moose hide boots with ecru-coloured fur trim around the centre. Above the rabbit fur trim geometric patterns of multicoloured beadwork are sewn over pink fabric. Maroon satin-like cloth is sewn below the fur trim. Green fabric covers the top of the foot; a band of pink cloth trims the green fabric around the top of the foot. Skin ties lace around the ankles of both boots. Lined with pink floral print cloth. Side zippers.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
rabbit skin, moose skin, cotton fibre, metal, dye, glass ?, synthetic fibre and wool fibre ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera Hook1704/12

Cantonese opera prop representing a clothing hook. Brown wooden object with eight upward prongs around a cylindrical central shaft, ending in a rounded base from which the eight prongs, evenly spaced, protrude upwards from the shaft at a ninety-five degree angle. A length of white-yellow cotton cord is looped through a hole in the top of the shaft.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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