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DressEe76

Woman’s dress with fitted bodice, standing collar, long full skirt and long sleeves; made of coarse, deep red wool textile. The opening is at the centre front, with a rectangular extension that overlaps the bodice front, right over left. No fastener. The extension is embellished with decorative piping and three decorative cloth buttons at the waist. The textile was woven in narrow strips (about 20 cm) that are pieced together at the selvages to provide sufficient widths. The full skirt is gathered onto the bodice with small pleats; there are 32 cm slits in the hem at each side. All edges are faced with bias strips of turquoise/blue cotton broadcloth (roughly 5 cm wide). Hand sewn.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and fibre
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltEe44

Belt made of hand-woven cotton in a fine regular weave. Multicoloured narrow bands run lengthwise providing a border effect. The central design has a multiple diamond motif in dark and bright red and is broken at regular intervals by cross-bars. The edges have been cut, turned and machine-hemmed.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEe43

Purse made from a piece of finely woven cotton fabric with a red cotton cord drawstring closure. The bag is trimmed with green plastic and machine stitched. The fabric is woven in a series of narrow bands of colour with two bands of geometric design.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
plastic, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEe42

Small, flat change purse with a metal snap fastener. The purse is made of pieces of finely woven cotton fabric, backed with stiffening fabric and bound in red plastic. Two inner pockets are separated by a simple mill cotton sleeve. Machine stitched. The design shows a band of narrow stripes alternating with bands of diamond motif. Multicoloured stripes in green/blue and red, and bands of light and dark yellow and red/brown and white.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
plastic, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScarfEe95

A simple bleached gauze-like unsewn cotton fabric. Near each end, there are some weft fibres absent, creating a fringe effect with closed ends.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseSa330

White cotton blouse with woven panel. The blouse has a rectangle shape with a round neck and no sleeves. The front and back are divided into three vertical panels by blue herring bone stitching. Across the upper front and back is a t-shaped woven panel (2-faced, supplementary weft). The panel has large pink and orange flowers and green leaves on brown ground with a multicoloured square border. Around the neck are black triangles and on the shoulders are appliqué black circles. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre ?, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rod PuppetIb400 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Pale pink face positioned forward with bulging white eyes (red irises), large nose, red lips, and white teeth. Beard, large moustache, deeply furrowed brow, and other facial details in black. Large crown (mahkota) headdress in red, gold, green, and white. Garuda Mungkur (short tongue) in yellow. Two badong and single kendit. Medium-sized body; neck and torso gold. Arms with pair of green and red ornaments at bicep and wrist. Hands held flat and bent up at wrist. Black chest covering with red trim, beads and sequins. Black apron with yellow waistband and yellow trim, beads, sequins, and long yellow fringe at bottom. Long brown, blue on beige batik skirt.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
paint, cotton fibre, wood and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashSa165

Woven brown and beige striped sash. A third is embroidered with a multi-coloured flower and leaf design on a red ground. Fringe at both ends is green and orange.

Culture
Quiche
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, metal, wool fibre, acrylic fibre, fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothSa160

Cloth (tzute) composed of two pieces of red cloth with dark red stripes joined together with an embroidered multicoloured band (randa) at the centre, and brocaded with multicoloured geometric designs on a dark red ground. The cloth is finished with a dark red tassel at each corner.

Culture
Quiche
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa159

Skirt made with four pieces cotton fabric with selvedge edges joined by central embroidery to form a long rectangular shaped tube. The detailing consists of burgundy, red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple and white embroidered strips on a navy and white pinstriped ground.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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