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Blouse3295/32

White blouse with colourful embroidery. The white fabric is machine-made, and the collar has been sewn open. Embroidered llamas and birds in two rows around cuffs and four rows around the head hole.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3295/29

Long green velvet kaftan with long sleeves. Slits on both sides of the robe, and underneath either sleeve. Embroidered in yellow and olive green thread around neck, down centre opening, over shoulders, around sleeve cuffs, and along the hem of the robe. The robe has loop and button closures running down the centre. The interior edges are lined with an olive green silk(?). Small rectangular tag at neck.

Culture
Moroccan
Material
silk fibre ? or cotton fibre ?
Made in
Casablanca, Morocco
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/13

Dress composed of two main fabrics - dark floral sleeves and a bright red and orange floral skirt. The chest and cuffs are heavily decorated with applique, embroidery, Government of Pakistan coins (some pounded), semi-translucent white buttons, metal decorations, and beading. Six red and white beaded tassels hang in front - two lower at centre, four longer tassels extending down from bottom row of coins. The hem of the skirt is a thick solid mauve, bordered by a thin band of green, and heavily embroidered in silver metal thread.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre ?, glass ? and polyester fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest3295/17

Handmade vest composed of multiple layers of fabric. From the inside edge, the layers of fabric are red, light blue, white, dark blue, red, shiny white with flowers, and then the armholes are light blue. The dark blue areas are bordered by gold trim. The vest is heavily embroidered with flowers, birds, fish, hearts, and geometric designs. The vest is lined with a thicker fabric.

Culture
Ukrainian
Material
cotton fibre, metal and synthetic fibre
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3295/15

Huipil made from three rectangular pieces of fabric which are joined with purple looped stitching. The sides are sewn, with openings for the arms, and an opening for the head. The chest piece is embroidered with purple flower designs, and the body is embroidered with repeating zigzags and other geometric designs in sky blue and purple.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/6

Full length dress. Rectangular area of embroidering on chest, with V-neck running through. Tops of sleeves embroidered in green, red and yellow. Bottom half of dress decorated with light and medium blue designs with a few areas in pink, green or orange.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/4

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with deep red floral embroidery extending down the garment in strips, on the chest piece, and around the cuffs. The centre of each flower has gold wire embroidery. Multi-coloured figure eight stitching joins material along vertical seams. Small 'tree of life' design on back of skirt (T-shape).

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3295/16

Heavily pleated indigo-dyed skirt with single tie at waist. Skirt is composed of several layers of fabric, which have hand-stamped(?) and painted designs, applique and cross-stitching. Fabric and patterns starting from the waist down: solid light blue, dark blue with painted white lines and dots, dark blue with bands of cross-stitching in gold, green and burgundy bordering a section of painted designs with red, beige or blue applique overtop.

Culture
Hmong ?
Material
paint, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape3295/14

Black-green velvet cape with gold trim. The open front is decorated with gold-coloured trim, ribbons and coloured stitching with the centre section, which wraps around the neck, decorated with larger gold designs over small squares of green, purple or burgundy fabric. The edge of this section is finished with white beads. Two crosses and geometric designs in gold trim and small, solid-coloured pompoms extend down from the neck. There are rows of coloured straight and zigzag stitching and silver stamped designs. A machine-made ribbon of gold with pink and green designs extends horizontally across the middle of the cape, and again along the bottom edges of the open front. The back is lined with different coloured pieces of cotton.

Culture
Western Asia
Material
fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/30

Long rectangular reddish-orange textile with yellow-orange embroidery. On three edges of the textile is a border of small repeating stem and leaf(?) designs with one in a light mint green. Both of the short edges have a row of small repeating floral designs, much like the larger designs in the centre of the textile. The overall pattern is large repeating star-like flowers(?), halves of the same flower(?), and thin outlines of flower petals(?). The majority of the flowers have dark blue centres, but some have pink or light mint green centres. One large flower has a dark blue diamond-shaped petal. The square in the bottom left corner is different, with geometric designs surrounding the flower. The long edges of the textile are finished with loop stitching.

Culture
Indian
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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