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HeaddressA7863

Wood carved headdress in form of an eagle's head with the tip of the beak carved out. Painted are a yellow beak with a red mouth and nostril. The eyes are inlaid with circular mirrors and surrounded by a piece of circular, scalloped edged metal. Around the eyes is red, the face is green with red and yellow feather detailing. Nailed to the black brow is a finely beaded cloth. The inside has a piece of wood for support; nailed to the wood is a piece of leather. The right outside edge has remnants of a cotton cloth.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Kyuquot
Material
wood, silver alloy metal ?, metal, glass, paint, skin, fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Kyuquot, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseE177

White garment with striped pattern. The garment has a rectangular shape with a round neck and no sleeves. The neck is edged with red and purple ribbons which hang down. The pattern consists of red and white horizontal stripes with a pattern woven into the centre of the red stripes. The front and back are divided into three vertical panels by red ribbon. The upper centre panel has a dense geometric motif in red, pink, orange, yellow and green. The bottom edge is unhemmed. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Trique
Material
cotton fibre, rayon fibre and dye
Made in
Oaxaca, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashE167

Long thin fabric with woven bands. The fabric is black with long thin purple stripes. Perpendicular to the stripes are thick colourful bands with a small diamond motif. There are 2 groups of bands in the middle and a single band on each end, for a total of 8. The back is unlined.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Back StrapE138

Dark brown leather, rectangular shaped back strap, decorated with a stamped pattern of two rectangle shapes that taper to a point edged consisting of repeated lines of circles and semi-circles. In the centre are four circles inside of each other made of various geometric shapes: rectangles, diamonds and semi-circles. Both ends are looped and have braided fibre twine attached.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
leather skin, fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsB167

Pants made of striped yellow, light brown and dark red fabric with dark blue, red, and yellow applique cuffs bordered by white glass beads.

Culture
Bagobo
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Santa Cruz, Luzon, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseB166

Blouse with applique geometric designs in red and white on dark blue ground. The sleeves are dark red. Ornamented with metal sequins and white glass beads, and white beads are sewn to the collar, cuffs and bottom hem.

Culture
Bagobo
Material
metal, glass, cotton fibre and banana fibre
Made in
Santa Cruz, Luzon, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashM5.8 d

A woman's sash is constructed in three panels: a long embroidered central panel with two woven and beaded end panels. The centre panel of off-white linen fabric is embroidered on each edge in black, rust-red, and dark red diamond- shaped geometric designs in cross-stitch, satin stitch, and chain stitch with brass sequins incorporated into the design. The end panels of orange, dark red, metallic silver, and gold tapestry weave are trimmed with clear and coloured glass beads, metallic gold braid, and silver rickrack. Rust-red and dark red fringes trimmed with glass beads and beads made of brass tubing are added at each end.

Culture
Macedonian ?
Material
wool fibre, glass, dye, brass metal, gold metal ?, silver metal ?, cotton fibre and flax fibre
Made in
Bitolj, Macedonia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VestM5.8 b

Long cream vest with embroidery, fringe and beads. The vest has centre opening with no fasteners. The vest is close-fitting to the waist, then flares by means of triangular inserts in the side seams. The lower front pieces overlap at the centre and the bottom corners are fastened up. There is a small pocket concealed in the lower right front seam. The large embroidery panels are hand sewn and cover the neck, upper front, sides and bottom hem. The panels have a geometric design in red-orange, black and off-white, metal beads and fringe. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Macedonian ?
Material
hemp fibre ?, silk fibre, glass, dye, brass metal, wool fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Bitolj, Macedonia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileB716

Textile with an overall design of roosters amongst stylized twisted branches and leaves in brown and blue-black on an off-white ground. Stamped with an inscription on the edge at one end.

Culture
Balinese
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileB715

Oblong, rectangular woven textile covered with elaborate, multicoloured embroidery. Large central red piece of cloth with two smaller rectangular pieces of blue cloth sewn to the ends. All three sections feature bilaterally symmetrical embroidery; two rectangular borders of curvilinear designs surrounding stylized floral designs in green, black, yellow and white with small mirrors sewn on in the centre of the flowers. The blue end pieces feature matching embroidery.

Culture
Kutch
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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