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Button Blanket3260/59

Dark blue button blanket with red border at top and sides. Main central image made of dentalium shells is a beaver. Triple rows of small buttons along most of red border.

Culture
Haida
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, dentalium shell, shell and glass
Made in
Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3157/170

Small contemporary woven pouch with geometric pattern, woven in a Nasca style. Open end has curled-down. There is a single long light yellow-brown fibre extending from the bottom corner of the bag.

Culture
Peruvian ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3157/165

Small piece of wood, which tapers to points at both ends. There is light reddish-brown cotton fibre ? loosely wrapped around the centre of the shaft.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Water Puppet3127/10 a

Water puppet (mua roi nuoc) of Ky Lan unicorn (or lion) character. Puppet is carved from wood and has a large head painted red, a wide gold and green nose, and a wide moveable mouth barring white teeth. Eyes protrude from a scowling brow in front of a curling gold and green mane. Eyebrows are fan shaped and multicoloured, attached to the face by fishing line. An iron tube is bolted to the head behind the mouth, to receive a handle. The midsection is made of fine plastic tubing to enable movement, and covered by red cotton fabric. The rump of the animal is wood, with moveable legs on each side and a raised tail of green, gold, and red curls at centre back. Tin is attached to the interior edges of the head and rump where they meet the red cotton midsection. Part b is a long wooden pole that serves as the handling stick (see 3127/10 b).

Culture
Vietnamese
Material
fig wood, metal, cotton fibre, paint, plastic and lacquer
Made in
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Net2990/932

Square fish net made of twisted cotton threads forming horizontal and vertical intersections. Two strings on top edges to grab the net and "S" torsion thread technique.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/926

Red textile band with net decoration as a fringe. Band in plain weave technique (1x1) and decorated with two bands of grey-blue and yellow-brown dyed camelid threads in "S" torsion; band is edged in brown. Network has an arrangement of intersecting and twisted horizontal and vertical brown camelid wool threads in "S" torsion. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
cotton fibre ?, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/925

Fragments of a textile band, with loose yellow-white feathers and cord. Black threads form geometric imagery and are knotted on one side. Plain weave textile technique (1x1) and "S" torsion. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre, feather and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2990/920

Garment fragments with geometrical decoration. Textile has open tapestry technique. Three bands are sewn together and have diagonal and geometric waves surrounded by stepped motifs. Brown, yellow-brown, green, red-brown and blue-green dyed camelid wool threads.

Culture
Nasca
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth2990/916

Cloth fragment with geometric decorations in blue dyed camelid wool threads. Plain weave textile technique. Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/913

Embroidery band fragment with four birds in profile, looking in diferent directions. In green and blue dyed wool threads, on a red-brown ground. Incomplete and worn.

Culture
Nasca
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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