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Textile1067/3

The woven textile is striped with shades of brown and blue. The thin stripes alternate between dark brown, light blue, light brown and light blue again. All the lines are outlined in dark blue. None of the edges are finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/10

The textile is a deep red with a centre panel of woven figures. The centre panel has three complete squares and three partial squares. Each square has a background colour of deep red, light brown, dark brown or blue. The figure within the square has a triangular head with an appendage to each side, large eyes, extended arms and square feet. The figures are woven in blue, red, white, light and dark brown.

Culture
Wari ?
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Cloth1067/16 a-b

Black cotton cloth with separately woven embroidered bands. Woven red border on two sides. The border has a geometric motif of a two circles and a 'V' outlined inside of a triangle, separated by lines covered in small triangles. The motif is done in black, green and yellow. Part b is a portion of the red border that has become separated from the textile.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Paracas, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt814/4

Skirt composed of shredded banana leaf with a strip of shorter fringe at the top front and a longer fringe behind, both knotted to the brown bark (?) waistband. Vertical bands of dyed leaf in purple, orange, yellow and green.

Culture
Trobriand
Material
banana leaf and dye
Made in
Losuia, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Garment1448/30

Garment made from dyed bark fibre(?) woven in a warp and weft pattern in a rectangular shape with fringes at the ends. The garment has a plaid pattern in purple, green, blue and yellow.

Culture
Solomon Islands
Material
pandanus leaf fibre and dye
Made in
Solomon Islands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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InkN1.485 a-e

Ink (a) in the form of a male figure standing on a lobster (?), carrying a sword and dressed in an elaborate robe painted gold with green and blue details in the form of irises and characters representing happiness. The figure fits into a specially made rectangular wooden box composed of five walls (b) with a sliding front panel composed of a wooden frame (c) that holds a sheet of glass (d). The box is fitted with cardboard cut and bent to fit snugly around the ink figure and a base (e) that fits inside the box, all of which is covered in fibre with woven multicoloured floral patterns except for the back, which is red fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
adhesive, charcoal, wood, paper, fibre, dye, lacquer and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6656 a-b

Cylindrical woven basket (a) with fitted lid (b). Encircling bands of faded black and yellow patterning around sides and lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.91

Silk lined skin pouch with strands of fringe partly bound by purple quills. Floral beading design on both sides but with a pattern different on each side. One side has a design that consists of a swirling flower with multiple green petals outlined by orange with dark red in between and three translucent white stems equally spaced throughout with bunches of blue, green, red, and steel-coloured flowers. The other side has a design that consists of a flower with four green petals outlined by orange with four dark blue stems equally spaced throughout with a flower that has three light pink petals and a dark pink circle at either side of its base for the top and the bottom stems while the side stems have a yellow flower with three dark purple petals and a green leaf at either side with three dark pink circles at their bases. Edged with white and green beads with a green zig zag along the top curves.Has a strap decorated with multi-coloured beads.

Culture
Plains
Material
glass, porcupine quill, silk fibre, rawhide skin and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.89

Tied at one end, the long skin bag is beaded on both sides. One side has a design that consists of four geometric shapes, one in each quadrant. Each geometric shape has an upper portion that consists of a downward pointing, green triangle with three red-tipped, dark blue protuding lines above and a lower portion that consists of a square, green arch-like shape that has a dark blue cross at each of the two bottom corners. Five red-tipped, dark blue crosses form a vertical line along the middle in between the geometric shapes. The other side has a design that consists of four similar geometric shapes, one in each quadrant, but with the upper two being closer to the middle. Each of these different geometric shapes has an upper portion that consists of dark blue and purple cross with a green base and a red bow-tie-like shape and a lower portion that consists of a square arch-like shape that is red along its inner most half and dark blue along its outer most half with a downward pointing, dark blue prong-like shape at the bottom outer most corner while another red one connects the two geometic shapes side-by-side together. Four vertical, green bands form a vertical line along the middle in between these different geometric shapes. Trim of red, white, and blue quills are wrapped around strips of rawhide and tassels are sewn on the bottom of the above strips. Decorations also of tin bells with red tassels.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, porcupine quill, glass, metal, fibre and dye ?
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1042/3

Rectangular panel with bands surrounding the centre section. The thin outside band is black. The second band is very thin and blue. The third band is thick and dark green with a scroll pattern. The fourth band is again very thin and blue. The fifth band is thin and black. The centre section has a piece of velvet ? fabric with a dark green pattern on an orange background. The panel is backed by a piece of tan fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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