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Bolster Cover852/4

Bolster cover with square green ends connected by red fabric roll. The fabric roll has an opening in the top for bolster insertion. The square ends are covered with green damask silk containing a floral motif and an embroidered red square. The red square has floral, coin, lotus, bat, fruit and swastika motifs and sequins.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, metal and silk fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cushion Cover852/2

Turquoise cover with embroidery. On the front are long branches, blossoms, leaves and a bird embroidered in pink, purple, green and brown. The sides are edged with a turquoise, pink, white cord. There are turquoise, pink, white tassels in each corner. The back is undecorated.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat849/1 a-b

White, conical straw hat with dyed red horse hair cascading from the apex in all directions. Metal finial with a large blue bead at top of hat; attached to the side of the finial's metal holder is a long tassel of coarse black bristles with peacock feathers, stemming from a carved red and white rectangular bead. (Part b is a detached peacock feather piece.)

Culture
Manchu
Material
stem, glass, feather, dye and horse hair
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat Robe1281/1

Chilkat style robe with woven designs and fringe. The design is a three panel distributive with an ancestor face in the centre surrounded by a bird motif. The design is in yellow, blue and black on natural ground. There is a long twisted fringe on three sides.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wool fibre, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb11.357 a-b

Miniature cylindrical basket (a) with a flat, fitted lid (b); lid is held in place with a cedar flange attached around the upper rim of the basket. Figurative image of a whaling canoe towing a bleeding whale woven around sides of basket and repeated on the lid. Bands of multicoloured stripes around sides of lid and bottom edge of basket. Multicoloured circular design in centre of lid.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Napkin RingNb11.356

Light tan-coloured napkin ring with a red and pink wave design around the borders, an eagle clutching a long arrow, and the initials "A.E.C." woven around the sides.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Cloth831/2 a

Head cloth composed of four long strips of leaf-patterned damask fabric sewn together to form a rectangle. The fabric is dyed with bands of lighter and darker purple bands and long thin lines of light purple run perpendicular to these. These bands alternate with thinner bands of dark purple, and the ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
San Louis, Senegal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots827/2 a-b

Light, beoge-coloured fur boots with pointed, upturned toes. Cotton drawstring rim with red and green felt trim with a zigzagging design sewn beneath it. Drawstring is a multicoloured braided cord with red and green felt tassels at the ends.

Culture
Sami
Material
reindeer skin, wool fibre, grass, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Norway ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierEdz4130

Blue cotton carrier with crochet centre. The carrier is rectangular with long straps attached at each corner. The ends curve inward and are edged with brown trim. In the centre is a square panel of crochet work in yellow and pink. The square panel is on blue ground with dark blue bands on the side. The back is lined with dark blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre, dye and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leg ? Band1176/10 a-d

Four pieces of black fur-covered hide folded over lengthwise at centre. All four pieces (bands?) are almost identical. Width narrows slightly at bottom. Six buttons sewn with red thread along length of each side. String at end of each.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian ?
Material
skin, fibre and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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