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Sarong820/6

Woman's tube skirt. Rectangular woven textile with the ends sewn together, creating a tube shape. In the centre is a yellow stripe, from which each side the patterns are identical. The next band has thin red and black stripes. The next band has stripes of solid red and yellow interspersed with stripes of red, yellow and black in a checkered pattern. The end section has multicoloured figures with arms raised on black ground.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong820/5

Sarong made in a ikat weave. Primarily bands of beige and red curvilinear designs on a dark brown ground; green horizontal stripes with white lines within them. Four panel lengths of cloth, machine-stitched together, to form the whole sarong.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre ?, rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt814/10

Girl's belt formed of six wool strands tied together at one end with pieces of fibre twisted in. There are sections of blue and yellow.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wool fibre, sisal fibre ?, palm leaf and dye
Made in
Olubus, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/6

The woven textile is irregularly shaped with a striped pattern. The stripes are white, red, yellow, brown and all separated by dark blue stripes in varying widths. The blue warp threads are visible creating a subtle checkered appearance with the stripes.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/4

The textile is roughly a rectangular shape, woven with two natural shades of brown. The lighter brown forms a wide band along the top, a partial triangle at the bottom and serves as background in the middle section. In the middle of the textile the darker shade of brown is woven in double lined diagonals with a repeated motif in the centre of the lines. The top edge is finished, the other three edges are frayed.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress949/13

Headdress with embroidery and tassels. The headdress has dark blue rectangular pieces sewn to the ends of a long plaid band. The abstract pattern embroidered on the pieces is predominantly pink, red and white on dark blue ground. Attached to the ends are multicoloured tassels decorated with beads.

Culture
Yi
Material
cotton fibre, dye and glass
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt949/7

Black skirt with embroidery and appliqué. The skirt is pleated into a wide natural coloured waistband, held closed by thin blue string ties. The upper skirt is black. There are three bands of trim with floral motifs around the mid section. The lower skirt is natural coloured with large embroidered floral motifs in black. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Yi
Material
cotton fibre, hemp fibre ? and dye
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leggings949/6 a-b

Natural coloured leggings (part a-b) with embroidery and appliqué. The leggings are rectangular with long ties sewn to one end. At the same end are embroidered abstract motifs in pink, red and black on natural ground, surrounded on two sides by a black appliqué border with endless knot motifs. The other long side has three groups of brown lines. The backside is unlined.

Culture
Yi
Material
hemp fibre ?, dye and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat566/5

The mat is rectangular and natural coloured with a fringe. There are woven purple double lines on the diagonal across the mat. A fibre fringe of alternating green and orange extends around all four edges.

Culture
Samoan
Material
wool fibre, leaf ? and dye
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mat566/3

The mat is rectangular with designs woven in a natural colour, blue and pink. There are three bands of colour, two blue bands separated by one pink. The design is a diamond woven with two colours contrasting, either natural/blue or natural/pink. There are twelve diamonds, three rows of four, separated vertically by a zigzagging line.

Culture
Samoan
Material
leaf ? and dye
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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