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Blouse3587/40

Sleeveless blouse. Square-shaped brown blouse composed of two long rectangular pieces of textile folded lengthwise, partially stitched together on their long edges, leaving two armholes and a neck hole. The weave has subtle horizontal purple lines, light brown stepped lines and dark brown metallic thread lines throughout. Mid-textile, about 4 cm of fabric has been folded in and sewn creating a subtle raised band. The armholes are lined with off-white buttons stitched on in alternating dark green and pink threads and some sequins. The neck hole is lined with tube-like seeds attached horizontally with a single off-white button at the centre on both front and back. The same seeds are attached vertically in pairs spaced around the bottom hem over top of purple and metallic thread embroidery. The centre seam and side seams are embellished with grey sequins. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Bamar: Taungyo
Material
cotton fibre, metal, seed, glass, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Taunggyi” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/32

Wrap-around skirt (pukhang). Composed of three thin lengths of woven fabric, stitched together on the long edge. Alternating bands of red and dark black-blue run down the length, each band with thin double stripes of the opposing colour running down the centre and terminating with an eight-point asterisk(?). Each end has supplementary patterning(?) in stiff red-brown fibre with three breaks with bands of embroidered geometric shapes - red-brown meander(?) design on dark black-blue ground, red-brown zigzags with white flecks inbetween points on a black-blue ground, and a smaller meander(?) in grey, orange, brown-yellow, dark black-blue over the original weave. Collector's tag sewn to back.

Culture
Kachin: Jingpo
Material
cotton fibre, dye and wool fibre ?
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3097/31

Black and off-white coca bag with coloured accents, a long thin black woven strap, and a small flap on the front. Made of two woven panels sewn together to form the front and back of the bag, with the top open. The strap is sewn into the inside seams of the bag. The front panel has black and coloured patterns on an off-white ground. There are five rows of black horse figures in profile with a line connecting the back to a rectangular shape above the back of each horse, and a small circle between the legs of the horses on the top and bottom row. Each row of horses is facing in an alternating direction, creating five columns of horse figures alternating direction. The central column of horse figures is bordered with two thin bands patterned with purple and dark green triangles with a white zigzag between them, and a mirrored dark blue pattern of triangles in another band outside those. There is a small flap with the same pattern as the central column, including the purple and dark green triangles, connected at the top of the flap and edged in white, open on the inside of the bag creating a small pocket. The bottom edge of the flap is made up of loops of wrapped threads, in shades of black, purple, blue, and off-white. Each bottom corner of the flap has a long tubular wrapped string with a small ball made of the same wrapped threads at the end. The top and bottom edges of the front panel have a black and off-white stripe. The right and left edges have a thin band patterned with dark purple and blue diamonds. The back panel of the bag is a black ground with two vertical purple stripes creating a centre band, with horizontal off-white lines across the bottom two thirds, a blank section of ground, and a patterned band across the top. The band has white stripes across the top and bottom, a stripe in the centre, and circles along the central stripe. The top and side borders of the bag are black, with a purple, off-white, and dark green checkered side edge connecting the panels. The bottom edge of the bag is made up of loops of wrapped threads in shades of black, purple, blue, and off-white with a wrapped thread ball at each corner and in the centre. Each ball has two long tubular wrapped strings with a ball at each end.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3097/30

Multicoloured woven coca bag with a long thin black woven strap and an open top, with a small flap on the front. Made of two woven panels sewn together to form the front and back of the bag. The strap is sewn into the inside seams of the bag. The front panel has an off-white ground with a vertical coloured band in the centre patterned with alternating diamonds and X shapes made up of green, blue, purple, and brown vertical stripes. The central band has borders with alternating green and blue square sections patterned with asterisk-like shapes. On either side of the central band are two columns with horse figures, which have a line connecting their backs to a parallelogram shape above each horse. The horse figures are in profile and the rows of two are alternately facing the same direction or facing each other. The border outside of these columns has alternating green and pink square sections with asterisk-like shapes. The front panel has a small flap covering the second quarter of the central coloured band, in the same pattern, attached at the top and open on the inside of the bag creating a small pocket. The flap is edged on the sides with tubular wrapped threads, and on the bottom with loops of wrapped thread. The bottom corners of the flap each have a tubular wrapped thread with a ball made of wrapped threads at the end. The wrapped threads are in shades of blue, green, purple, off-white, and black. The back panel has a dark blue ground with a vertical central section of green, blue, purple, and brown vertical stripes. There is a horizontal band at the top with an off-white pattern of diagonal lines inside horizontal stripes. The rest of the top half is blank ground. The bottom half of the panel has thin horizontal off-white stripes. The side and top edges of each panel of the bag have a light blue border with a green, off-white, and pink checkered edge connecting the panels. The bottom of the bag is edged with wrapped thread loops in shades of green, blue, purple, off-white, and black, with a ball made of the wrapped thread loops at each corner and in the centre. Two tubular wrapped threads are attached at each ball and have another ball at the end.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt3587/23

Man's sleeveless shirt. Composed of two long, rectangular woven textiles that are folded in half lengthwise, then partially stitched together down the long edges, creating a v-neck opening for the head, and arm holes. Both pieces have single-sided embroidered designs on a black background. Both sides have three vertical stripes embroidered over repeating horizontal bands containing angled lines, Chevron and diamond shapes.

Culture
Chin: Asho
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3587/49

Woman's blouse. Black velvet(?) blouse that is short in the torso with long sleeves. The blouse has an open front with a red collar that extends down the opening. Six silver-coloured diamond-shaped metal decorations are stitched down the front on each side. Lines of embroidery in red, yellow, pink and green thread with silver sequins encircle the wrists, shoulders and hems. The lower back is embroidered with a rectangular section of embroidery with vertical lines of red, yellow, pink and green thread with silver sequins, with rows of embroidery below. Interior is unlined.

Culture
Palaung: Palé
Material
dye, metal and fibre
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Taunggyi” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/43

Tube skirt composed of three textiles (one large dark purple, and two smaller black) stitched together to form a tube. The overall design has repeating raised patterns in black on a dark purple ground weave, with a solid black band on one end. Collector's tag is sewn inside.

Culture
Rakhine
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine, Sittwe” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/41

Wrap around skirt composed of three lengths of fabric, sewn together on long edges. The wrap is woven with red, dark black-blue, and light orange red stripes on a beige ground. Both ends have supplementary patterning(?) in stiff red-brown or black fibre creating a diamond pattern. Along the inner edges of the supplementary patterning, and along the bottom edge, is embroidery in red, green, black, and beige. Collector's tag is sewn to back.

Culture
Kachin: Maru
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/39

Tube skirt composed of a rectangular textile that is stitched together on one side to form a tube. The fabric is woven with a pink ground. The skirt has ikat patterning - 6 larger horizontal bands with 6 pairs of smaller bands. The top of the skirt has a plain pink area before the bands begin. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Intha
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Taunggyi” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket3587/35

Long-sleeved jacket or blouse. Jacket is short in the torso and is made of dark brown fabric. Garment is open at front and edged with beige. The cuffs, shoulders and front opening have red silk. On the right shoulder, there are two white buttons on both front and back with short multicoloured fibres attached. The front panels and back of the garment are heavily embroidered in dark purple-red, dark pink, green, light grey-brown and red in various geometric designs. There is a small square pocket on the front right interior, and the interior is unlined.

Culture
Kachin: Jingpo
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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