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Fragment: Textile2787/16 a-b

Two fragments of hand woven, weft ikat, cotton cloth. Both have the same dark brown border and similar coloured motifs in gold, green and white; (a) with petalled flowers, (b) with leaves.

Culture
Balinese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Cloth2787/13

Ceremonial altar cloth in shades of brown and copper-gold. Black cotton warp, bronze metallic filament weft. Continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft with silk single filament yarn. Adat house motif, with buffalo heads.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, copper metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt2787/10

Ceremonial women's wrap skirt. The two panels of hand dyed purple silk, hand-loomed with a discontinuous warp, are stitched together at a horizontal seam that runs across the middle of the skirt. The continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft of silver thread creates a band of triangular temple-like motifs along the bottom and one side edge of the skirt and several lines of silver stars within the body of the fabric.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, natural dye and silver metal
Made in
Towale, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt2787/7

Women's embroidered tube skirt (lau pahudu). The naturally-dyed, handspun cotton was hand loomed on s back-strap loom in a continuous supplementary warp weave. Made of two different pieces of fabric hand-sewn together at the waist, the bottom red tube portion with side seam has several large, white, emboidered ancestor figure motifs framed by horizontal bands of yellow and brown, while the upper multi darted bodice has horizontal stripes of black, and red with white zigzag motifs. Two metal hooks with thread eyes close the side opening of the bodice.

Culture
Sumbanese
Material
metal, cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hip Sash2787/6

Women's inner cloth of mercerized commercial cotton. Warp faced cloth has multi-coloured stripes of purple, gold, burgundy, blue, green and white and ends are twisted into a two-ply knotted fringe.

Culture
Balinese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/4

Ceremonial cloth of handspun cotton, natural dyes, predominately red. Warp faced cloth, warp ikat is a cream-coloured chevron motif. Twined ends with fringe.

Culture
Batak: Toba
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Cloth2787/2

Men's waist cloth in hand spun, orange, yellow, cream and brown natural dyed cotton. Two warp faced panels, stitched together with red thread in a vertical seam, have a warp ikat pattern and stripes with hook and key geometric patterns in the warp. The fringe at both ends is two-ply ends, with alternating loose warps.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Table Mat2787/34

Square cloth of natural linen hand loomed on a multi-harness loom. The woven patterns of the three light biege shades of linen fibres include a central ground of diamond motifs framed by a thick band of herringbone. A thin line of red stretches across all four sides, near the edges. Two tags with red stitched names are sewn into a back corner; VAN HOOGSTRATEN is machine stitched, MEES is handstitched.

Culture
Dutch
Material
dye and linen fibre
Made in
Netherlands
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2787/31

Paisley wool shawl. Square of dark brown wool has a thick border of printed paisley motifs in gold, red, and blue. Two paisley tear-drop motifs are placed at opposing corners. The ends are left loose and fringed. Three small rectangles of black silk are hand stitched onto one edge of undersurface, at sides and centre.

Culture
Indian
Material
wool fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
France
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/27

Turquoise silk cloth with an overlaid purple centre panel and a looping gold filament border stitched on around the edge. The top surface of the runner-like cloth is covered with a decorative hand embroidery of mixed gold and copper filaments attached in a couching-technique known as stumping, with the resultant cross hatching of the ivory coloured thread covering the under surface. Cloth has long twined strands that hang out beneath metal fringe at both ends.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, gold metal, copper metal and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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