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Sarong3559/68

Long, rectangular dark green sarong with bands of concentric diamonds along length. Outer diamonds are done in dark brown, and decorated with light green dots, and inner diamonds are light green with dark brown "X"'s through their centres. Diamonds in second row from top are filled with four small dark brown diamonds with light green highlights. Top and bottom edges of sarong are undecorated.

Culture
Thai
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt Textile3559/58

Long rectangular piece of pleated indigo-dyed skirt fabric with an unfinished upper edge. Wide pink woven panel decorates bottom edge of skirt; painted decorations and applique across upper indigo section. Painted decorations consist of concentric diamonds, dotted lines, and squares with diagonal bands. Applique are multicoloured triangles and diamonds; triangles form star-like shapes and others are integrated into the painted square designs, diamonds in straight rows. Pink stripes throughout applique and painted patterns. Woven panel is trimmed with red and pink embroidery and has a wide white border with diamonds along top and bottom edges. Central row of white sun-like shapes across panel; large "X"'s, made up of smaller "X"'s, mixed throughout sun-like shapes. White squares, with pink diamonds, are in between the gaps in the larger "X"'s. Bottom edge of skirt is trimmed with white and pink stripes.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong3559/71

Red-orange raw silk sarong with alternating rows of butterfly and flower designs along length; "W"-like shapes in between each butterfly and diamonds in between the flowers. Zigzag border along top edge of designs and plain line underneath. All designs are done in dark orange and red-pink; green shading along top and bottom edges.

Culture
Thai
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong3559/70

Long, rectangular dark purple sarong with patterned columns along length; made of raw silk. Columns alternate between hook-like designs with horizontal lines, and diamonds with "X" shapes; green lines, trimmed with red, in between each column. Patterns are done in peach and purple-pink. Left and right sides are trimmed with dark green; top and bottom are undecorated.

Culture
Thai
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3559/55

Black sleeveless blouse, with V-neckline on front and back; entire surface decorated with embroidery and seed beads. Long pieces of fringe along sides and down centre, on bottom half, on front and back of blouse; short fringe extends from top edge of arm openings. Top half of blouse is decorated with multicoloured lines with groupings of four beads, forming an "X" shape, along their lengths; bobbles spaced across stripes too. Large woven panel across middle of blouse; consists of pink bands with rows of diamonds across them, black squares throughout design. Black squares are filled with beads, forming an "I" shape; plain stripes with bobbles trim wide pink bands. Bottom half of blouse has differently decorated embroidered and beaded rows. Embroidered designs consist of plain lines with bobbles, repeating hourglass-like shapes, and zigzags; beaded rows have groupings of two beads forming alternating diagonal lines. Bottom edge of blouse is hemmed; interior is unlined.

Culture
Karen
Material
fibre, seed and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3559/62

Thin black belt trimmed with red; ties on either side. Entire front is decorated with rows of seed beads, metal discs and plastic buttons. Rows alternate between off-white seeds, silver discs, seeds, white buttons and seeds.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre, seed, metal, plastic and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar3559/61

Black collar with four rounded triangles extending from the bottom edge; two ties on either side. Entire front is decorated with alternating rows of seed beads and metal discs; additional seeds border all sides. Triangles have rows of metal discs on either side of a flower design; consisting of a metal centre and seed petals. Back is undecorated.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre, seed, metal and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3559/63

Rectangular indigo cloth with opium poppy motif. Poppy motifs consist of four poppies in an "X" shape, with the stems connected at the centre, inside two squares that cover length of cloth. Squares are made up of wide bands filled with smaller squares and plain lines; three diagonal lines through each small square with alternating direction lines. Back of cloth is undecorated.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tie3559/59

Long tie with an alternating square pattern along length; squares alternate between pink and maroon with a cross design in centre. Cross alternates between dark yellow with purple trim and white with olive green trim. Squares are divided by "I"-shaped borders that alternate between black with dark yellow tips and dark yellow with olive green tips.

Culture
Northern Thai
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3559/56

Pink woven bag with braided strap and decorated with multicoloured bobbles of yarn. Bag body is circular and has horizontal bands across surface; stripes are yellow, blue, white, and green, with other colours interspersed throughout. Braided band along bag opening, with long pieces of bobble fringe extending from it. Bag strap is knotted in the centre, with bobble fringe around knot; strap done in green, white, purple, black, and red, with other colours interspersed throughout.

Culture
Karen ? or Lisu ?
Material
synthetic fibre ?, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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