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Textile3448/40

Long, thin rectangular textile with braided fringe on both short ends. Woven geometric patterns in light orange-yellow and dark purple-red on a bright orange-red background. Both sides are lined with solid vertical bands of red, light orange-yellow, dark purple-red, light orange-yellow, dark purple-red and then a thin red, working from the outside-in.

Culture
Iban ?
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Borneo, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hammock3448/30

Long rectangular hammock made of woven fibre. The overall design is geometric designs woven in five sections of off-white with blue-grey at centre, then black-blue on either side, and then black-grey on both ends. There are three groups of three red stripes running down the length. At each end, there is long fringe bundled together at the centre.

Culture
Brazilian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Acre, Brazil
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/28

Long, thin woven textile that is heavily embroidered on one side. Both short edges have twisted fringe. At centre, a wide panel of red and grey, heavily embroidered with beige geometric designs. Along both long edges are smaller grey panels containing large overlapping zigzags, which creates a diamond pattern, with dots within each of the diamonds. There is a thin red band on either side of this panel.

Culture
Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash3448/24

Woven sash is long and narrow, and covered in geometric designs in off-white, burgundy, dark green, red, and light olive green. One end is finished with a straight edge, and the other end has plaited tassels, that are attached together at their ends created a tapered, rounded end.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3448/9

Small square folded bag with woven strap, tied at apex. The edging on three sides is neon pink. The central design is composed of repeating eight-petal lilac purple flowers and an S-shape pattern in yellow and dark pink, on a green background. Strap is dark pink and dark blue with a horizontal band of repeating S-shapes in yellow; folded in half along length; ends stitched to upper corners of bag. There are two snap closures inside the bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3448/6

Small square folded bag with woven strap, tied off-centre from apex. A large neon yellow tassel is attached to each lower corner. The edging on three sides is neon yellow. The central design is composed of repeating star pattern in neon yellow, dark green, and neon pink. Strap is yellow with a pink zigzag flanked by two bands of pink running lengthwise; folded in half along length; ends stitched to upper corners of bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3448/3

Kente cloth composed of four hand woven cloth strips. Each strip has a wide white band flanked by two smaller white bands running down the length of a dark blue background. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge, and then embroidered with designs within small rectangles. Every second rectangle, offset from the neighbouring column, contains an embroidered band of red, flanked by gold, and then light green in horizontal bands. Fringed ends.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3448/2

Kente cloth composed of four hand woven cloth strips. Each strip has a green and yellow band running down the length of a wine-coloured background. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge, and then embroidered with designs.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Garment3263/37 a-e

Five irregularly shaped fragments of a garment. Dark golden brown background with diamond designs across all fragments. Diamonds have dark brown interiors with small triangles and four zoomorphic figures inside each. Figures primarily done in dark brown, with black outlines, but there are also several figures done in white. All figures have diamond shaped eyes, long noses, one arm, two bent legs, angular tail(?), and a triangular outline around the back of their head. Several figures have their triangular outlines coloured in white. Largest fragment (part a) has two complete diamonds and a partial one along the left edge. Four figures are white, two in each of the complete diamonds. The second largest fragment (part b) has two complete diamonds. Four of the figures have their triangular outlines on the back of their heads coloured in white. The third fragment (part c) has one complete diamond and half of another along the left edge. Two figures have their triangular outlines coloured in white. The fourth fragment (part d) has one complete diamond. The smallest fragment (part e) has a single figure done in white.

Culture
Chancay
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry3454/1 a-b

Basketry covered bottle (part a) with faded design of a whale and whalers in a boat around middle. Above and below the whaling scene is a single red line with half circles repeating through it. There are bands of faded black with repeating red dashes through the centre. On the shoulder of the bottle is an extremely faded black design. The base has various sizes of plant fibres used, and an oval design in bright yellow, outlined in black. Removable basketry lid (part b) has two red dotted lines around the side and a red circle on the top with a faded black spiral design within.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, glass, cedar root ? and dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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