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Cover852/13

Turquoise cover with embroidery. On the front are long branches, blossoms, leaves and a bird embroidered in pink, purple, green and brown. The sides are edged with a turquoise, pink, white cord. There are turquoise, pink, white tassels in each corner. The back is undecorated.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling397/7

Sling with a diamond shape in the middle and loops at the ends. The sling is composed of black and white fibre in alternating patterns on the straps, and a concentric diamond pattern at the centre with a band of red through it. A band of off-white woven wool feeds through the smaller loop at one end and is knotted to itself.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
fibre, dye and wool fibre ?
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hanging852/1

Long rectangular hanging with appliqué, embroidery and tassels. On the front are embroidered figures with appliqué faces in a garden scene with pine, bat, peony, cloud, bamboo and butterfly motifs on red ground. Around three sides is a wide brown border with blue appliqué floral and butterfly motifs, edged with black bands. Along the bottom edge is green netting with multicoloured tassels. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wool fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1201/25

Small, flat, rectangular, embroidered bag, with beaded edges. Made by folding an embroidered piece in half and seaming two edges, leaving the fourth edge open. Three edges are trimmed with small multicoloured glass beads, while the opening is trimmed with small blue beads. The embroidery is worked in horizontal bands, separated by rows of silver braid and rickrack. The sides of the bag are virtually identical. The embroidery is backed with faded pink cotton textile.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
silk fibre, dye, glass, cotton fibre and metal
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1046/1

Small, flat, pouch style, drawstring bag made from a red and yellow silk/cotton ikat textile, trimmed with beaded silk tassels, which are attached along the outside edges and beneath the drawstring casing. The seam along the outside edge of the pouch is trimmed with multi-coloured piping. Drawstrings are made of braided silk fibre (one is yellow and black, one is red and white), and the ends are trimmed with beaded silk tassels. The top edge is trimmed with a narrow strip to multi-coloured braid (tablet-woven?). Both sides of the bag are identical in construction; the textile on one side is predominantly red, with only a very small amount of yellow and off-white, while the other side has a bold yellow circle on a red background. The bag is lined with tan twill weave cotton textile. A short red and black braided cord is attached at the upper edge, serving as a handle.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silk fibre, dye, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Turkmenistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1284/10

Red and white batik sarong with bird, butterfly and floral motifs. Bottom and un-numbered ends have red border of flowers and leaves.

Culture
Javanese
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Lassem, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1284/11

Shoulder cloth. Long red and white batik textile with large zigzag pattern filled with images of animals, fish, flowers and leaves, and alternating bands of floral patterns within other zigzags. Near ends are horizontal band and band of triangles, both with designs inside. Red ground with white flowers at ends.

Culture
Javanese
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Lassem, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEf448

Long rectangular shaped sheer silk ? textile consisting of a red and white designed horizontal stripe border intermixed with solid stripes of green and yellow. The centre has fine horizontal stripes of red and dark brown. One end has thick red and white vertical stripes followed by a brown and white stripe. The opposite end has three vertical white stripes.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtB660

Rectangular shaped pink skirt with red and light blue horizontal stripes. In the centre is a vertical wool strip with a yellow, red, black and white zigzag pattern. The textile has a dark green and blue and white border.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile973/3

Rectangular shaped fabric textile with a red border around a dark brown background and a central figure. The figure is wearing red leggings, a striped garment and an orange top. In its left hand is a torch and the right has a rooster. The eyes are large, the tongue is protruding and the hair is sticking out.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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