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Bag915/12

Small, rectangular, flat, multi-coloured embroidered bag made by folding a wide piece of embroidered textile in half and seaming two edges, leaving one edge and a side slit open. The bag is embellished on each side with a large, complex, curvilinear, naturalistic floral motif, using several kinds of embroidery stitches. The opening of the bag is embellished with seven rows of small geometric border patterns, and the bottom of the bag has a border of small paisley motifs. The stitchery is worked on dark red silk, backed with pink and tan striped cotton textile.

Culture
Uzbek ? or Tajik ?
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/11

Bag with a rectangular shape and embroidered with two large v-shaped geometric forms, worked in very fine, dense cross-stitch on both sides of the bag. The sides and opening each have a geometric border. The repeated designs on the bag are identical in shape to each other, but differ in colour. A length of yellow and black decorative braided cord is attached to one corner of the opening; a tassel made of silk cord trimmed with white glass beads is sewn to the end of the cord. Lined with dark red cotton.

Culture
Uzbek: Lakai ?
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/9

Small, flat embroidered bag made by seaming two identical rectangular pieces together on three sides, leaving the fourth side and a side slit open at the top of the bag. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of closely-spaced square motifs with a strip of alternating red, green and blue diagonal bands. A red and green braided cord is attached at the base of the side slit. Three tassels hang from the end of the cord, and each is trimmed with multicoloured glass beads. The embroidery is worked on a dark purplish-red silk textile and lined with machine printed floral textile.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots424/3 a-b

Pair of skin boots with the uppers and legs made from a dark brown skin and a yellow skin sole. The cuffs are folded over and edged with dark grey fabric with red herringbone pattern.

Culture
Inuit ?
Material
seal skin, fibre, dye and bearded seal skin
Made in
Ivujivik, Quebec, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatbandD2.64 a-b

Pair of flat beaded bands with blue strips of cloth at both ends; geometric pattern with blue, yellow, brown and tan beads.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
glass, fibre and dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Pattern1413/11

Embroidered patterns on cloth. Rectangular piece of white cloth (missing one upper corner) covered with multicoloured, tightly cross-stitched figures. Imagery includes: Union Jacks, various birds, flowers, rabbits, a whale, and two serpent-like heads.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
jute fibre ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Arrow Sash1060/77

Finger woven arrow sash with multicoloured zigzag designs woven down the length. Fringe at ends. Colours used: red, white, blue, green, yellow.

Culture
Metis
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Horse Ornament649/2

Beaded ornament for a horse. Composed of a long, wide band of dark green velvet decorated with a multicoloured floral beadwork design, and backed with off-white fabric. The ornament also has a fringe of white, off-white, and green cylindrical glass beads on strips of skin with metal bells tied to the ends of some of the beaded strips. Two pieces of branch are attached along the short ends with strips of striped brown and blue fabric ties at one corner on each end.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
fibre, glass, dye, metal, skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlanketD2.35

Blanket made of red wool with a blue wool border that has a yellow cotton seam binding on three sides. The beadwork is backed with rawhide and at the finished edge there is a strip of rawhide that froms a handle-like arc and another strip attached between the ends of the handle-like piece, each is beaded with yellow-brown, white and dark blue beadwork. Four white and dark blue beaded rectangles at finished edge. The beadwork on the blanket consists of four elongated arch shapes in white, turquoise, dark blue and yellow-brown above a mostly white beaded rectangle with a green and dark blue border near the edge and two sets of linear designs in dark blue and light blue with a vertical band of short green lines one either side of each, and two circular shapes in white with a red centre, a band of dark blue with yellow-brown rectangles, and evenly spaced blue dashes around the edges of each.

Culture
Plains
Material
wool fibre, glass, skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basketry Pattern1413/15

Embroidered basketry patterns on cloth. Roughly rectangular sections of burlap with multicoloured cross-stitched figures: flowers, a butterfly, birds, a whale, and a deer.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Huu-ay-aht
Material
jute fibre ?, wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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