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HatSf946

Cap with ear flaps and tassels on the top and pendant from the ear flaps. Geometric and figurative designs worked primarily in white with multicoloured accents cover the alternating blue and red horizontal bands. Eight part florets joined by stepped oblique lines repeat in three of the red stripes. Birds, butterflies, camelids, cows, houses, as well as circles, crosses and s-shapes appear in the blue stripes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagSf945

Rectangular knitted bag with a small attached pocket, a carrying strap and three yarn tassels on the bottom. Four pattern bands alternate on dark red and dark blue background. Dark red design bands have white, green, blue and purple florets joined by white oblique stepped lines. One dark blue band repeats a white s-shape motif. The other dark blue band has a white, green and pink eight part circle, a white and green profile bird, a white bird with two outstretched wings, green and pink crosses and a butterfly.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSf993

Belt composed of a narrow, warp-faced band with a herringbone pattern running the length of it. Shades of orange and green predominate with a fleck of red-purple in the centre and dark blue-green edges. One end of the band finishes in unworked warps with cut ends and the other end is finished with a square braid.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre ?, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HangingEf260

Ikat-dyed design on fine hand woven blue cotton. Weft ikat dyes create objects of red and green, softly outlined on white on a black ground in three broad bands: (a) two bands of architectural structures, (b) central band of human and tree figures. Other bands of blue and white; checkered green, black and white outlined in red; checkered yellow and purple; single band of blue with white geometric designs, run between three broad bands above. A vertical leafy runner motif woven in white threads dominates upper field. Lengthwise border stripes are yellow and white on blue. Un-numbered end has broad redish-purple band outlined in white, dark blue and yellow. Numbered corner has paper label: 'NO. VR 28 WIDTH 105 LENGTH 205 RETAIL SALES PRICE 25 65 KHADI GRAMODYOG BHAVAN MADRAS'

Culture
Indian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEf255

Ikat dyed design on fine woven black cotton. Two bands at each end display weft ikat dyed geometric motif. These are offset by solid bands of red or green and a multistrand cotton in red, white, and yellow is interwoven in a checkered design. A tiny motif in white or red is embroidered at wide intervals on centre field. Ends have two rows of only warp threads.

Culture
Indian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SariEf254

Large rectangular piece of thin, muslin-like, tie-dyed cotton. Fabric has been folded in four and entirely covered with closely spaced, knot-like resist ties that penetrate all four layers of folded cotton, giving the material a puckered appearance. The outer border of the fabric has been dyed orange, while the rectangular centre is a deep red. Where resist ties have come undone at one end, a minute dotted motif of white, yellow, and green circles surrounding tiny red or orange centres emerges.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseEf210

Blue and dark red machine made cotton textile has been hand embroidered and hand sewn. Partially lined with light green floral print cotton fabric. Two large orange squares below bustline, decorated with metal thread, and other traditional stylized designs, both floral and geometric, are inset with small pieces of mirror. Extensive use of chain, buttonhole, plain, satin, and square stitches in orange, blue, green white, black, red, and silver.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, glass, silver alloy metal, metal and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileEf209

Small black textile divided by rows of orange and white embroidery into four rectangular sections, each embroidered in stylized designs. Background is embroidered in round flower-like forms, centre of each set with mirrors. Chain and buttonhole stitch used extensively. Design is in orange, red, green, white, and blue cotton embroidery thread. Machine-made.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, glass, silver alloy metal and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEf189

Handspun and woven brown cloth bag lined in light yellow cotton, with a pocket on the inside. Hand-woven cotton belt, in light red, light yellow, white, light green, and purple striped pattern sewn onto sides of bag and forms the handle. Bag embroidered in silk and darn stitch. Patterns on one side is divided into large diamonds, in white, light green and dark pink, all on yellow band, divided from other pattern of diagonal rows of alternating colours, in white, yellow, light green, and hot pink. Pattern across bottom section is stylized shapes embroidered in yellow, white, yellow, and light green. Other side of bag has row of chevrons at opening, in dark pink, white, and light green and yellow between these colours. Large section of light green and orange divided by dark pink intersecting diagonal lines and straight lines. Another band of chevrons, and pattern along the bottom of bag are short diagonal lines with horizontal lines between. Blue glass beads and green fibre tassel on one bottom corner, white glass beads and green fibre tassel on other.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Punjab, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchEf259

Flat, two pocket pouch faced with black hand-woven cotton decorated in embroidery and mirror work. Green, yellow, purple, brown and pink cotton thread. Mirror pieces (9 of 1 cm. diameter, 4 of 2 cm.) sewn with buttonhole stitches. Metallic thread holds largest piece. Zippered closing. Double fabric backing and inside sleeve of black mill cloth. Tubular black braided cord arm strap attached to side seams as decorative binding.

Culture
North India
Material
mica mineral ?, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Delhi, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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