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BagSf919

Rectangular red bag with a long woven strap and five, large threaded tassels at the bottom. Five pattern stripes are arranged symmetrically with the largest in the centre flanked by narrow stripes with white squares. The central stripe and the outer stripes have geometric and figurative motifs and are edged with blue and green stripes. A four strand edging, twined and sewn, covers the seams and edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf918

Loom, consisting of a narrow warp-faced band partially woven and still attached to a pointed ground peg. Two sets of multi-loop needles and two single-loop heddles attached to unworked warps. Nine motifs of worked-in white threads on a red and green background. Motifs include a bird, a reverse curve, a cross, diamonds, and circles. Colours are inverted on the other fabric face. Small blue skein of weft attached.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, alpaca wool fibre, wool fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ValanceEdz1260

Plain white cloth with black embroidery. Two rows of twenty-two floral and insect motifs which include butterflies, a bird, peonies, chrysanthemums. Embroidered border with alternating flower and leaf design with geometric bands above and below. Hemmed on all three sides with zig-zag embroidery . Selvedge at top.

Culture
Chinese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ValanceEdz1259

Plain cloth with blue embroidery. Design at center is of ship with 6 persons, flying two flags, and a fish at bottom and potted flowers at top. Ship flanked by two medallions, one of rider on horse, the other of symbol and insects. Two smaller medallions beside these, one is either worn or incomplete, the other is of vine and flowers. Smaller decorative motifs near each end. At each corner along the bottom is a dragon, and at each top corner is swasztika symbol and flowers (?) Border on all three sides of phoenix and flowers. Hemmed bottom, raw sides, top selvedge.

Culture
Chinese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSf933

Conical shaped stocking cap with a predominant red tassel on top. The upper portion is white with one pattern band near the tassel; the lower portion is red and divided into four pattern bands. Two pattern bands repeat a floret motif connected by a stepped diagonal. One pattern band has motifs of six-part circles, profile standing birds, s and z shapes and crosses. The final pattern band has interlocking s shapes. The patterns are orange, pink, blue, green, yellow, orange and navy. Cap is dirty and pilled.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSf932

A conical stocking cap with alternating dark red and dark blue patterned bands. The red pattern bands all repeat a six part floret joined by oblique stepped lines. Most of the navy blue bands alternate the eight part circle with other motifs, including profile birds, crosses, butterflies and cows. The top has a yarn tassel and the bottom has a band of checkered squares.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSf930

A long stocking cap with a tassel on the pointed end. The top half is plain white and the bottom half has five bands of motifs on a dark red background, each separated by blue lines. Three bands repeat an eight part floret connected by an oblique stepped line. The two remaining bands have birds, circles, crosses and reverse curves.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSf907

Belt formed by a narrow woven band with white figurative patterns in off-white worked against a background of dark red and green. Images of birds, a llama (?) as well as abstract motifs like circles, diamonds and crosses are arranged along its length. The other face of the fabric has figure and ground colours inverted. One end is finished with a braid, and the opposite end consists of loose wool strands.-

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, acrylic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileAf463

Textile composed of a length of dyed cotton divided into five large panels of design in mottled red and dark red on a solid dark red ground. The end and centre squares have a mask motif, and these are separated by two sets of two square designs side-by-side. These two motifs consist of a lizard on one side and a mask pattern similar to the larger version. The textile has two selvedges running the length of the cloth and the ends are raw.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlAf462

Rectangular shaped shawl woven warp-faced with twisted thread fringe on both ends. Warp is green and purple. The design consists of a geometric continuous weft pattern of diamonds, triangles, rectangles and star-like shapes in blue and yellow silk. Pattern made by discontinuous extra weft laid in red, yellow, white, and black. Background has horizontal stripe in alternate purple and green warp threads. There is a piece of paper taped to the back reading: ‘cotton okeen’.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Okene, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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