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Ceremonial ClothIc7

Man's ceremonial hip cloth. Large rectangular ikat weaving with a braided fringe along the shorter ends. Two virtually identical panels hand-sewn together lengthwise; motifs on brown ground, repeat 'mirror image' on each panel. Large, central, standing beige humanoid figure with fore-arms held up on each side of head 90 degrees to upper arms, hands supine, feet splayed at bottom. Large round nose, square mouth and eyes; ears with large dangling earrings. Diagonally striped orange and beige shirt. Blue calf-length skirt with orange rampant, facing, antlered quadrupeds, and orange and beige detail. Crown-like, vertically and horizontally striped headdress. Figure surrounded top and sides by blue, orange and beige striped band. Beige plant-like stalk with paired intermittent blue, orange and beige leaves surrounding band from bottom, both sides. Ends at top in vertically striped red and beige bands to central design. Bottom centre orange circle surrounded by beige circle; horizontal line across and diagonal lines to stalks, up from centre; crossed by other beige lines ending in beige and orange ovals. Up sides of motif facing in and beside figure facing out are beige with red, 'rampant', antlered quadrupeds. Blue snakes between. Across centre of weaving is band of four symmetrical Chinese, stylized pagoda-like figures in orange and beige; decorated rectangles between. Orange, cream and blue banded twined border to striped fringe, unfinished to sides. Some pulled threads, small piece of white paper glued ? near centre of one border.

Culture
Sumbanese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltEe44

Belt made of hand-woven cotton in a fine regular weave. Multicoloured narrow bands run lengthwise providing a border effect. The central design has a multiple diamond motif in dark and bright red and is broken at regular intervals by cross-bars. The edges have been cut, turned and machine-hemmed.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEe43

Purse made from a piece of finely woven cotton fabric with a red cotton cord drawstring closure. The bag is trimmed with green plastic and machine stitched. The fabric is woven in a series of narrow bands of colour with two bands of geometric design.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
plastic, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEe42

Small, flat change purse with a metal snap fastener. The purse is made of pieces of finely woven cotton fabric, backed with stiffening fabric and bound in red plastic. Two inner pockets are separated by a simple mill cotton sleeve. Machine stitched. The design shows a band of narrow stripes alternating with bands of diamond motif. Multicoloured stripes in green/blue and red, and bands of light and dark yellow and red/brown and white.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
plastic, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketSa204

Jacket made of coarse black wool with blue zigzag embroidery on the shoulders, cuffs and edges. The jacket also has a multicoloured floral design emerging from the side seams on the back. The back bottom edge has a silk fringe in maroon interspersed with yellow, red and green.

Culture
Quiche
Material
silk fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseSa330

White cotton blouse with woven panel. The blouse has a rectangle shape with a round neck and no sleeves. The front and back are divided into three vertical panels by blue herring bone stitching. Across the upper front and back is a t-shaped woven panel (2-faced, supplementary weft). The panel has large pink and orange flowers and green leaves on brown ground with a multicoloured square border. Around the neck are black triangles and on the shoulders are appliqué black circles. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre ?, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashSa165

Woven brown and beige striped sash. A third is embroidered with a multi-coloured flower and leaf design on a red ground. Fringe at both ends is green and orange.

Culture
Quiche
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, metal, wool fibre, acrylic fibre, fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothSa160

Cloth (tzute) composed of two pieces of red cloth with dark red stripes joined together with an embroidered multicoloured band (randa) at the centre, and brocaded with multicoloured geometric designs on a dark red ground. The cloth is finished with a dark red tassel at each corner.

Culture
Quiche
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa159

Skirt made with four pieces cotton fabric with selvedge edges joined by central embroidery to form a long rectangular shaped tube. The detailing consists of burgundy, red, blue, yellow, orange, green, purple and white embroidered strips on a navy and white pinstriped ground.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashSa158

Sash made of wool and cotton with a brown and white horizontal striped pattern and single-faced flower and leaf design overlaid on one half. The embroidered design is multi-coloured on reddish-purple ground. The fringed ends are multi-coloured wool.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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