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SkirtSa247

Skirt made of blue cotton with fine white vertical and horizontal stripes and a multi-coloured insertion stitched band (randa) along the seams. The horizontal seam band is composed of many solid colours of cotton or silk (?) in 6 cm sections, and the vertical seam band, probably silk, is composed of solid colours as well as sections of colour fading to white.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
dye, silk fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
San Pedro De Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagSa246

Bag made of tubular knit wool with horizontal alternating beige and brown bands with interlocking squares. The bottom is stitched together with brown wool. The strap is formed by two lengths joined with a twisted brown loop, and the pattern is a beige central band with alternating beige and brown lines at the sides. On one side a blue knot of wool is attached and there are faint blue letters ("p x ?").

Culture
Maya ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlanketSa219

Blanket formed by a rectangular woven textile with a short fringe at each end and a pattern of evenly spaced white spots on a black ground.

Culture
Quiche
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nahuala, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa298

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets in yellow, green, blue, black and white on a red ground. White adhesive tag reads '11'.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa297

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripes sets in black, yellow, turquoise, green, and white on a red ground. White adhesive tag reads '10'.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa296

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets on red ground; thin blue on either side of blue and white; thin yellow on either side of green; thin yellow on either side of blue. White adhesive tag reads '9'.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa295

Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets in black, brown and yellow on a red ground. Red weft runs through all. White adhesive tag reads '8'. Red thread flaw runs through lengthwise on one side.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerCb92 a-b

Knife (a) and sheath (b). The knife has a long metal blade, tapering from handle to rounded tip, and sharpened on both sides. The tapering wooden handle, which tapers towards the base and widens to a half-circle at the butt end, has a stamped metal ferrule. The handle is wrapped with cord and covered in stitched leather. The sheath is made of wood wrapped with leather that is incised with lines and dyed with black to form bands on the lower sections. The sheath has four raised horizontal areas near the top as well as a thong for a belt loop.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, iron metal, wood and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DaggerCb91 a-b

Knife (a) and sheath (b). The knife's metal blade tapers from the grip to a slightly bent, rounded tip and is sharpened on both edges. Incised lengthwise on both sides with wavy pattern. On one side the pattern is crossed, and on the other it is flanked by two curves. The handle has a stamped metal ferrule and the handle is wrapped with leather cord and leather sewn over wood. The sheath is made of wood wrapped with leather and the leather is incised with bands of pattern alternating with bands of lines as well as zigzag lines. Sections of the sheath are dyed black.

Culture
Hausa
Material
iron metal, wood, leather skin and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEe68

Long magenta silk shawl. The shawl is hand-woven with a row of black chain stitch and a long fringe on the ends.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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