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BlanketEi44

Heavy cotton blanket has alternating black rectangles and squares on horizontal areas of light blue, then white, light brown, then yellow. Entire design is alternating colours and squares then rectangles both horizontally and vertically. Unravelled warp creates fringes of black and white at both ends.

Culture
Burmese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa203

Sample of double-ikat resist-dyed woven cotton textile. The textile has both warp and weft patterning with a traditional pattern of black, blue, yellow, white and metallic gold stripes and an ikat design, mainly curvilinear, in bands of white.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa201

Sample of woven cotton cloth with resist-dyed patterns woven into warp (jaspe). Multi-coloured striped pattern alternating with stripes of black and white jaspe weave patterns in typical designs.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEdz1014

A fan of woven straw in twill weave, shaped like an inverted heart, with a tubular bamboo handle that has a split 10.8 cm. long to allow for the insertion of the fan. The handle is painted (?) with a mottled brown pattern, perforated near the butt end and held in place with a nail. The straw is purple, blue-green, and natural colours, woven in geometric design, finished with a band of braided straw sewn with unspun linen (?) thread around each side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, grass, dye, paint ?, iron metal and flax fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bark ClothAc209

Bark cloth cover decorated with twelve repeat rectangular designs in groups of three. Each rectangle contains nine triangular shapes divided into three rows. The edge is folded over towards the front and sewn in place to form a border.

Culture
Central African ?
Material
fig bark, dye ? and paint ?
Made in
Uganda ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head ClothSf874

The head cloth is long and narrow with a geometric pattern and long fringe. The pattern shows the same bipedal figure repeated six times in shades of brown, red, yellow and green. At both ends there is a band of diamonds in a diagonal pattern, followed by a section of tightly woven rows leading to a long multi-coloured fringe.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlSf873

Textile with multi-colour stripes alternating with bands of geometric shapes in black and white. Each group of stripes is separated by bands of brown. The warp ends are finished by folding and machine stitching. One weft selvedge has all the thread floats from one colour area to the next.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEdz1012

A fan of woven straw in twill weave, shaped like an inverted heart, with a tubular bamboo handle that has a split 8.5 cm. long to allow for the insertion of the fan which is projecting 13 cm. beyond the body of the fan. The handle is painted (?) with a mottled brown pattern, perforated near the butt end and held in place with a nail. The straw is purple, blue-green, and natural colours, finished with a band of braided straw sewn with unspun linen (?) thread around each side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, grass, dye, paint ?, iron metal and flax fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelSf870

Complete loom width of dark yellow, weft-faced weaving with tapestry borders of interlocking spirals in red and dark yellow. Tapestry bands with feather motifs in red and two shades of yellow are sewn to both ends, next to the spirals. Fragments of seaming thread indicate the piece was folded transversely, and seamed together.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelSf869

One complete panel of tie-dyed 'patchwork' tunic. Step triangles, dyed in red, green, and three shades of blue are arranged in radially symmetrical patterns. All colours have resist-dyed designs of small and large circles and bars. The colours line up in diagonal rows. Warp and weft selvedges are almost intact.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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