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Belt3559/62

Thin black belt trimmed with red; ties on either side. Entire front is decorated with rows of seed beads, metal discs and plastic buttons. Rows alternate between off-white seeds, silver discs, seeds, white buttons and seeds.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre, seed, metal, plastic and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Collar3559/61

Black collar with four rounded triangles extending from the bottom edge; two ties on either side. Entire front is decorated with alternating rows of seed beads and metal discs; additional seeds border all sides. Triangles have rows of metal discs on either side of a flower design; consisting of a metal centre and seed petals. Back is undecorated.

Culture
Akha
Material
cotton fibre, seed, metal and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron3559/65

Red rectangular apron panel with embroidered decorations across surface; back is black with red trim along edges. Embroidered front has central black rectangle bordered with plain red, gold and black lines; exterior border of panel is red. Red elongated hexagons, diamonds and triangles fill entire interior of rectangle; hexagons surround sides of diamonds, triangles fill the negative spaces. Flowers embroidered on hexagons; done in white, pink and gold. Diamonds and linear motifs on diamonds and triangles respectively; done in gold thread.

Culture
Hmong ?
Material
fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3559/63

Rectangular indigo cloth with opium poppy motif. Poppy motifs consist of four poppies in an "X" shape, with the stems connected at the centre, inside two squares that cover length of cloth. Squares are made up of wide bands filled with smaller squares and plain lines; three diagonal lines through each small square with alternating direction lines. Back of cloth is undecorated.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tie3559/59

Long tie with an alternating square pattern along length; squares alternate between pink and maroon with a cross design in centre. Cross alternates between dark yellow with purple trim and white with olive green trim. Squares are divided by "I"-shaped borders that alternate between black with dark yellow tips and dark yellow with olive green tips.

Culture
Northern Thai
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3559/56

Pink woven bag with braided strap and decorated with multicoloured bobbles of yarn. Bag body is circular and has horizontal bands across surface; stripes are yellow, blue, white, and green, with other colours interspersed throughout. Braided band along bag opening, with long pieces of bobble fringe extending from it. Bag strap is knotted in the centre, with bobble fringe around knot; strap done in green, white, purple, black, and red, with other colours interspersed throughout.

Culture
Karen ? or Lisu ?
Material
synthetic fibre ?, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blanket3588/1

Large red blanket with black tassels extending from each corner; geometric and cross-like designs woven across surface. Main design consists of two columns of connected, irregularly-shaped diamonds. Diamonds made up of of stripes done in black, cream, dark purple, and red; columns bordered on either side with lines of connected squares, done in dark purple. Negative space between designs creates columns of red diamonds; black cross-like designs in their centres. Corners of each bar are tipped with squares. Top and bottom edge of blanket are bordered with dark purple bands.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beads3570/6

String of 26 blue handmade clay beads on a knotted string. One end of the string has a loop.

Culture
Afghan
Material
clay, glaze and cotton fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Yei Rug3588/2

Rectangular rug with six Yei figures woven across surface; done in red, gold, light green, brown-black, and white. Figures are wearing long-sleeved shirts, pants, tall boots, feathered headbands, pendants, and arm bands with long fringe(?). Bottom edges of shirts are decorated with bands of diamonds, stripes, and zigzags; additional diamond on right side of shirt, near waist. In between the feathered headbands and boots of the figures are pairs of rectangles; five pairs along top and bottom edges. Background of rug is cream, black border along all edges; left and right sides trimmed with orange. Cream and orange tassels extend from all corners of rug.

Culture
Navajo
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
New Mexico, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dagger3532/6

Dagger with a bone blade and packed mud face on top; bone is concave on front and convex on back. Face is made with black mud and has large rounded ears, a curved nose and open pouting mouth; mouth is outlined with red pigment(?). Eyes are inset cowrie shells; short, pointed bones stick out of nostrils with an additional curved bone protruding from left side of nose. Face is covered with small inset cowrie shells, with strokes and spots of white pigment throughout. Long cassowary feathers attached to top of head; small amount of grey fibre surrounds mouth.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
bone, earth, cowrie shell, carrowary feather, pigment ? and fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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