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Hunting Cloth3377/19

Hunting cloth decorated with hand painted and stamped designs. Composed of two rectangular pieces of woven fabric stitched together down the long edge. Design features four partridges across the top, and a large snow leopard with a snake wrapped around its body. Ten small clover-like designs are stamped across the top, left and bottom edges with more stamped within the leopard along with stamped circles and dots. Light yellow borders the edge of the textile.

Culture
Afghan
Material
paint and cotton fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunting Cloth3377/18

Hunting cloth decorated with hand painted and stamped designs. Composed of two rectangular pieces of woven fabric stitched together down the long edge. Design features a partridge on the left, and a large seated lion with a snake wrapped around its body. The background is stamped with clover-like designs and small dots are stamped all over the lion's body. Edges are unfinished.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hunting Cloth3377/17

Hunting cloth decorated with hand painted and stamped designs. Central figure is a large camel in trappings - cover, neck decoration and bridle with hanging bell - with two partridges above its back, and one below its head. The background is stamped with clover-like designs. Edges are unfinished. A bright orange borders the edge of the textile.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3377/11

Large textile composed of four long panels of silk fabric (one with an additional square to equal the length of the other panels) stitched together. The fabric is a bright green-yellow, with dyed bands of light green down the length. At centre, a large arched design, bordered by a repeating red chain stitch design, bordered on each side by three tight lines of light pink chain stitch. The textile is heavily embroidered on three edges with floral designs in red and pink silk chain stitch embroidery.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3377/2

Brimless, short and rounded cap in a reddish-brown velvet with a light brown band covered by a wide ribbon of metal thread. The hat is very rigid. The top has four heart-shapes beaded in yellow, dark blue, orange, light green and light blue with points meeting at centre, and metal stylized floral embroidery within. Some sequins are incorporated in and around the design.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
fibre, glass and metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3377/1

Brimless, short and rounded cap fully embroidered in rows of repeating designs that wrap around the band. The geometric and floral designs are stitched in pale grey-green, eggplant, deep pink and dark teal silk thread, outlined by orange-gold silk thread in chain stitch. The dome has a small eight-point star design at centre, with a ring of fern-like leaves encircling it. Edge hemmed with light green, white and purple band. Lined with solid beige fabric.

Culture
Baluchi ? or Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3376/3

Long looped beaded neacklace. Composed of two lengths of cylindrical beaded strings with all four ends stitched together, leaving two loops. The beadwork is wrapped around a rolled, loosely woven natural-coloured textile base.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armband3376/2

Beaded armband composed of a horizontal band with thick layers of beaded fringe. The band is backed by a loose weave textile formed into three tube-like rows beaded in pale pink. A thick fringe of twisted dark blue fibres, each with two large sections of white, light blue, olive green beads, each colour separated by a single red bead. Sections separated with a space of fibre. Fibre knotted below the upper section and at the end.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass, fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chest Ornament3376/1

Chest ornament composed of three sections with rolled horizontal beaded bands attached at either end by small rounded copper(?) buttons. The centre section three strips are covered in light pink beading with white, black, white, red, and white beading on either end. Hanging is a beaded rectangular ornament with two sections of blue and white checkerboard pattern, with three vertical bands of red / white / red. Ends in short fringe of black beading with white tips. Long twisted ropes hang down on either side of the chest piece with large blue and light yellow beads, copper rings and bells.

Culture
Zulu ?
Material
glass, fibre and copper metal ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt3377/12 a-e

Garment pieces - bodice (part a), body (part b), two cuffs (part c-d), and one sleeve (part e) - made from a beige cotton. The bodice is heavily embroidered in silk, front and back, with geometric and organic designs with small circular mirrors set within the embroidery. The collar is a pale purple-blue. The front opening has two snap closures. The simple body is composed of multiple pieces of fabric, and flares out slightly, with side slits on either side. The cuffs are dyed a pale purple-blue and embroidered with silk thread, each with a snap closure. The sleeve is a plain, tube-like construction, with purple-blue staining on end where it appears to have been cinched.

Culture
Hazara ? or Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass and metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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