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Mittens1086/1 a-b

Pair of leather mittens with a long, flaring cuff trimmed with dark brown fur; a second band of fur encircles with wrist, with a leather fringe on both sides of the mittens running between the two bands of fur. Floral-shaped beadwork in white, orange, black and light green. Lined with bright blue, floral print fabric.

Culture
Cree
Material
skin, glass, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Case1003/34

Beaded case with two lobes at the opening and a shaft that tapers towards a pointed tip. The case is decorated in a floral pattern on one face, and the inner surfaces are lined with off-white cotton and blue cotton, with a white floral pattern.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
fibre, rawhide skin, glass and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1003/32

Bag composed of a black velvet rounded flap as well as a black velvet body that contains a pouch and has three points. A tassel composed of light brown and dark blue thread hangs from each of the three points. The bag is decorated with an abstract beaded design in shades of dark and light blue, pink, red, orange, yellow, white, green and clear glass beads on both the body and the flap with a border of pink and a border of white beads at the opening to the pouch.

Culture
Plains ?
Material
fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong764/4

Brown textile with five series of parallel bands of brown stripes with mirrors, alternating with four wide bands of embroidered white and red zig-zag and scroll desgins with mirrors. Narrow strips of red and green with mirrors, and single red stripes are inbetween larger ones.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre ?, silk fibre ?, dye and glass ?
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile722/1

Centre beaded square in white, divided into 9 smaller squares by yellow, blue and red lines. Yellow and green animals around centre symbol, possibly a flower. Border of yellow and green triangles surround square with an outer beaded border in blue, white and red. Beaded square framed with different bands of fabric, in red with white circles, orange with green corners, red with gold pattern and orange corners and outer border of gold metal embroidered ribbon. Reverse lining in red.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
fibre, dye, glass ? and silk fibre ?
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gloves1003/22 a-b

Pair of buckskin gloves, or gauntlets, with flaring cuffs and multicoloured floral beading. Fringe down one side of the cuff. Red cotton lining.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, dye, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gloves1003/21 a-b

Pair of light tan-coloured buckskin gloves, or gauntlets, with multicoloured floral embroidery, a flaring wrist, and fringe down one side. Light, pink-purple lining.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, glass ? and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leggings579/3 a-b

Pair of red felt leggings; two roughly rectangular pieces with ties attached to the upper corners and a set of five buttons at the bottom to secure the top and bottom around the leg. Multicoloured, patterned appliqué border around the bottom and two sides. White beads sewn along the sides and bottom edges. White band of felt across the top. Protruding, pointed pieces of felt hang behind the row of bottoms at the bottom; yarn pompoms attached to the tips of the points.

Culture
Sioux ?
Material
wool fibre, glass, silk fibre ?, metal and dye
Made in
Missouri, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress949/12

Headdress composed of a strip of grey, red, yellow and black fabric with two rows of green sequins attached at the centre in between two sets of two pendants. Each pendant is cmposed of three multicoloured yarn pompoms and a string of glass silver and blue-green beads with a metal and bead tassel at the end.

Culture
Yi
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, wool fibre ?, fibre, metal, glass and plastic
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag916/1

Small, embroidered, red envelope style bag, made by folding and stitching three corners of a multi-coloured embroidered square together, leaving the fourth corner open as a flap. The central design motif is a hooked sun disc (circular medallion surrounded by numerous spiral ‘arms’) set within a square, which is surrounded by a row of mirrors and geometric border designs. The majority of the embroidered motifs are worked in fine chain stitch. All edges are finished with a heavy black cord that is couched in place with gold metallic thread. A narrow black cord is attached at the point of the flap. The bag is lined with tan and green machine printed cotton textile with a small floral pattern.

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