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HatB639

Phulkari style embroidered cap or hat. Predominantly in navy, with orange, white, and black on a red ground. Mirrors and sequins are integrated into the designs.

Culture
North India
Material
glass, silver alloy metal ?, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatB638

Embroidered skull-shaped cap or hat. Diamond-shaped designs of yellow and white, outlined in black. Small, round mirrors are sewn at the corners of each. Lozenge-shaped designs above and below. Purple background. Darning-stitch outlined with chain-stitch.

Culture
North India
Material
silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceH2.131 d

Part of a necklace consisting of grey seeds clumped together in an elongated oval shape. The seeds all have either purple or gold sequins with a white bead on top and a metal wire loop keeping the layers together. Each seed has a wire loop bottom which fastens to a brass chain.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
glass, metal ? and seed
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AmuletM3.144

Amulet of Uzait Horu, or sacred eye of Horus. This is the quadruple form of the sacred eye design, which is repeated symetrically four times. The design is emphasized with black lines and the amulet is pierced with a hole that runs from side to side.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
faience and glass ?
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2.630

Rectangular belt covered with bright, multicoloured quillwork, backed with printed flannel, and bound at the ends with black velvet. Green glass beads sewn along length of belt on both edges. The design on the belt is symmetrical; closest to the edges is a pink quill in a zigzag pattern with mauve background closest to the edges and brown on the other side of the zigzag. There is a white stripe. At the centre is a yellow diamond pattern with brown background and pink strips at the centre of each diamond.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
porcupine quill, glass and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltA2.629

Rectangular belt covered with multicoloured quillwork, backed with black-navy wool, lined with a row of white beads, and bound at the ends with red wool. Quills dyed red, purple, white. Geometrical design: octagons connected by an adjoining side to hexagons. Middle of figures has two parallel lines with squares in the middle.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
porcupine quill, wool fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LampN2.1309

Traditional-style electric lamp post made from dark brown wood and opaque white glass panels; square shaft, house-like light box with roof-like top, and rounded finial.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood and glass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ScreenN2.1306

Screen consisting of an embroidered image of an old man and woman raking pine needles below a pine tree framed with wood and with a sheet of glass protecting it. The image is embroidered in off-white, light pink, blue, brown, black, green and gold on a light orange-pink fabric background. The wood frame is divided into sections around the image with low-relief geometric designs as well as elongated oval holes, there are two vertical pieces at the sides of the frame with more geometric low-relief design as well as a finial at the top of each, two arched feet at the sides, and cloud-like carved protrusions at the top corners. The frame has a dark red-brown finish.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, wood, glass, lacquer, stain ?, metal and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentN2.986 a-b

Two wood sticks adorned with stylized cherry blossoms, packages, dice, and charms. Colours are predominantly pink, gold, and white. The first stick (part a) has a dice, a package, and a red ball. The second stick (part b) has a dice, a package, and a red fish. Although both sticks have gold-coloured flat oval charms, the first (part a) has pink and black blossoms while the second (part b) has orange and black blossoms.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, paper, plastic and glass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsN2.984

Circular band of brown wooden beads with three smaller orange glass beads and one large faceted clear; a braided brown cord with two pompoms is attached to the clear bead.

Culture
Japanese
Material
wood, silk fibre and glass
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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