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Purse3332/16

Heavily embroidered and beaded wallet, or purse, with small mirrors. Layered fabrics sewn together - light green-grey, and one section of mustard yellow. Rectangular piece with three openings on front. Light blue beading around each opening, and beaded fringe along all edges. Small circular mirrors inset within small embroidered burgundy circles on both sides. Edges lined, front and back, with fishtail plaited black and metallic thread.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch3332/15

Pouch made of a square piece of beige fabric, with three corners folded in on itself, and then sewn together creating an envelope-shaped case. Large orange and brown flower design at centre with burgundy petals except for two light green and two royal blue petals. Bordered by concentric squares which contain repeating asterisk designs and zigzag designs. Four pompoms, three dark purple-pink at bottom corners and tip, and one light yellow at centre of opening. Dark gold metal fibre and green-black thread lining the edge of the large square, which has then been folded and sewn.

Culture
Hazara ?
Material
metal, fibre and dye
Made in
Hazarajat, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Book Cover3332/9

Case composed of a square piece of fabric, with three corners folded in on itself, and then sewn together with silver thread creating an envelope-shaped case. Embroidered all over in concentric squares with swirled designs in between in light green, red, black and burgundy, and a small circular mirror at centre.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, glass, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3332/6

Long narrow textile with three roundels with mirror at centre evenly spaced across fabric. Backed with colourful calico fabric. Silver fibre decorations.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
glass, silver metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3332/3

Thin rectangular silk textile with silk embroidery and a reddish-brown cotton backing. Edged with short fringe in sections of yellow, red, orange, green, and light green. The edge is also decorated by metal(?) thread.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Leggings3332/8 a-b

Leggings made of a heavy fabric, covered entirely in deep red embroidery. One end is edged with a thick border of brown. Each legging is heavily embroidered with a variety of techniques - red and dark green plaiting, red with geometric design cross-stitch, and intricate embroidery organic designs at top divided by two rows of metallic threads.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
metal, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dip Net3330/1

Dip net composed of a long pole handle, hoop and net. Net composed of woven cotton string. Hoop composed of two pieces of bent wood, tied together at the top and attached to the pole by two wooden pegs, black coated wire and cord. Net suspended from hoop by six metal rings (three on each side), fibre and wire bindings at top. A small piece of dark blue fabric and light green fabric are tied in the net, as well as some pieces of a rough unwound plant fibre rope. A long cord is attached to a metal ring on both sides of the hoop. A piece of off-white string is tied to the pole near the end.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo ?
Material
metal, rubber ?, wood, iron metal ?, plant fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3314/19

Black beaded necklace made up of three strands, with metal discs hanging from bottom edges of all strands. Each strand is longer than the one preceding it. The three strands connect to two smaller strands on either side of the necklace which then fasten together. The strand on the left has a beaded end and the strand on the right has a looped end. There are seven metal discs on the top strand, nine discs on the middle strand, twelve discs on the bottom strand. Each disc is attached to the larger strands by two small beaded strands. Threads in interior of beaded strands, connecting discs on the bottom strand, are black. Threads connecting discs on the top two strands are white.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
plastic, fibre and metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3296/17

Thin, oval-shaped metal bracelet with open ends. The open ends are closer to one side of the bracelet. The band is circular; the surface is undecorated. Bracelet is corroded near the ends.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet3296/14

Wide, oval-shaped bracelet with open ends. Band is a flat piece of metal that was rolled into a circular shape. The end of the rolled metal is visible along the bottom side of the bracelet. The band's surface is undecorated, and uneven due to its rolled interior. Bracelet is corroded along the edge of the metal.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
copper metal ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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