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Skirt2787/7

Women's embroidered tube skirt (lau pahudu). The naturally-dyed, handspun cotton was hand loomed on s back-strap loom in a continuous supplementary warp weave. Made of two different pieces of fabric hand-sewn together at the waist, the bottom red tube portion with side seam has several large, white, emboidered ancestor figure motifs framed by horizontal bands of yellow and brown, while the upper multi darted bodice has horizontal stripes of black, and red with white zigzag motifs. Two metal hooks with thread eyes close the side opening of the bodice.

Culture
Sumbanese
Material
metal, cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/4

Ceremonial cloth of handspun cotton, natural dyes, predominately red. Warp faced cloth, warp ikat is a cream-coloured chevron motif. Twined ends with fringe.

Culture
Batak: Toba
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Cloth2787/2

Men's waist cloth in hand spun, orange, yellow, cream and brown natural dyed cotton. Two warp faced panels, stitched together with red thread in a vertical seam, have a warp ikat pattern and stripes with hook and key geometric patterns in the warp. The fringe at both ends is two-ply ends, with alternating loose warps.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bolster Cloth2787/25

Long bolster cover. Rectangle of pale green cotton cloth has a shiny border stitched to sides and ends made of strips of the same fabric with songket supplementary weft design in gold covered thread.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre, gold metal and natural dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt2787/5

Tube skirt (ei) hand loomed on back-strap loom with continuous warp. Two identical panels of handspun cotton, patterned in red, brown, black, green and beige, have been joined together horizontally with large hand stitches, then sewn together to form a tube skirt with one thick side seam and a thick band of black at top and bottom.

Culture
Savunese
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Savu, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Cloth2787/1

Men's waist cloth made up of four panels of warp faced cloth stitched together vertically with hems at each end on opposing sides. The rust-red, cream and brown of the hand spun cotton warp ikat patterns are natural dye while the narrow blue and green supplementary warps are commercial dye and mercerized cotton.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre, natural dye and synthetic dye
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/28

Ceremonial skirt cloth (saput). Long maroon coloured cloth, hand woven on a back strap loom with discontinuous warp. The natural dyed silk is single sided and weft faced. Alternating rows of hand wrapped gold and silver thread designs decorate the central panel, framed within a gold border.

Culture
Balinese
Material
silk fibre, natural dye, gold metal, silver metal and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/30

Cloth woven from abaca fibres (musa textile) has a warp ikat decorative technique in dark brown, beige and reddish natural dye colours. The two ends have been left unfinished with a short fringe.

Culture
Philippines
Material
abaca fibre, banana fibre and natural dye
Made in
Mindanao, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2787/44

Fragment of rectangular panel of fabric with pattern divided into two bands of squares, some of which are filled with a solid colour (red, blue, yellow) while others are filled with decorative elements.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2787/43

Fragment of loosely woven fabric with design in burgundy and cream colours with stitched black dots.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
wool fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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