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Armour3629/1

Armoured vest made of wood, with bone plates across exterior; interior is lined with woven plant fibre. Back panel of vest is longer than front flaps. Plant fibre lining right shoulder strap and front flap has sections dyed red; rest of vest lining is naturally coloured. Front flaps of vest secure with a fibre tie that knots around two large circular buttons, made of bone, with grooves cut into them; tie has seeds threaded through ends. Additional decorative button-like squares along front opening and large circles attached to shoulder straps.

Culture
Toradja
Material
seed, plant fibre, wood, bone, fibre and dye
Made in
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/10

Wrap-around skirt. Top portion is a solid dark blue. Lower portion has two thick bands of embroidered design on a black background, flanked by teal bands, with a large solid dark purple band through the middle. A single row of cowrie shells are sewn along the top band with strings of beads, evenly spaced, hanging down. Each string has many different sizes of reddish-brown cylindrical beads, a few small red glass beads, and each with a pearlescent seed at the end. From the centre of the row of cowrie shells, two bells are hung. Single-side embroidery.

Culture
Chin: Falam
Material
cotton fibre ?, cowrie shell, metal, clay, seed, shell and glass
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Falam” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder Bag3587/36 a-d

Shoulder bag (part a) with accessories (parts b-d). The dark brown rectangular bag is composed of three woven panels stitched together to form a pouch. The panels have raised meander designs in grey and maroon, and supplementary embroidery in green, yellow, red, blue and pink. The front has long red fringe attached, about 1/4 from the opening. The fringe is composed of plaited strands of red with some mustard yellow, olive green, dark green and navy blue included, as well as strings of white beads and silver-coloured beads. Small panels of embroidered geometric designs are attached above the fringe, and are separated by six vertical strings of white beads that extend into the long red fringe. Below each side panel, there is a section of brown twisted fringe along the bottom edge of the bag. The long dark brown strap is folded down the middle. The accessory (part b) consists of a length of knit(?) yarn in various shades of pinks, greens and some yellow - the ends of which terminate in red tassels of the same plaited string used on the bag's fringe. The accessories (parts c-d) are matching red fabric strings with tassels at both ends in white, yellow, red and dark blue.

Culture
Kachin: Jingpo
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, metal, job's tear seed and glass
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3587/40

Sleeveless blouse. Square-shaped brown blouse composed of two long rectangular pieces of textile folded lengthwise, partially stitched together on their long edges, leaving two armholes and a neck hole. The weave has subtle horizontal purple lines, light brown stepped lines and dark brown metallic thread lines throughout. Mid-textile, about 4 cm of fabric has been folded in and sewn creating a subtle raised band. The armholes are lined with off-white buttons stitched on in alternating dark green and pink threads and some sequins. The neck hole is lined with tube-like seeds attached horizontally with a single off-white button at the centre on both front and back. The same seeds are attached vertically in pairs spaced around the bottom hem over top of purple and metallic thread embroidery. The centre seam and side seams are embellished with grey sequins. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Bamar: Taungyo
Material
cotton fibre, metal, seed, glass, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Taunggyi” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3615/3

Beaded necklace made of oval-shaped grey seeds; strung on plastic string. Seeds range in colour from light to dark grey, and others have brown highlights.

Culture
Australian
Material
seed and plastic
Made in
Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3615/2

Beaded necklace made of circular beige and red-brown seeds; strung on plastic string. Each seed has a small hole pierced through one side and a larger opening on the other. Bead orientation alternates, so that same sized holes are always touching along the strand.

Culture
Australian
Material
seed and plastic
Made in
Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3615/1

Beaded necklace made of circular brown-grey seeds; strung on plastic string. Each seed has a small hole pierced through one side and a larger opening on the other. Bead orientation alternates, so that same sized holes are always touching along the strand. Short white piece of twine tied around plastic string along side of necklace.

Culture
Australian
Material
seed, fibre and plastic
Made in
Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3616/4

Small beaded 'jingle' bag with beadwork. On the front, the beadwork has geometric designs in dark yellow, red, dark blue, and pink, on a light blue background. The back has two separate rectangular sections of beading on a pink background stitched together with some blue beaded fill on the right side. The designs are of concentric diamonds in dark yellow, dark blue, green, white, red and blue attached by lines on a pink background. Round metal beads are tied to a length of skin that is threaded through a slot in the flap and attached to the inside of the bag. The end of each tie has a single red seed bead above the knot. The flap and bottom edge are lined with 'tinkle' bells of conical pounded metal. Attached to the top of the bag are two lengths of skin knotted together with more round metal beads.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, metal, glass, fibre and seed ?
Made in
Saskatchewan, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3559/64

Dark blue shoulder bag with multicoloured embroidered panel on front. Panel has a central flower-like design, made up of eight diamonds, on a grid of patterned squares. Patterns consist of Greek key motifs, concentric triangles and cross-hatching. Band of zigzags across top of panel and bands of squares, with grille-like pattern, across bottom edge. Panel trimmed with white, blue, red and yellow bands; bag opening trimmed with red and blue. Coloured pompoms and white seed bead decoration in bottom corners; additional pompom along top centre. Interior of bag lined with white cotton.

Culture
Akha ?
Material
cotton fibre, seed and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3559/55

Black sleeveless blouse, with V-neckline on front and back; entire surface decorated with embroidery and seed beads. Long pieces of fringe along sides and down centre, on bottom half, on front and back of blouse; short fringe extends from top edge of arm openings. Top half of blouse is decorated with multicoloured lines with groupings of four beads, forming an "X" shape, along their lengths; bobbles spaced across stripes too. Large woven panel across middle of blouse; consists of pink bands with rows of diamonds across them, black squares throughout design. Black squares are filled with beads, forming an "I" shape; plain stripes with bobbles trim wide pink bands. Bottom half of blouse has differently decorated embroidered and beaded rows. Embroidered designs consist of plain lines with bobbles, repeating hourglass-like shapes, and zigzags; beaded rows have groupings of two beads forming alternating diagonal lines. Bottom edge of blouse is hemmed; interior is unlined.

Culture
Karen
Material
fibre, seed and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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