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Sash486/4

Hand woven belt with a light and dark brown chevron design with circles of the opposite colour on each; one end has a vertical stripe pattern. The design is bordered with a repeating green and red horizontal stripes, Ends have long pieces of twine.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag486/3

Rectangular wool bag with a long thin braided twine strap. The bag has a central black, yellow and cream geometric design of zigzags, circles and lines. Bordering each side are purple, cream, brown, red and green stripes all of varying width. There is a slit opening and loose fabric on the bottom creating a threaded fringe. Both sides are identical.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEf269

A finely woven off-white circular wool hat with the machine sewn top sewn to a long rolled tube. The tubular section has decorative seams consisting of circular rings. Top of hat is lined with white cotton.

Culture
Kalash
Material
sheep wool fibre
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSf382

Belt with three bands of geometric and figurative motifs in off-white, dark red and green on a red ground. Motifs of birds, a cow, a house and geometric figures decorate the central band. Sewn at one end to a stiff thick belt irregularly cross-striped in light and dark shades of natural wool. The opposite end of the red belt is finished with 18 braids which are grouped together by a cord knotted to a very narrow woven tie with geometric patterns. A similar cord and tie is attached to the non-sewn end of the stiff belt section.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, sheep wool fibre, human hair and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca ClothSf396

Coca cloth made of off-white wool with three wide predominantly red bands with green, yellow and purple and pink stripes and thin bands of geometric pattern. Four narrow red and green stripes alternate with the wider groups. Red, green and pink stripes are placed near the edges, parallel to the other stripes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre, synthetic fibre, sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothSf392

A rectangular red-brown cloth with five major groupings of stripes and geometric patterned bands, and 11 singular stripes. Yellow squares on an alternating red and green background appear in two bands. Opposed red and blue triangles, separated by a white zigzag, appear in two bands. Blue diamonds on a red background with a white outline appear in the fifth band.

Culture
Quechua
Material
dye and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall HangingNbz780

Rectangular wall hanging with a basic structure of discontinuous weft twining. The weft is one-ply hand spun wool with a long knotted fringe on one end and loops from the warp on the other end. The warp is commercial off-white wool and forms a fringe at one end and a series of loops at the other end. The design consists of two vertical grey zigzags running vertically and two joined dark brown triangles at one corner, all on a grey-brown ground. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
dye and sheep wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall HangingNbz779

Rectangular wall hanging with a basic structure of discontinuous weft twining. The ground is grey with grey-yellow and grey-brown. There are four vertical rows of arrows and diamonds. The pattern consists of two arrows with a diamond in centre then two other arrows, and there are three such patterns in each row in different colours. The one-ply handspun weft has a looped finish on one end and over-hand knots on the other. The warp is five-ply machine-made wool.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
sheep wool fibre, golden rod dye and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall HangingNbz781

Rectangular wall hanging in plain weave with design in discontinuous weft. The weft is lightly spun and the warp is machine spun. The design consists of four horizontal abstract swallows with outstretched wings represented by chevron shapes with yellow tops and dark brown bottoms, and the swallow design is on an off-white ground. The wall hanging has an interlooped finish on one of the longer sides with overhand loops on the opposite side. Blue 'Salish Weaving' tag sewn to back.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag486/9

Square wool bag with a long thin braided twine strap in brown, orange, red and pink. The bag has a central red, green, purple, pink, white and brown geometric design of zigzags and circles on a checkered ground. Bordering each side are red, orange, white, green and brown stripes of varying width. There is a slit opening and loose fabric on the bottom creating a threaded fringe. Both sides are identical. Hanging from the bottom are two twisted threaded strands with four small tassels.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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