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Bull's Hood1330/10

Highly decorated hood for a bull, formed by joining two embroidered square panels along two of their adjacent edges and rounding off the point that is thus formed. The remaining two edges of the squares are left open, forming points at the bottom of the cover. Two ovoid openings, finished with binding, are located along the top edge. The two sides of the cover are heavily embroidered with square, circular and floral motifs, in red, orange, purple, green, and white, which are embellished with many round and tear-shaped mirrors on blue background. The embroidery is underlined with red-orange heavy cotton textile.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample Book1350/29

Hand-made sample book containing small samples of five different kinds of hand-made lace, each labeled to indicate type of lace and (sometimes) the age of the maker. Pages held together with dark blue twine, threaded through two holes in the fold at the left edge and knotted. The cover is a folded sheet of dark blue construction paper with some words hand lettering in pencil; three labels made of masking tape partially obscure the writing. On the first page is a 6.4 cm long sample of 1.3 cm wide lace, vertically mounted on dark blue tissue paper and tacked down with white thread; two labels made of masking tape identify the name of the pattern, its place of manufacture, and notes about its maker and materials used. On the second page is a 9 cm long sample of 1.8cm wide lace, vertically mounted on dark blue tissue paper and held in place with two steel pins; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern. On the third page is a 7.5 cm long sample of 2 cm wide lace, vertically mounted on dark blue tissue paper and tacked down with white thread; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern. On the fourth page is a 9.3 cm long sample of 2.3 cm wide lace, mounted vertically on dark blue tissue paper and tacked down with white thread; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern and the age of the maker. On the fifth page is a 4.5 cm long sample of 7.1 cm wide lace, mounted horizontally and held in place with two steel pins; one label made of masking tape identifies the name of the pattern and the age of the maker.

Culture
English
Material
paper, cotton fibre, linen fibre and silk fibre
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scarf2663/28

Rectangular scarf of cream-coloured plain silk with fringe ending in woven silk at each end. Folded twice lengthwise, and many times crosswise.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife2664/1 a-b

Long knife with scabbard. Scabbard is smooth silver with two bands of leaf shapes extending from centre ring; single band at opening of scabbard. Loop on one side surrounded with embossed foliate design. Flat tape braided of red-purple silk? with double braid on one side inserted through slit in the other. Handle with concave sides is wrapped with twisted silver wire. Top of handle has overall design of hexagons, each with a Y design inside, and recesses filled with a dark substance. Copper band around top of wire-wrapped area.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
silver metal, silk fibre, copper metal and wood
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz1132 a-j

Ten objects of the same size and shape; triangular pieces of gold foil with green sticks glued down the back, protruding out the bottom. A second, smaller triangular foil tier--coloured red, green, pink and gold--is raised off the surface of the first by three cylindrical spacers; a red pompom sits in the centre of the second tier. A single, slender strip of peacock feather arises from the back of each object.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, silk fibre ?, dye, ink and peacock feather
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dowry Bag1098/2

Small, square, flat, envelope-style dowry bag or purse made by bringing three corners of a square together, using the fourth corner as a triangular flap. Heavily embroidered with square and X-shaped, brightly coloured geometric designs and round mirrors. Loosely twisted fibre cords (red, yellow and green; 52.5 cm in length) with a yellow pompom, are used to fasten the flap shut. The embroidery is underlined with red printed cotton textile.

Culture
South Asian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Disk2663/21

Stone disk of mottled grey-brown with a hole in the centre through which is threaded a flat braided cord of fine dark red-purple silk. There is a small floral design etched on one side of the disk. There are breaks at the ends of the cord.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
stone and silk fibre
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bracelet2663/56

Bracelet of 11 flat octagonal plaques of dark blue stone mottled with yellow. Plaques decrease in size from the centre. Threaded on silk thread with fine metal strip and loop closing.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
stone, silk fibre and metal
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wedding Scarf1330/9

Man’s long, narrow, rectangular scarf or sash, heavily embroidered with multicoloured geometric and floral motifs and many mirrors. Arranged along the length of the scarf are sixteen square and rectangular blocks of embroidered designs, consisting of a variety of motifs, many different kinds of stitches and two styles of embroidery (kharek and pakka). The embroidery is so dense that it completely covers the background textile. The blocks of embroidery are separated by black “braid” formed from bundles of black cotton thread which is laid and couched with red thread. There is a border of silver and gold mirrors along all four edges, and the ends are embellished with green and pink beadwork and small red-orange silk tassels. A binding of dark green cotton muslin is machine-stitched along the outside edges. The underlining is pieced from plain and printed cotton and rayon(?) textile in various shades of red.

Culture
North India
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, wool fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India and Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dowry Bag1330/8

Small, flat, square, embroidered envelope-style bag, detailed with mirrors and pompoms, made by folding and stitching together three corners of a flat, square panel to form a pocket, with the fourth corner left open to serve as a flap or cover. The square-shaped embroidered motifs, formed from bars of satin stitch outlined in black, are grouped together into larger squares that are arranged in a grid, separated with narrow bands of alternating mirror-work and floral designs that form an X on the back of the bag. The square is bordered with mirror-work, alternating with floral designs. The embroidery is so dense that it completely covers the background textile. There are glass beads sewn onto the seams, which are worked in fine interlacing stitch. Small pompoms and glass beads are stitched to the lower corners. At the intersection of the three corners is a small white button, embellished with small coloured glass beads. The embroidery is underlined with red cotton textile that is printed with multicoloured designs.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India ? or Rajasthan, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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