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Textile1095/1

Silk cloth with blue, green and gold wave pattern at top separated by brown and blue border from central scene of four dragons with clouds and flowers on orange background above blue, green and gold waves and orange and blue rocks. Bordered on three sides by brown border edged with blue. Seam down middle and in upper right corner.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe1091/10

Dark purple robe with a rounded neck, wide sleeves and centre opening with brass frog closures. There are slits in the sides and back. On the front, back and sleeves are dragon, cloud, sun and peony motifs in pink, red, green and turquoise. The border along the sleeves and bottom hem has chrysanthemum and prunus motifs in silver and red on a dark purple ground. There are mirrors and green glass eyes on the front, back and sleeves. The inside lining is yellow linen.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal, glass, dye and flax fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron1057/2

Light brown apron with dark blue border on the bottom, dark green on the other three sides. Two green stripes go across the lower half; each has nine bells attached. Four bells and seven thimbles are attached to the bottom of the apron. Top half of apron is embroidered with an eagle in pink, red and green on wings, yellow on beak and feet, holding a green in its mouth and one foot. Ink design in wings indicates embroidery is unfinished. One tie extends on each side of apron.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cotton fibre, brass metal ?, ink, wool fibre, dye and silk fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1046/4

Rectangular, multi-coloured silk ikat bed cover or wall hanging, backed with machine printed, floral cotton textile. On the ikat side are 25 narrow vertical stripes of seven-colour warp-face ikat designs, separated by narrower, unpatterned green, yellow, or red-purple stripes. The weft is bright pink, giving the piece an over-all rosy appearance. The machine printed cotton backing textile is predominantly red, with brown, tan and white details, and the piece is bound on all four edges with bias cut green silk textile. Several lengths of ikat textile were pieced together to achieve the desired width.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan ? or Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1046/3

Rectangular, multi-coloured silk ikat bed cover or wall hanging, backed with red, white and gray-blue machine printed cotton textile. The patterns on the ikat side are large and boldly colourful and are composed of six-colour warp-face ikat designs on three narrow vertical panels that have been stitched together to achieve the desired width. The silk weft is bright pink, giving the piece an overall rosy appearance. The cotton backing textile is loosely attached to the ikat silk with running stitches made with red thread. All edges are bound with green silk bias binding.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan ? or Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1045/1

Rectangular suzani textile with dense appliqué designs on cream ground. In the centre are round red flowers and multicoloured floral motifs. Around the flowers are green vines arranged in a diamond pattern. There is a border around the edges with large round red flowers and circular green vines. The back lining is blue with a diagonal line pattern in white and dark blue. There is a strip of fabric with tabs for hanging sewn to the top edge.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Bukhara, Uzbekistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong1284/1

Sarong with a floral and bird motif pattern at both ends and a geometric design with floral design elements at the centre. The sarong is composed of two pieces of fabric stitched together at the centre with white thread.

Culture
Javanese
Material
silk fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt540/1 a-b

Two pink silk skirt panels (part a-b) with embroidery. The skirt has no waistband. There are thin borders of black and gray ricrac running down the skirt. There is a dense section of embroidery on each panel with peony and prunus motifs in cream, green and gray on pink ground. The inner edges are lined with fuchsia silk; the skirt is otherwise unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1416/5

Long narrow purple textile with geometric designs in orange, blue, white, orange, green and black.

Culture
Philippines
Material
silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1404/30

Red, rectangular, brocade textile consisting of a piece of cotton on the back attached to silk. The surface is decorated with gold, metallic thread depicting various floral designs with a tree at the bottom and a central image of a stylized elephant wearing two pieces of textiles and a jar with flowers on its back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye, metal and cotton fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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