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Seat Cover1370/3

A flat, embroidered seat cover. It appears to be shaped to fit a large bicycle seat. It is constructed from blue cotton textile (that has faded to a blue gray colour on the front side of the object), which is profusely embroidered in chain stitch with bright orange and mustard yellow silk or rayon floss, using a meandering pattern, along with paisley motifs and designs that perhaps represent peacocks. A small hooked sun disc motif, enclosed in a circle, appears in the centre, and along the perimeter of the design field are several small discs made from yellow, green and white glass beads. Some gold metallic braid is incorporated into the design. The embroidered textile is edged with a dense fringe made from twisted dark red fibre (faded) and white glass beads, and a ruffle made from dark green synthetic knitted textile. The embroidery is backed with red cotton textile.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
synthetic fibre, glass, metal, dye, cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan ? or Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse Front Panel1098/6

Embroidered textile panel for a blouse front. The embroidery is worked on gray-green cotton textile, with predominantly red and purple/mauve geometric designs and mirrorwork. The designs are outlined in black and orange. The embroidery is underlined with bright pink block printed cotton gauze. A strip of bright green embroidered cotton textile (15.8 cm wide) is sewn to the lower edge; the colours of this strip, as well as the style of embroidery, are different from those used on the upper portion of the textile.

Culture
South Asian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, silver alloy metal, glass and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins1060/19 a-b

Pair of hide moccasins with floral silk embroidery pattern on top. Extended flaps around the ankles and hide thong ties.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
skin and silk fibre ?
Made in
Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1046/2

Rectangular, multi-coloured silk ikat bed cover or wall hanging, constructed of three lengths of bright pink, white, blue-green and yellow warp-face ikat silk satin textile, seamed together vertically, and loosely quilted onto a backing of machine-printed cotton textile. The backing textile is pieced from two floral prints, one with orange and brown predominating, the other with red, yellow and brown predominating. The object is bound on all four edges with bright yellow-green silk dupioni textile, which forms a narrow edging on the front and a wider border on the back. Possibly used as a bed cover for a bride and groom.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan ? or Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1043/1

Square embroidered domestic textile, with large naturalistic floral designs stitched with silk floss in many colours on red cotton fabric. There is a large circular floral pattern in the centre and an arrangement of flowers, leaves and stems in each corner of the square. A border of meandering stems, leaves and flowers forms a frame around the outside edges of the square. The background textile was pieced together from narrow strips before the embroidered patterns were worked. The edges are, for the most part, unfinished, although needle marks along some edges indicate that an edging, such as braid or fringe, may once have been in place.

Culture
Tajik ? or Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong764/4

Brown textile with five series of parallel bands of brown stripes with mirrors, alternating with four wide bands of embroidered white and red zig-zag and scroll desgins with mirrors. Narrow strips of red and green with mirrors, and single red stripes are inbetween larger ones.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
cotton fibre ?, silk fibre ?, dye and glass ?
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile722/1

Centre beaded square in white, divided into 9 smaller squares by yellow, blue and red lines. Yellow and green animals around centre symbol, possibly a flower. Border of yellow and green triangles surround square with an outer beaded border in blue, white and red. Beaded square framed with different bands of fabric, in red with white circles, orange with green corners, red with gold pattern and orange corners and outer border of gold metal embroidered ribbon. Reverse lining in red.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
fibre, dye, glass ? and silk fibre ?
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseEdz1597

Rectangular shaped case with a rounded top and a slit opening; embroidered with silk threads. Depicted on both sides is a gold meander pattern running along the sides and bottom; the top has a gold ruyi pattern. Each side has two sections of gold calligraphy with a variety of coloured backgrounds. Behind all of the detailing is a blue and grey swastika pattern. Attached at the opening is a blue piece of silk twine.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseEdz1596

Rectangular shaped case with a rounded top and a slit opening; embroidered with silk threads on a blue background. Depicted on both sides is a repeating geometric and floral pattern in blue, cream, light orange, green and dark red. Attached at the opening is a black piece of orange silk twine.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CaseEdz1595

Rectangular shaped case with a rounded top and a slit opening; embroidered with silk threads on a light brown background. Depicted on both sides are cream coloured grapes ? on grey, brown and cream leaves with navy and brown vines throughout. The top has a blue and navy ruyi pattern. Attached at the opening is a black piece of twisted silk twine.

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