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Cuff1201/20

Cuff with an embroidered geometric pattern in red, orange, dark purple, green and grey-green. Three pompoms, two red and one orange, are attached at the seam.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MirrorEdz1616

Square shaped mirror with a light blue silk border and backing embroidered with small dark blue triangles along the edges. Hanging from the bottom of the mirror is a dark blue, thread tassel. There is a square, dark blue silk cover that slides over the mirror. Embroidered on the cover is a girl wearing pink clothing, standing with a large yellow and purple flower with green leaves. The reverse has pink and yellow flowers with a blue bird sitting on green steam surrounded by green leaves. The edges are bordered with small, dark blue triangles.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, dye and silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Open-top HatEd1.288

Cap of black silk damask with widely spaced roundels and floral motifs. The cap is made of two halves joined at a centre seam from front to back, except for the opening at the top, round when worn. This opening and the forehead area are edged with narrow piping. The edge of the cap is straight across the forehead, but then is cut at a right angle so that it covers the ears. The lower edge forms a circle from the right angle to the top opening. The outer fabric is folded under at the ears and threaded on a cord. The cap is lined with blue-green rayon damask with geometric stepped designs and roundels. A pink silk cord extends loosely across the top opening, attached at the centre front and back. At the back are suspended three pink tassels wrapped in silver thread. At the centre front is a complex knot design in pink cord, and five pink tassels.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre, dye and silver metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Open-top HatEd1.287

Cap of black silk damask with a flower and vines at the centre on each side, surrounded with a circle of five-petalled flowers, and with a smaller flower and vine motif on each side of the forehead. The cap is made of two halves joined at a centre seam from front to back, except for the opening at the top, round when worn. This opening and the forehead area are edged with narrow piping. The edge of the cap is straight across the forehead, but then is cut at a right angle so that it covers the ears. The lower edge forms a circle from the right angle to the top opening. The outer fabric is folded under at the ears and threaded on a cord. The cap is lined with blue-purple rayon damask with floral designs. A purple silk cord extends loosely across the top opening, attached at the centre front and back. At the back are suspended three purple tassels wrapped in silver thread. At the centre front is a complex knot design in purple cord, and five purple tassels. At each side above the right angle is attached a silver-coloured metal ornament in the shape of a basket of flowers. At the end of the back seam is attached an ornament of the same metal in the shape of a bat or cicada. Pieces of white paper are pasted to the inside at both sides, and inside the forehead area.

Culture
Korean
Material
fibre, silk fibre, rayon fibre, dye, tin metal ?, paper and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1201/11

A densely embroidered, multi-coloured cuff, consisting of a wide band (13.4 cm) joined to form a cylindrical shape. Embroidered designs in the form of large X’s and asterisk-shapes, worked in red floss outlined in light gray-white on brown cotton textile, alternate in the central design field, and there are bands of red, orange and light gray-white embroidered geometric designs at the edges. There are two large pompoms, one orange and one red, sewn to the seam where the two ends of the band are joined.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament706/39

Ornament consisting of two silk, thread tassels bound at the top with silver, gold and red metallic thread. Attached at the top of the two tassels is a piece of green twine tied together by silver metallic thread. Half way down the section is a knotted piece of silver chain. One tassel is green, the other dark purple.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEdz1613

Ornament consisting of two silk, thread tassels bound at the top with silver, gold and red metallic thread. Attached at the top of the two tassels is a piece of dark green twine tied together by silver metallic thread. Half way down the section is a knotted piece of silver chain. One tassel is green, the other pink.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament706/32

Ornament composed of three stuffed fabric pendants, each embroidered with a design. There is a decorative knot at the top of the ornament, oen in between the second and third pendants, and one below the third pendant. An orange silk tassel hangs from each end of the topmost pendant, and there are two more below the bottom pendant.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile706/31

Long, rectangular, silk textile with a repeated pattern consisting of purple embroidered border edged with a yellow line that straddles the central white floral design on a teal background.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PurseEdz1608

Kidney shaped purse with two sets of two long dark green twine with a red seed ? attaching each set. The purse has an embroidered body with a floral motif in light green, lime green, green, pink and yellow on a dark green background. Pictured in the centre is a large, pink peony. The top has a small rectangular opening made of red silk fabric pleated together to make a fan-like shape. Both sides are identical.

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