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The Sage and His Servant3313/1

Traditional Chinese style scroll painting. Long, vertical scroll with an ink painting on rice paper depicting a servant standing and holding an umbrella, and an elderly man riding a horse next to a river. In the background, there is a large weeping tree. Along the lower left edge is the artist name in two Chinese characters, and in English, and her small red seal. The painting is mounted on a long piece of silk fronted paper, in a light cream colour. A small strip of wood lines the top of the work, with a plaited silk hanging string attached and two ties. A large decorative wooden dowel is attached at bottom.

Culture
Canadian and Chinese
Material
rice paper, silk fibre, ink, fibre and wood
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Gloves (Pair)50.1/7706 AB
Gloves (Pair)50.1/7695 AB
Textile3249/1

Large textile has a dark blue base with thin white lines running horizontally. Several thicker diagonal lines made of small red and yellow stitched squares cross to make large ‘x’ shapes across the textile. Heavy silk embroidery sits at each end, showing a variety of patterns in evenly spaced blocks: long vertical lines, short horizontal lines, and lines made up of small stitches, all in yellow, red and green.

Culture
West African
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Decorative Textile3275/20

V-shaped, multicoloured, embroidered, decorative band. Textile has an under layer of linen, upon which a pattern is cross-stitched. A repeating pattern of coloured triangles is set onto squares of dark pink, orange, white, and maroon runs down the centre of both arms of the V, with smaller versions along the edge. Bottom side of textile holds a think fringe of twisted purple fibre, each ending in a white plastic bead. Back of textile is undecorated green linen.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
flax fibre, silk fibre, dye and plastic
Made in
Turkmenistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Food Cover3275/21

Food cover or table cloth. Square cloth is dark red, embroidered on one half of the diagonal with flower shapes, vines and leaves in colours of orange, dark pink, black and green. The adjacent edges hold long panels with matching squares of embroidery also in these colours. A thick fringe hangs from the bottom of the panels, each with a small white bead at the end. Underside of object is undecorated.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, dye and plastic
Made in
Uzbekistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coat3231/20

Woman’s full-length, A-line, colourful robe (chapan), with long tapered sleeves; open at centre front from neck to hemline, no closures; made of red, yellow, dark red-purple and blue warp-ikat silk textile (abr), woven with patterned silk warp and red silk weft, giving the textile a pinkish background. The front opening is wide through the chest area then tapers inward and overlaps slightly at the hemline. Lightly quilted, with cotton batting. Gathering at the sides just under the sleeves. 16 cm vertical slits at each side at the hem. All edges trimmed with narrow green, black and white loop-manipulated warp twined technique. Lined with off-white cotton textile, machine printed with small gray circular motifs; sleeves lined with brown plaid cotton textile; edges of the body of the garments are faced on the inside with bias strips of multi-coloured ikat textile (silk warp, cotton weft); sleeves faced with bias strips of striped cotton textile.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
silk fibre, indigo dye, safflower dye ? and madder plant dye ?
Made in
Uzbekistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coat3231/19

Woman’s full-length, A-line, colourful robe or coat, with long tapered sleeves; open at centre front from neck to hemline, no closures; made of red, yellow, purple, green and blue warp-ikat textile; silk warp, cotton weft; surface glazed with egg white(?). Gathering at the sides just under the sleeves. 16 cm vertical slits at each side at the hem. Front edges and bottom hem trimmed with 2.3 cm blue, pink and off white tablet-woven braid; sleeve hems trimmed with pink, blue, black and off-white 1.5 cm tablet woven braid. Body is lined with black and off-white checked cotton textile; sleeves lined with orange and off-white cotton textile; edges of the body of the garments are faced on the inside with bias strips of multi-coloured ikat textile (silk warp, cotton weft); sleeves faced with bias strips of brightly coloured floral printed cotton textile.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
egg white glaze, silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Uzbekistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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