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Man's Wrap3587/11

Man's body cloth. Composed of two panels stitched together on the long edge. Orange-red background with six bands of embroidered designs on red, light blue, yellow and green backgrounds. There are two vertical bands, each with four vertical yellow bands of zigzags. The yellow embroidery pulls on the textile resulting in uneven edges. Sides have folded hem.

Culture
Chin: Zotung
Material
silk fibre
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Haka” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Dress3587/1

Woman's wrap-around dress (kira). The dress is composed of three woven panels stitched together on the long edge to create a rectangular fabric. Each panel is finished in chain stitch in either red and dark blue or light grey-green and light brown. The centre of the textile has a beige background with evenly spaced bands of stripes. On each side there is a section of alternating solid orange and navy blue bands on an off-white ground weave. Both sides have sections of navy blue, grey, and bright orange bands in various sizes on a dark orange ground weave. One side is heavily embroidered with alternating lines of dark blue or dark blue-green and red designs including meander, stepped pyramids, diamonds, and other motifs. Fringe on the short ends.

Culture
Bhutanese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bhutan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsN2.51 a-b

Pair of sandals. Brown plastic covering over rubber soles, with one gold and one grey velvet thong.

Culture
Japanese
Material
plastic, grass, silk fibre and rubber
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3596/2

Elongated rectangular wedding shawl made of pale gold wild tussar silk. Faint dark grey-brown bands across length at varying intervals and of differing widths. Left and right sides are trimmed with openwork and tightly woven bands; short pieces of fringe on edges. Top and bottom edges are finished.

Culture
Indian
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Odisha, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dragon Robe3550/1

Dark red robe with a round neck, long sleeves, hoof cuffs, and a side opening with gold frog closures. There are slits in the centre front and back. Collar, side opening and cuffs are bordered with black and trimmed with dark gold floral motifs. Dragons, clouds and waves embroidered in silver throughout borders. The front, back and upper sleeves of the robe have five-toed dragon, pearl, fish, cloud, crane, gourd, mountain, Taoist symbols, and floral motifs; all done in silver embroidery. The lower sleeves are black and decorated with silver lines; cuffs and lower sleeves edged with a gold braid. Inner lining of cuffs is dark blue silk with circular symbols embroidered throughout; the rest of robe interior is plain light blue silk.

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