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Sarong3559/71

Red-orange raw silk sarong with alternating rows of butterfly and flower designs along length; "W"-like shapes in between each butterfly and diamonds in between the flowers. Zigzag border along top edge of designs and plain line underneath. All designs are done in dark orange and red-pink; green shading along top and bottom edges.

Culture
Thai
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sarong3559/70

Long, rectangular dark purple sarong with patterned columns along length; made of raw silk. Columns alternate between hook-like designs with horizontal lines, and diamonds with "X" shapes; green lines, trimmed with red, in between each column. Patterns are done in peach and purple-pink. Left and right sides are trimmed with dark green; top and bottom are undecorated.

Culture
Thai
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3522/103

Strip of bright orange kente cloth, with fringe on either end. Woven along the length are thirty-three bands. The first four bands on either side are identical alternating patterns; rest of bands, in centre, are identical alternating designs. The first design of the outer section is of irregularly shaped indigo triangles; second design of outer section is a red-purple and bright orange grid. The first design of the centre section is columns of indigo and red-purple stripes, with dotted indigo columns in the centre; second design is rows of thin indigo semi-circles, connected with horizontal lines. All bands are divided with white lines.

Culture
Ewe ?
Material
silk fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/5

Kente cloth composed of eighteen hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in dark blue, white, light blue, maroon, yellow, green, and red. The embroidered designs are in the centre of the cloth and consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in yellow, dark green, blue, orange, blue-grey, green-grey and white. Tag attached to bottom right corner.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, dye and silk fibre
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/6

Kente cloth composed of twenty-two hand woven cloth strips, forming ten rows. Four strips span the entire length of the textile, six rows consist of three shorter strips. All have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a repeating stripe pattern; done in orange, light blue, white, light purple, dark blue, and red. The six shorter strips along the right side are attached to the cloth upside down, causing the pattern to break in the bottom corner. The embroidered designs cover the entire cloth, except the left edge. The designs consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes and ladder-like stripes; done in shades of yellow, green, red, white, orange, blue, and purple.

Culture
Ewe
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kente Textile3473/4

Kente cloth composed of twenty-three hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge and have embroidered designs overtop. Each strip has a multi-coloured checkered pattern; done in black, yellow, red, green and blue. The embroidered designs in the centre of the cloth consist of rectangular blocks, plain stripes, ladder-like stripes and geometric motifs; done in dark yellow, black, dark red, blue, green, and light orange. Left and right edges are covered entirely in embroidery, consisting of a rectangular block design. Blocks are filled with horizontal and vertical stripes, checkers, and parallelogram-like shapes; done in dark orange, dark red, dark yellow, green, yellow, dark blue and light pink. Tag attached to back bottom right corner.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash3385/1

Striped sash with heavy embroidery. Stripes alternate between pale pink and dark pink, with threads extending into adjoining sections, giving stripes flowing appearance. Embroidery is along the bottom edge and upper two thirds of the sash, with a wide section of plain stripes in between. Embroidery consists of triangular sections- with backgrounds of gold, white, pale pink and dark pink- filled with floral and geometric motifs. Geometric motifs are of concentric diamonds, hexagons, diagonal and horizontal lines. All are done in white. Reeds and flowers, done in gold thread, throughout dark and pale pink sections. Pale pink, blue, purple and white flowers, with yellow, white and green leaves, embroidered overtop gold triangular sections. Silver highlights throughout the flowers. Top edge of sash is bordered with gold and dark pink zigzag motif, bottom edge bordered with gold and pale pink zigzag motif. Back of sash is pale pink and undecorated. Length edges are finished seams, width edges are folded. Characters, embroidered in gold, inside fold along top edge.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre, dye and metal ?
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/4

Woven rectangular textile composed of three pieces of fabric sewn together. Large ikat centre piece is woven in dark purple-red, light brown, green, and blue. The centre piece is flanked by two pieces of fabric with a red background decorated with intricately patterned gold thread designs.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3448/20

Long rectangular white shawl woven from cotton(?) with open-weave fringe on both ends. The front is embroidered in white silk with large flowers, stems, and circular buds. Some light blue and black thread has been woven into a piece of the fringe.

Culture
Otomi
Material
cotton fibre ? or silk fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3448/22

Long rectangular white shawl woven from cotton(?) with open-weave fringe on both ends. The front is embroidered in pink silk with large flowers, stems, and circular buds.

Culture
Otomi
Material
cotton fibre ? or silk fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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