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Textile3612/5

Embroidered square textile. The central design is a large red embroidered X-shape composed of rhombus flowers on a light grey-beige background. Small embroidery framed circular mirrors are included around the designs as well as within the central square. The edge is bordered with repeating rhombus shapes in alternating directions creating a zigzag pattern, with small triangles filling the space. This zigzag band is separated from the central design by a band of yellow threads, bordered by black on each side, that are stitched in alternating in orange and green thread. The edge has a thin band of black. Reverse is backed with red fabric.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3612/3

Quilted and embroidered square textile. Central design is a square, outlined with smaller squares that have embroidery-framed circular mirrors. The inner square has an overall light blue-green, burgundy and yellow-green on light brown colour scheme with more small circular mirrors embroidered within light blue-green flowers. This central square is framed by a wide border of various sized sections of red fabric embroidered with floral designs in black, green and yellow on one side, and pink, deep purple, green and yellow on the other side. Each section is edged with black threads. Finished with black edging, and a small black loop in one corner. Reverse is backed with maroon fabric over a layer of red fabric.

Culture
Baluchi
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sari3612/9

Block-printed silk sari. On one end, there is a square panel featuring an ornate design in blue, cyan and silver. Down the length, the centre blue panel has repeating horizontal bands of designs in purple. At the opposite end, the purple designs change to a double-sided antler design. The sides are bordered by wide bands of cyan flowers outlined in purple on a grey background. Small cloth store label attached from Aarong Bangladesh. The short ends are finished with folded and sewn edges.

Culture
Bangladeshi
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Bangladesh
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3612/4

Embroidered square textile. Central design is nine small embroidered squares with geometric designs, yellow lines, and equal-armed crosses at centre on a dark grey-blue fabric. The squares are separated by embroidery-framed circular mirrors. Three edges of the textile are embroidered with a band of geometric designs in orange, bordered by bright yellow, with red geometric designs spaced by circular mirrors framed by embroidery expanding from the inner yellow line towards centre. There are small slits about halfway down each side. The fourth unfinished edge has four embroidered cross-shapes in red and yellow thread with three embroidery-framed mirrors spaced between them. Reverse is not backed.

Culture
Chitrali ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hanging3612/6

Long rectangular embroidered hanging or banner. This horizontal textile has eleven panels containing birds (including a peacock), flowers, elephants and a seated Ganesh figure, all with embroidery-framed circular mirrors included in the designs. The panels are bordered by a band of checkered pattern in sections of red, green, white, blue and beige. Along the top of the banner, above the border, is a horizontal panel of repeating triangles (mountains?) with a bird's foot shape in the space between each triangle. Both sides of the banner taper in to points. Edged with red fabric and ten looped tabs along the sides and top edge. The reverse is not backed except small pieces of fabric at each tapered end as well as a section left of centre.

Culture
Pakistani
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3612/8

Rectangular textile with dense embroidered floral designs on a beige background. The textile is composed of three lengths of beige fabric stitched together along the long edges. In the centre are three large red and brown-red flowers surrounded by smaller red flowers. The centre section and outer section are separated by a rectangular border of small red flowers with green stems. The outer section has more large red and brown-red flowers, that wrap around the centre rectangle. This section is also bordered by small flowers, but in a dark brown-red colour with green stems. The back lining is composed of sections of floral fabric stitched together. The textile is edged with a beige fabric with geometric designs in dark blue, red and light brown, folded over the edge and sewn with both a running stitch and whip stitch in yellow or orange thread.

Culture
Uzbek ?
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Bukhara, Uzbekistan
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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Band3559/73

Long rectangular band with bright pink and grey patterned bands; seam at centre in a dark blue band with red on either side. Pink bands have connected swirl motifs, grey bands have stepped lines forming geometric patterns throughout; designs done in indigo, silver, white and dark pink. Blue band is undecorated, red band has white flowers and four-leaf clovers throughout. Back of rectangular band is plain black.

Culture
Northern Thai
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3559/60

Black rectangular band with a red trim on all edges; alternating pink and blue square patches along length. Pink squares have geometric motifs, consisting of zigzags, plain lines and connected triangles forming squares. Blue squares have a central curvilinear design, consisting of swirls and a Greek key-like pattern in the corners; negative space filled with connected triangles. Top and bottom sections of band are bordered with coloured silk rows; done in bright blue, dark pink, and blue-grey.

Culture
Northern Thai
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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