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Dress Cloth2615/12

Large plain red dress cloth made as a wrap around skirt. Shortest sides are machine edged with white thread. Longest sides have a thin border of geometric designs in shiny red thread.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
dye, cotton fibre ? and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Dhamlej, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress Cloth2615/11

Large plain blue dress cloth made as a wrap around skirt. Shortest sides are machine edged with white thread. Longest sides have a thin border of geometric designs in shiny dark blue thread.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
dye, synthetic fibre ? and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Dhamlej, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2615/10

Open-backed blouse with iridescent purple and grey patterned bodice, machine-stitched with red thread, and a white and red patterned breast piece interwoven with silver thread with small spots of dark green. Short sleeves are trimmed with silver lacy ribbon and a thick band of coarser cross-hatched white and red fabric interwoven with silver thread. The back is tied with two sets of red ties at the neck and across the back. The blouse is lined with a brown, black, green, turqhoise and orange patterned cotton fabric.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
metal, polyester fibre, cotton fibre, dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Dhamlej, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2615/9

Open-backed blouse with machine embroidered green bodice and pearlescent red and pink patterned breast piece. Three-quarter length sleeves are trimmed with a shiny silver ribbon and a thick band of coarser cross-hatched white and red fabric. The back has two sets of red ties at the neck and across the back. The inside of the blouse is lined with brown, beige, black and white patterned fabric.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
metal, silk fibre ?, dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Dhamlej, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Make-Up Case811/14 a-d

Part a is a make-up case of gold and red thread over blue cloth. There are white and blue beads around the edge and purple tassel. A blue and orange striped string is wound around case to keep closed. The case is lined with red printed cloth and covered by a wrapping cloth (811/13). Part b is an applicator stick, wooden and cylindrical. Part c is a small square of a shiny, silver-coloured substance (mica?). Part d is a package of a black substance wrapped in white paper and tied with string.

Culture
Pashtun: Kuchi
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, metal, glass and dye
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2623/31

Bilum bag woven from brightly dyed commercial fibre with the strap made from undyed bark fibre. Horizontal striped pattern in blue, black, orange and two shades of pink.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
synthetic fibre, dye and bark fibre
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsSa396 a-b

Pair of men’s leather sandals (part a-b). The sandals have a full back backs and a tongue piece attached by leather thongs to the sides. The tongue piece is red with an upper green stripe and five incised metal rings. The toe strap is pulled through a hole and threaded back through the tongue piece. The sandals are have black rubber tire soles and are held together with metal nails.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
leather skin, synthetic rubber, paint ?, ink and metal
Made in
San Juan Atitan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSa395

Man's yellow-white hat with three black, circular and patterned bands and a black edged brim. Around the top of the hat are black and pink ribbons as well as a pink and blue twisted string. The ribbons and string are stitched on with red, pink and blue thread and the ends of the black ribbon are stitched in red thread. Both ribbons and string have both of their ends trailing from the back of the hat.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
palm leaf, cotton fibre and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
San Juan Atitan, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Anklet2623/3

Five rings of coconut shell, 9.5 cm in diameter. Ten nutshells, each with a slit cut out, bound together with fibre through a hole bored opposite the slit. Nutshells are bound to one ring of coconut shell with the same fibre and to the others with synthetic ? fibre.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
coconut nutshell, fibre, nutshell and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SandalsSa425 a-b

Pair of red, green and brown leather sandals (part a-b). The sandals have a full back and front with an open toe, in red with green stripes. A thin leather thong is threaded through the sides and tongue to secure the sandal to foot. The sandals are have black rubber tire soles and are held together with metal nails.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
leather skin, stain ?, ink, metal, paint ? and synthetic rubber
Made in
San Pedro Necta, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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