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SkirtEd1.325

Dark blue skirt. The skirt is made of three panels of silk gauze woven with roundels enclosing a bat motif and character on a ground of small rectangles. The selvedge is grey with a fine burgundy line. The skirt is open at the back and the right panel overlaps the left. The skirt panels are pleated and inserted into a band of unbleached cotton. The upper edge of the band is scalloped, with the points meeting the ends of two shoulder straps of the same material. The band opens at the front and the front seam is left unstitched near the top.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, synthetic dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ikat Textile1786/3

Long, rectangular, woven textile with bands of alternating colours which repeat regularly. There is a red and orange short thread fringe on both end and a cotton label is machine sewn at one end. The label reads: ‘Quiche, 100% wool, made in Guatemala’. Some bands of colour have a metallic-like gold thread woven into them. The textile is pink, red, orange, yellow, green, black, blue and purple.

Culture
Quiche
Material
wool fibre, dye, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Panel885/2

Reverse appliqué blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a cat with a split tail in the centre of a six point star. Surrounding the star various geometric shapes. The designs are outlined in black, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple on a red ground. The panel has black backing fabric and the bottom surface edge is lined with an orange floral fabric. Three edges are raw.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Panel885/1

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The panel is made of two smaller panels stitched together at the centre. The design consists of central repeating cross design outlined in yellow with a triangle pattern along the sides, a rectangular zigzag pattern along the ends and abstract shapes in the middle. The shapes are outlined in black with yellow, blue, pink and green detailing all on a red ground. The panel has a black fabric backing with a red boarder that has a rectangular section of orange, blue, green, yellow and grey stripes. Two edges are raw.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse Panel795/43

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a central orange, yellow and red scale or balance with green, red, purple, blue and yellow plant pieces in each tray. The stand has a figure on the top of it. There is a cross-like design under the bottom of each tray. The panel has a red fabric backing and a thick orange border along the bottom edge. Two edges are raw.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse Panel1076/1

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a two large, rectangular c-shaped patterns in mirror of each other. The main design is outlined in black, orange and yellow with blue, green and pink detailing. In the central outer edge of each section is a red cross pattée; one outlined in pink, the other in blue. The design is on a red ground. The panel has a black fabric backing. Two edges are raw.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wedding Veil1472/2

Woman’s rectangular silk georgette wedding veil. A bright green central field, with over-all yellow dot pattern, has five circular red medallions, one in the centre and one at each corner. These are embellished with yellow and white tie-dyed dots that form circular motifs. There are wide red borders on all sides, embellished with white, yellow and green patterns formed by tie-dyed dots. The surface of the textile is puckered.

Culture
Sindhi ?
Material
silk fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi26

Flat square folded bag with cross stitched red and blue diagonal zigzag design; yellow cross knit loop stitch border on top and sides. There are green, orange and red pompoms attached to the lower corner on the left by red and black twisted yarn; green and orange pompom attached with red twisted yarn to lower corner on right. The woven strap is braided at apex; it has two equidistant black bands orange-pink ground, each end sewn with pink yarn to upper corners of bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi42

Flat square folded bag with cross stitch design has woven shoulder strap with ends twisted and tied at apex, other ends stitched to each corner at open end of bag; yellow cross knit loop stitch finish on sides and at open end of bag. Two pompoms, pink and blue, are attached to each lower corner. Design on red ground consists of vertical blue lines with chevrons, alternating direction on each line, and diamonds with yellow crosses. Strap is dark blue with two solid pink vertical lines.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi33

Small flat square bag with long woven shoulder strap with yellow and red horizontal stripes. The bag consists of one flat piece of material folded in half and stitched together along each side with a cross knit loop stitch, similar stitch used to finish top edges. The design is of repeating interlocking diamonds with interior diamonds bordered by v forms entirely cover material using a continuous running stitch; slight variations occur in colour and pattern with the interior diamonds. Red and green pompoms are tied to each bottom corner. Strap, twisted and tied at apex, ends sewn to each corner at open end of bag; design is a series of horizontal lines bordered on both sides by solid line.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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