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Dance Costume Pants2792/2 b

Pants that are part of a costume with shirt (2792/2 a) and mask (2792/1). The heavy dark brown wool pants have large belt loops, a 4-button fly, and panels down each side that are decorated with sequins and cording of gold, red, and blue outlining fabric flowers and stems. The leg cuffs are lined on the inside with pink fabric.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Costume Shirt2792/2 a

Shirt that is part of a costume with pants (2792/2 b) and mask (2792/1). Heavy dark brown bolero-style wool jacket is decorated with a border of continuous blue cording around gold and silver sequins, and with several large sequin and cording-outlined fabric flowers with leaves on stems of bright yellow cording. Bunches of long red and blue strands of wool form ties down the front, a fringe of the same hangs from the waist at the back, and a shorter gold thread fringe is attached along the waist at the front.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and plastic
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2790/28

Large, heavy shawl with needle work paisley pattern. The craftsmanship of the red, blue, green, black, yellow and ivory design is less fine in the wide border. In the centre is a circular area of plain black fabric onto which is emboridered the numbers 22 CO 37 in ivory coloured thread. Other numbers (23222 and 949) are embroidered near two different corners.

Culture
Kashmiri
Material
cotton fibre and wool fibre ?
Made in
Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Neck Ring2790/11

Beaded neck ring. Strings of beads are coiled around a thick cord of rope ? in a pattern of solid areas of blue and black divided with rings of yellow, white and orange. Brown wool ties, thread through a green bead, are knotted together and tied off with two green beads each at the ends.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass ?, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat, Dancer's, Chilkat Blanket Fragments19/977

TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996 FROM THE LAND OF THE TOTEM POLES. JONAITIS, ALDONA, 1988

Culture
Tlingit
Material
mountain goat wool yarn, cedar bark yarn, wood, bird skin, feather, fox tail fur, operculum and pigment
Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Apron, Chilkat Blanket Panel16/349

PRIMITIVE ART. BOAS, FRANZ, 1951, Publisher: CAPITAL PUBLISHING COMPANY THE CHILKAT BLANKET. EMMONS, GEORGE T. MEMOIRS, 3, 1907 THE DECORATIVE ART OF THE INDIANS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC COAST. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 9, 1897

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark (warps), mountain goat wool (warps), goat wool (wefts), commercial wool (wefts), leather and bird beak
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Apron, Chilkat Blanket Fragment16/348

THE CHILKAT BLANKET. EMMONS, GEORGE T. MEMOIRS, 3, 1907

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark (warps), mountain goat wool (warps), goat wool (wefts), puffin beak and leather
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Dance Apron16/338 C
Dance Apron16/338 B