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Boot Strap397/6 e

Boot strap composed of a woven band with several bands of colour in blue, green, red, dark red, off-white, and cream. Two central bands of blue and green are decorated with a geometric and woven pattern in off-white featuring repeated bands, chevrons, and diamond shapes. The ends are composed of loose threads twisted into strands.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tibet ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse811/12

Embroidered and beaded wallet-style purse, long and narrow in shape, with a triangular flap at one end. The outside is embellished with panels of predominantly red embroidery representing flowers, leaves and vines, worked on a green fibre broadcloth background and edged with couched silver metallic threads. The wallet is edged with multi-coloured glass beads. The inside of the wallet is divided into two compartments, each closed with a flap, plus one long inner compartment that extends the full length of the purse. The embroidery on the inside is the same style as on the outside. The flaps are edged with multi-coloured embroidery. The compartments are lined with machine-printed textiles.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, dye, wool fibre ?, metal, glass and silk fibre ?
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling397/7

Sling with a diamond shape in the middle and loops at the ends. The sling is composed of black and white fibre in alternating patterns on the straps, and a concentric diamond pattern at the centre with a band of red through it. A band of off-white woven wool feeds through the smaller loop at one end and is knotted to itself.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
fibre, dye and wool fibre ?
Made in
Nepal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hanging852/1

Long rectangular hanging with appliqué, embroidery and tassels. On the front are embroidered figures with appliqué faces in a garden scene with pine, bat, peony, cloud, bamboo and butterfly motifs on red ground. Around three sides is a wide brown border with blue appliqué floral and butterfly motifs, edged with black bands. Along the bottom edge is green netting with multicoloured tassels. The back is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wool fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtB660

Rectangular shaped pink skirt with red and light blue horizontal stripes. In the centre is a vertical wool strip with a yellow, red, black and white zigzag pattern. The textile has a dark green and blue and white border.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSf428

Woven, wool hat, conical in shape with two long rectangular ties. The body of the hat is detailed with a red geometric pattern with stripes of orange, brown, red and burgundy on a light brown ground. There are two triangular earflaps decorated with cream buttons bordered on each side with small white beads. Both of the ties are bordered with small white, blue, yellow and pink beads. There is a fuchsia tassel on the top.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, dye, glass and plastic
Made in
Pisac, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Unfinished HatSf1064 a-i

Unfinished, woven wool hat (parts a-i) consisting of the bottom section of the hat (part a), five metal knitting needles (parts b-f) within the weave and six rolled pieces of yarn. The red, green and cream yarns are still attached while the orange, yellow and navy (parts g-i) are not. The hat has a scalloped edge, a stripe of a red and yellow wave pattern on a navy ground followed by a green and white chevron pattern on a red ground with an orange stripe running throughout.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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JacketEdz1068 a

Dark blue wool jacket. The jacket has a standing collar, long sleeves and a centre opening with plastic buttons. There is a row of three buttons on each sleeve cuff. On the front, there are two pocket flaps on the lower right and left and one smaller pocket flap on the upper left. The inner lining is blue fabric.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe397/6 a

Man’s floor length dark red, A-line robe, with asymmetrical front opening and 5.5 cm wide neckband. Left front overlaps the right front and extends to the right underarm seam. No closures. The robe constructed from long, narrow (18-19cm) strips of hand woven woolen textile that are hand stitched together, edge to edge. The textile is heavy and ‘rustic;’ it is woven from variegated red yarn (ranging from light red to deep red), giving an irregular horizontal striped effect. Long, straight sleeves. Neck area and cuffs are faced with strips of blue-green cotton textile, but the robe is otherwise unlined.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tibet ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest397/6 b

Man’s vest, made from narrow vertical strips of hand woven, ‘rustic,’ dark-red wool textile that have been sewn together edge to edge; the strips have been cut and shaped to fit closely at the shoulders and flare out at the hem. The vest (front and back) is overlaid from shoulders to the waist with a patchwork of plain gold-thread textile and gold brocade with floral motifs in red and pink with green foliage. An 11 cm wide strip of a more finely woven dark red wool textile extends from the front edge of each arms eye, continues over the shoulders and down the back of the vest to about waist level. A 23.5 cm wide strip of the same finely woven dark red textile, folded lengthwise in half, has been applied at the centre front edges and extends around the neck to form a high collar; this strip is longer on the right side than on the left. A piece of bright red cotton broadcloth has been loosely tacked over this strip, leaving a section on the lower right uncovered. No closures. Voluminous. Unlined.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
wool fibre, metal, silk fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Tibet ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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