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BasketSf1043

Circular woven basket with a flat bottom, sides that curve slightly inwards, and a woven handle arcing from one side of the rim to the other. A very short length of blue yarn is woven onto one side.

Culture
Quechua
Material
grass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketH1.203 a-b

A light yellow-brown woven coil basket with a flat, circular bottom, slightly flared sides, and a flat lid. The basket and lid each have three short bands of purple, while the lid has an additional three bands of purple wool woven into it.

Culture
Chilean
Material
grass, wool fibre, leaf and dye
Made in
Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/1

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on both ends with narrow (3 cm) multicoloured, patterned, vertical stripes. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Three ‘rosettes’ of cowrie shells are spaced across the width of the garment above the row of shells. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below the row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1472/5

Rectangular, tie-dyed, dark red and black goat wool textile, decorated with off-white tie-dyed dots. The red central field has a large black circle in the centre and four smaller black circles. There are diamond-shaped clusters of white tie-dyed dots scattered throughout. There are black borders on all sides, embellished with rows of red and white linear and curvilinear designs formed by tie-dyed dots. The textile is constructed from two nearly-identical panels that are seamed together vertically down the centre, using a running stitch sewn with white thread. Woven gray-beige selvages are on the vertical edges, and there are woven cotton horizontal supplemental stripes at each end. A strip of black woven cotton textile (7.1 cm wide) is sewn at one end.

Culture
Rabari
Material
goat wool fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/11

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured, patterned stripe. Small floral-like motifs made of cowrie shells are spaced across the width of the apron. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached just above this patterned textile and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/10

Ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Two horizontal, parallel rows of closely-spaced cowrie shells are affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extend almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this double row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/9

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured, patterned vertical stripe. Several small ‘rosettes’ made of cowrie shells are scattered across the width of the main body of the apron. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced cowrie shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment, and below it is a parallel row of Jacob’s tears seeds. Many long strands of dark red and blue glass beads and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with Jacob’s tears seeds, are attached below these rows of shells and seeds and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
dye, cotton fibre, cowrie shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass and wool fibre
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap Skirt1473/8

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile which is bordered at the top with a narrow, brown and gray horizontal stripe. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. A horizontal row of closely-spaced small clam shells is affixed to the apron just above this patterned textile and extends almost all the way across the width of the garment. Many long strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached below this row of shells and hang freely to the bottom of the garment. Each strand of beads is finished with a tuft of wool, resembling a small tassel.

Culture
Ch'in
Material
cotton fibre, clam shell, jacob's tear seed ?, tin metal, glass, plastic, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressD2.183

Plains style headdress with black felt skullcap and bright blue headband. Downy yellow-green feathers glued onto bottoms of large light white bonnet feathers with dark brown tips, and having downy white feathers in the middle wrapped in red yarn at the bottom. Feathers attached to band with a shoelace. Front of bonnet beaded with three yellow centred triangles outlined with red, dark blue, orange, brown, and light blue on a white background. Two beaded circles are at either ends of the front beaded band. The beaded circles consist of a design of four arrows pointing toward the klight blue bead centre, starting from the top and going clock-wise: red, black, red, and black, on a white background and interconnected with a light blue circular line. Four rabbit fur strips, two dangling from each side.

Culture
Haudenosaunee ?
Material
wool fibre ?, fibre, feather, glass and rabbit skin
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress680/1

A cream-coloured and brown tipped feather headdress with a beadwork head band. The bottom ends of the feathers are wrapped with red fabric and string and attached to the beadwork head band with brown leather loops. The beadwork head band has a white background and a pattern of alternating dark blue crosses and multi-coloured triangles with a dark blue centre surrounded by lines of green, light blue, and red.

Culture
Sioux
Material
feather, glass, wool fibre ?, fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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