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Belt737/4

A woman's multi-coloured wool belt, edged in red-orange wool fabric and decorated with a green stripe and a saw-tooth motif worked in red and yellow wool fabric. Trimmed with blue rickrack and green wool fabric. Backed with blue wool fabric and multi-coloured printed cotton broadcloth. Fastened with a small silver ? buckle.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, dye, skin and metal
Made in
Ovne Sopporo, Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SaddleD3.170

Rawhide and tanned hide saddle with blue and red trim and pink lining under flaps. Floral beadwork pattern at each of the four corners in two sets. The first corner set consists of two light green leaves at the bottom, a pink heart-shape, a black stem with two red petals, two dark green leaves in the middle with a light green centre, two green leaves with a black centre, a pink heart-shape, a three-petaled light blue flower with dark blue centre and two black filaments on either side, and two three-heart-shaped-petaled flowers of orange shades with yellow and blue centres at either sides. The second corner set consists of a dark green leaf with an orange centre, a pink bud outlined with green, and two four-petaled flowers of red and orange with a yellow centre outlined with black at either sides, with an orange, yellow, and blue bud below each. Corresponding respectively are two more sets of floral patterned beadwork panels underneath each corner. The first panel set consists of a pink and red flower with an orange centre that has two curly light blue lines at the top corners, two dark blue petals outlined with blue below the left side of the flower, a black stem, and two green leaves with orange centres at either sides. The second panel set consists of three four-heart-shaped-petaled red flowers outlined with pink and having yellow centres, a red and orange flower, two red buds outlined with pink, and two green buds, all joined by a black stem. Each panel has a fabric strip at each side with a large black beaded and two blue and red wool tassels. Each fabric strip has a dark blue centre vertical line outlined with light blue and decoraged with yellow beads.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands
Material
skin, glass and wool fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddlebag1358/1

A saddlebag constructed from a long continuous length of off-white striped wool canvas, which is folded and seamed onto itself at each end to form a pair of bags of equal size (panniers). The fronts of both bags, as well as the “bridge” that separates the two bags, are decorated with large rectangular panels of very finely knotted pile weaving that is worked on the canvas. The piece is tightly woven and quite stiff. The design motifs on the pile woven sections is consisting of octagonal and other geometric forms with shades of red, and brown predominating. The outside edges of the saddle bag are bound with braided brown goat or camel hair and the opening of each bag is finished with dense loops of braided goat or camel hair. There are colourful tassels at the corners and on the back of one bag, a length of brown cotton twill tape is attached.

Culture
Baluchi ?
Material
wool fibre, camel hair fibre ?, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ? or Turkmenistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest1200/9

Small black wool vest with silver embroidery. The vest has a centre front opening with lower edges that curve upwards. There are dense swirling patterns made of silver metallic braid and thread that has been couched onto the surface of the ground fabric. Blue and green glass beads are incorporated into some of the patterns. All edges are bordered with flat silver braid. The centre opening and bottom edge have small spherical ornaments, made of wood or fibre and been wrapped with silver thread. The inner lining is black silky fabric.

Culture
South Asian
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, silver metal, glass, wood ? and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1242/3

Circular basket that tapers slightly towards the bottom and is raised slightly on a braided palm leaf(?) pedestal foot. Top rim of basket has two thick bands of twisted palm leaf(?). There is a large zigzag design around the middle of the basket. The design is made with black coloured bands of woven wood fibre(?). Red bands of wool fibre(?) are located at the top and bottom of each triangular section.

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
palm leaf ?, dye and wool fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch527/40

Round purse of two pieces of wool stitched together with open top. Decoration is in red embroidery on black wool; interior is red knit fabric. One side has "ALERT BAY" stitched into it while the other has a rose design on it.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
'Yalis (Alert Bay), British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots2663/65 a-b

High boots with slit at upper back. Leg portion is of thick black wool with blue braid at back and blue bias cotton cloth at top. Soles are of thick light brown leather closely stitched with two rows of angled stitches and regularly-shaped small stitches. Upper sole edged in blue-green leather, above which is piping and then seven rows of close stitches in various colours. Band of red wool around foot, with triangular of chain stitch embroidery over toes. Band of green wool fabric above this, with alternating orange and white circles embroidered at front and rectangle of blue, green and red fabric with embroidery around heel, with appliqué red and blue triangle above. Long embroidered red and blue triangle at front of shin.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
dye, wool fibre, cotton fibre and leather skin
Made in
Tibet
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wedding Scarf1330/9

Man’s long, narrow, rectangular scarf or sash, heavily embroidered with multicoloured geometric and floral motifs and many mirrors. Arranged along the length of the scarf are sixteen square and rectangular blocks of embroidered designs, consisting of a variety of motifs, many different kinds of stitches and two styles of embroidery (kharek and pakka). The embroidery is so dense that it completely covers the background textile. The blocks of embroidery are separated by black “braid” formed from bundles of black cotton thread which is laid and couched with red thread. There is a border of silver and gold mirrors along all four edges, and the ends are embellished with green and pink beadwork and small red-orange silk tassels. A binding of dark green cotton muslin is machine-stitched along the outside edges. The underlining is pieced from plain and printed cotton and rayon(?) textile in various shades of red.

Culture
Ahir ?, Rabari ? or Meghwal ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, wool fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, glass, silver alloy metal ? and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India and Rajasthan, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag527/41

A green felt fabric beadwork purse with red beads along the sides. There is a red and white felt handle with green beads along the sides. The purse has a metal zipper with a red and white felt tag that has red beads forming the letters 'L', 'J', and 'L'. These letters are surrounded by lines of green, pink, and green beads. One side of the purse is decorated with an orange six-petaled flower outlined with blue and green on a white felt background with the sides surrounded by red, green, and red beads. The other side of the purse is decorated with a yellow beaded background with two red flowers outlined with light blue at the top corners, two clear yellow flowers outlined with pink and having a dark blue centre at the bottom corners, and a dark blue flower outlined with orange and accentuated with clear orange, clear yellow, dark blue, and purple-red beads in the centre.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
wool fibre ?, synthetic fibre ?, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hand Puppet2655/164

A red-headed papier-mache puppet with horns, blue eyes, pink lips, and white teeth. The puppet has a brown felt dress with red mittens. There is a pink ribbon and a silvery-white fabric tied at the neck.

Culture
Mexican
Material
paper, paint, wool fibre ? and polyester fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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