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Wrap Skirt1473/12

Rectangular, ceremonial skirt, or apron. The main body of the piece is made of black cotton textile (pieced at the time) which is bordered on the right-hand side with a narrow multicoloured vertical stripe. Several ‘rosettes’ made of cowry shells are scattered across the width of the garment. The lower third of the garment consists of a finely-woven, horizontally striped, multicoloured textile, with many woven geometric motifs. Many long (38cm) strands of dark red glass and metallic cylindrical beads, interspersed with white seeds, are attached just above this 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 Skirt1473/1

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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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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Headdress680/2

A tall dark brown and brown mottled feather headdress with a beadwork head band. The bottom ends of the feathers are wrapped with red fabric and green yarn and attached to the beadwork head band with brown leather. The beadwork head band has a background of white rectangles each with a design in either brown, green, or pink. Brass metal circles are attached at either sides with long orange, green, and red, and pink ribbons. There are some more feathers attached to the head band.

Culture
Cree
Material
feather, silk fibre ?, wool fibre ?, brass metal and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress1044/5

Sleeveless dress with blue bodice and black skirt. The bodice has a v-neckline edged with floral trim. There is a black velvet band at the waist with metal hook and eye closures. The skirt is gathered in the back, plain in front. The upper inner lining is printed cotton with a stripe and floral pattern.

Culture
Swiss
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre ?, rayon fibre, metal and dye
Made in
La Sage, Switzerland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots737/5 a-b

Light tan reindeer fur woman's boots made with pointed, upturned toes. Trimmed with red and yellow wool felt. Four sets of brass eyelets laced at the ankle with twisted red and yellow fibre cord. Laces trimmed on the ends with red and yellow wool pompoms. Flat soles sewn on. Lined with red wool fabric.

Culture
Sami
Material
reindeer skin, wool fibre, brass metal and dye
Made in
Laanavara, Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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