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Hat3080/74

Hat is small and square-shaped with pointed top. The exterior is a dark green velvet and the bottom is lined with a black velvet brim. The interior is lined with a red cotton fabric. Each side is decorated with an embroidered floral design with pink and blue flowers and green leaves.

Culture
Uyghur
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3080/23

Textile is woven of heavy wool on a warp of horse hair(?), half in a wide blue and tan stripe pattern, and half in a series of diamonds filled with coloured patterning in red, dark blue, tan, pink and yellow. Underside shows colours with less fading, and holds the end threads. Fringe appears to be horse hair warp ends.

Culture
Turkish
Material
wool fibre, horse hair fibre ? and dye
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3080/28

Cotton shawl. Textile takes the shape of a vest, with a long front-piece open at centre, arm holes at shoulder, and long side slits from bottom. A stand-up collar is edged in red and heavily embroidered on the outside in light yellow-green and red. A grey braid edges the vest, and interior of garment is also light grey.

Culture
Hmong
Material
dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Muang Sing, Louangnamtha, Laos
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3080/94

Short round hat with a flat top. Space at front of brim is cut vertically and then diagonally towards the crown in a scalloped pattern. Crown and sides are embroidered with fine silver and gold metallic thread in a circular design, with black thread interlaced throughout.

Culture
Baluchi
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and metal
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3080/91

Round hat with metal applique. Sideband has four groups of embroidered flowers. Linear metal applique with coin-like ends hang past brim and alternates with beads vertically along sideband. Cone-shaped metal applique pieces are attached horizontally at the sideband-crown seam. Linear metal applique with engraved details alternate with vertical rows of multicoloured beads around crown. Centre of crown features tiered metal piece with inset plastic jewel. Back flap features geometric and floral embroidery ending in low point with two rows of alternating beads, and coin-like metal pieces on bottom corners.

Culture
Kyrgyz
Material
bone ?, silk fibre, wool fibre, metal and plastic
Made in
Xinjiang, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3080/7

Embroidered cloth. Square fabric is made of dark grey denim-like material, with bright embroidery. Two evenly spaced lines of embroidery, which follow the edges of the piece, creates a double-square design. The lines are composed of a solid red, bordered by different coloured sections of zigzags. Multicoloured flower and foliage motifs between the squares, and similar in opposite interior corners. Top of piece has four loops for hanging.

Culture
Kyrgyz
Material
dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Kyrgyzstan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3080/4

Embroidered cloth. Square cloth made of denim and edged in red and tan coloured cotton. The denim is embroidered with multi-point star designs in orange, dark red and white, with touches of green. Several tassels in similar colours hang from one corner of the cloth. Each tassel topped with a number of small plastic breads. An adjacent corner holds a similar long thin tassel.

Culture
Hmong
Material
dye, cotton fibre, wool fibre and plastic
Made in
Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3080/37

Textile panel made from two pieces of tan-coloured fabric sewn together down middle, one slightly longer than the other. Heavy embroidery covers the fabric in red, yellow and green, showing groups of red octagons each containing a tan flower-shape surrounded by layered bands of applique borders and along the edges of the fabric. The backside is unlined and shows the stitching remnants from the embroidery and applique.

Culture
Miao
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Waist Band3080/32

Band, worn around the waist. A light blue rectangular panel with black stripes and backside hangs from the middle of a long band made of blue and bright pink fabric. Blue portion holds vibrant embroidery in Hmong style, showing squares that each hold a stepped pattern in orange, yellow and white.

Culture
Hmong
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Muang Sing, Louangnamtha, Laos
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby Carrier3080/30

Embroidered fabric carrier with ties. Panel is rectangular with cutouts at top corners. Embroidered pattern in Hmong style sits in middle of panel and takes the same outer shape. Its patterning divided into squares, each with similar swirl motifs in colours of red, orange, blue and green, with an outer border of layered applique stripes of green, white, pink and blue. Two long ties attached to the top of the carrier, made up of strips of fabric in blue and purple. These are sewn into a tube, released below the midpoint to create long thick tassels.

Culture
Mien
Material
dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Muang Sing, Louangnamtha, Laos
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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