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Vest3627/3 c

Small cream-coloured vest with front opening; secured with two hook and eye closures. Wide band of green velvet trims the neck and front openings, and front and side bottom edges; trim is bordered with wavy red ribbons. Trim along front opening is embroidered with floral and heart motifs; done in red, pink, dark blue, white, and orange. Overtop hook and eye closures are dark blue stripes with fringe, which are decorated with painted buttons and curvilinear embroidery. Vest has two flap pockets on either side; right is functional, left is decorative. Interior is lined with plain fabric.

Culture
Czech
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, plastic, metal, paint and dye
Made in
Moravia, Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over Skirt3097/4

A rectangular black cloth with a wide patterned band lengthwise across the lower half. The side and bottom edges of the cloth are hemmed in black and red, with a white zigzag stitch along the edge. The band has five horizontal rows, three of which are patterned with white thread and some red in the background, and two of which are black with two horizontal white lines through them. The top and bottom row have a double zigzag pattern. The rest of the row is patterned with diamond shapes. The middle row has a repeating diamond pattern, with smaller diamonds inside the larger ones. The top, middle, and bottom rows have a space in the pattern towards the right edge where the background colour is visible without pattern.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over Skirt3097/3

A rectangular brown-black cloth with a wide patterned band lengthwise across the lower third. The band is made up of thick red and pink horizontal stripes and thin purple and green stripes. The pattern is a thin repeating vertical zigzag in tan. The zigzags have spirals on each outer point. There is a vertical band towards the left edge of the pattern where the zigzags stop and the tan fibre is woven straight across.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/8

Woman's mantle. Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is black with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have similar patterns in different colours. The patterns are primarily pink, orange, and red, made up of vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers. The widest stripe on each panel has a checkered background and a pattern of diamonds with swirls inside. Collector label sewn on the back of the bottom left corner.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
dye and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Macha, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over Skirt3097/2

A rectangular black cloth with a wide, colourful, patterned band lengthwise across the lower half. The side and bottom edges of the cloth are bordered in red, with green and pink dots along the edge. The band has three horizontal rows, each patterned with horse motifs in profile. The top and bottom row have a dark red background, and the middle row has a background of horizontal red, black, and green stripes. There are colourful patterned borders between the rows. All three rows begin (left-right) with two horses, the bottom four facing down and the top two facing up. All the rows have a space in the pattern where the background colour is visible without pattern. After the space, the horses in the top and bottom rows are alternately facing up and down the cloth in pairs, repeated across the textile. The middle row has a horizontal zigzag line with spirals on either side, bordered by another line. In the empty triangles made by the zigzag pattern, is a single horse motif facing away from the middle of the row. There are also alpaca(?) and dog(?) motifs in some triangular spaces along with the horse.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, synthetic dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby Carrier3613/1

Basketry baby carrier with woven tumpline; made up of slat foundation and sides covered with coiled cedar bark. Carrier is rounded and wider at head; tapered and narrow at foot. Exterior sides and head walls have a repeating checkered square pattern, alternating between red-brown and black; thin bands of undyed bark in between squares. Exterior wall of foot has two squares with half red-brown and half black checkers. Interior of carrier is undecorated. Thin skin straps and ties threaded through top edge, near four corners and head of carrier; tumpline is attached to skin straps at foot. Tumpline has central diamond design with triangles extending from either side; diamond and triangles are undyed. Negative space around shapes done in black, red, and olive green alternating bands.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
cedar bark, wood, skin, wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/7

Woman's mantle. Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is dark brown with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have matching patterns in different colours. The patterns are made up of red vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers in other colours.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Macha, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy Car3618/3

Handmade toy vehicle consisting of metal wires coiled together; wires that make up main body are wrapped in assorted plastic, wheels are uncovered. Construction is open with wires making up a rectangular platform for four figures to stand on. All figures are dressed in cotton clothing, and have stuffed heads with faces embroidered on. Male figures on left are playing guitars, and female figures on right are playing drums. Identical guitars are made up of wood and bottle caps; drum in back consists of a large plastic cap, and drum at front is made of bottle caps threaded together. Long curved handle attached to back bottom edge, that bends overtop entire vehicle; for steering and pushing. When toy is moved, all arms move to play instruments.

Culture
Zimbabwean
Material
metal, copper metal, plastic, wood, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Harare, Zimbabwe
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3097/6

Dark brown, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. The stitch that connects the panels is a zigzag made up of long sections of red, turquoise, and purple yarn. Weave texture is tight and un-patterned, with two horizontal red stripes across the top and bottom of each of the front and back rectangular panels. The red stripes are about 6 cm wide and have a dark blue line through the centre. The outer edge is a separately woven red strip with a red yarn fringe, stitched on with red yarn.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pacajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3097/1

Striped, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. Weave texture is tight and un-patterned, with decoration consisting of a series of horizontal lines of varying widths in dark red, dark blue, black, orange, light beige, dark brown, yellow-brown, and light brown. The outer edge is a separately woven strip with red, orange, and light brown stripes, stitched on with light beige and red string. The edge has a short, uneven fringe made of red, orange, brown, and light beige fibres. Corners are rounded by folding back.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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