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Blouse1506/4

White, sleeveless shirt with brown embroidery and wide bottom hem. The shirt is made with a tightly pleated upper portion and a looser pleated lower portion, creating the wide bottom hem. The shirt has a brown, linear embroidered neck hole. There are two belly pockets with embroidered access slits. Surrounding the slits are nine embroidered squares with interlocking rings. There is black and white diagonal striped lining around the inside edges of the hem and sleeves. On the back there is a large embroidered square with interlocking rings and trailing ribbons.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1506/3

Hat made of light orange cotton fabric with a small circle of fabric at the top. The fabric has been quilted with small stitches across the top of the crown to the shoulder where it has been embroidered with a geometric pattern in greenish-brown thread around the sides. The sides of the hat flare outwards slightly.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt1506/6

Blue shirt with a raised circular pattern. The front and back panels are sewn together along shoulder line, leaving an angled opening for the neck. There is embroidery around the neck, including a point and star motif. The panels are also sewn together along the lower sides. The shirt is machine-sewn.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pants1506/5

White pants with light brown embroidery. The pants are very wide at the waist and taper down to narrow legs. On the bottom of the pant legs is a border of lines and diamonds. Above the border is a leaf motif with swirls.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1506/2

Hat made of light orange cotton fabric with a small circle of fabric at the top. The fabric has been quilted with small stitches across the top of the crown to the shoulder where it has been embroidered with a geometric pattern in light blue thread on the sides. The sides of the hat flare outwards slightly.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1506/1

Hat with circular top and nearly vertical sides. Off-white with embroidered floral and geometric pattern in green on the top and around the sides. Mesh-like off-white embroidery around the top of the sides.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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