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Bag1444/20

Small, rectangular shaped bag made of a long piece of fabric folded and sewn along the sides. The opening has a drawstring closure and a braided strap on either side that is tied together at the top. The drawstring has a copper(?) coin attached through a circle hole in the metal. The bag is decorated with stripes of embroidered geometric designs in orange, blue, yellow, dark green and beige.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre, copper metal ? and dye
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandIb258 a-c

Rectangular shaped, maroon cotton band (parts a-c) consisting of a white geometric designs with yellow and green stripes on either side. In the middle is a frayed section of long pieces of coloured thread. Sash is all one piece. All parts are similar.

Culture
Rungus
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sabah, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandIb257

Long, rectangular cotton band consisting of solid black, red, yellow and green stripes alternating with stripes of white geometric designs on a black background. One end has fringe made of long pieces of coloured thread.

Culture
Rungus
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sabah, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash1404/15 e

Large cream sash or obi with an overall brocade pattern. The pattern has repeated crane, pine tree and floral motifs in silver, gold, red, green, purple and black on cream ground. The pattern appears on both sides of the sash.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre ?, metal and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuneiform TabletM4.36 a-c

Rounded rectangular reddish clay tablet with stylus cuneiform impressions. (Parts b and c show imprints from two sides of the tablet.)

Culture
Babylonian
Material
clay
Made in
Babylon, Iraq
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse1376/7

Black blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a rectangular shape with a square neck and no sleeves. Around the neck is a pointed border in black, edged with orange. The front and back are composed of three vertical panels sewn together with black stitching The upper centre panel has a large embroidered square with floral and leaf motifs in many colours, some metallic, on maroon ground. The upper side panels have smaller squares with the same floral and leaf motifs. The bottom edge is unfinished and uneven in the back. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse1376/8

Brown blouse with embroidery. The blouse has a rectangular shape with a square neck and no sleeves. Around the neck is a pointed border in black, edged with red. The front and back are composed of three vertical panels sewn together with brown, green and black stitching The upper centre panel has a large embroidered square with floral and leaf motifs in many colours on maroon ground. The upper side panels have smaller squares with floral and leaf motifs on maroon ground. The bottom edge is unfinished and uneven. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Chichicastenango, Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest1404/28

Cream vest with appliqué and embroidery. The vest has a round neck, open sides and centre opening with large metal buttons. On the front and back is a black appliqué swastika motif with multicoloured embroidered symbols of the Eight Immortals. The edges and the large lower ruyi symbol have black and floral trim. On the front are two narrow panels with vase and floral motifs. On the back is one large panel with vase and floral motifs. The inner lining is red silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre ?, dye and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress Panel Textile1201/30

Densely embroidered square textile, stitched overall with meandering patterns worked in orange thread in chain stitch on a background of purple silk or cotton textile. The design field is divided into four equally sized squares, separated from one another with rows of narrow gold metallic braid. The textile is embellished with five large (4 cm) ornamental discs, made from several layers of black cotton textile, topped with a layer of red cotton textile and embellished with white cowrie shells, blue glass beads and white shell buttons; one of these discs is located at the centre of each of the four sides of the textile, and there is one in the centre. The textile is edged with blue and white glass beading on all four sides. The embroidery is backed with a layer of dark red cotton textile.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
glass, cotton fibre, dye, silk fibre, shell, metal and cowrie shell
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff1201/10

A densely embroidered, multi-coloured cuff, consisting of a wide band (12.5 cm) joined to form a cylindrical shape. Embroidered designs in the form of large X’s and asterisk-shapes, worked in red floss outlined in light gray-green on brown cotton textile, alternate in the central design field, and there are bands of red, orange and light gray-green embroidered geometric designs at the edges. There are two large pompoms, one orange and one red, sewn to the seam where the two ends of the band are joined.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
silk fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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