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Poncho3448/25

Poncho. A large woven textile with a vertical slit as an opening in the centre. The poncho is a deep red with three vertical columns of attached blocky diamond-shapes. The bottom edges of the front and back have long looped fringe. On both front and back, there are strings on either side of the centre opening.

Culture
Mapuche ?
Material
wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Chile ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/34

Long, thin textile that is heavily embroidered on one side. Both short edges have twisted fringe. At centre, a large human-like figure fills the majority of the textile. Above and below the figure are rectangular grids with four spaces, each containing two asterisk-like shapes. The centre panel is flanked on each side by a band of grey with two red stripes and repeating flower-like designs, with hourglass shapes in a row in each corner.

Culture
Sumbanese
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3448/26

Rectangular woven grass green shawl with six rows of embroidered figures, animals, birds, and maize in pastel colours. There are horizontal bands embroidered between each row, with exception to the top two. Each band is composed of stripes of pastels colours. The top short edge of the textile has a short fringe, while the bottom short edge has long fringe.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3448/17

Wrap-around skirt composed of two textiles stitched together along the long edge. Featuring alternating light blue and dark blue bands with light blue and orange stripes. The light blue bands are embroidered with multicoloured animal and flower motifs. The largest panel features two spotted golden cats facing one another, with three birds each with a purple snake in its mouth, spaced around them. Hemmed with light blue ribbon.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Guerrero, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3448/4

Kente cloth composed of eight dark blue hand woven cloth strips. The strips have been stitched together along the long edge, and then embroidered with designs within small rectangles. The entire cloth is covered in rectangles of designs with more of the blue background showing through in the centre area. Short blue fringed ends.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/23

Small rectangular woven brown textile with embroidered designs. In the centre panel are rectilinear designs in various bright colours, outlined in thick black, all connected by diagonal lines. Filling the space between those designs are thin wavy black lines. Both ends have embroidered lines in various colours with one large band - on one end orange on grey zigzags, and the other end has repeating pink flowers and green foliage. One end is finished in a green stitch, and the other in black stitch.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/35

Uncut Ikat weaving. Three panels of woven brown-red designs on a beige background, the centre panel is wider, with four identical bands separating the panels and edging the textile. The bands have a light brown-red background with a central design of black geometric shapes on a white background, flanked by white, red and blue-grey stripes and dotted black and white lines.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wedding Tunic3448/45

Multicoloured woman’s dress or tunic embellished with panels and bands of embroidery on both front and back, incorporating several styles of stitches. On the front, there is a large embroidered panel from shoulder to hip, and the upper edge of this panel extends over the shoulders to form a narrow yoke on the back. The panel has a black background and is heavily embroidered with inset mirrors. Bellow, there are three horizontal panels of orange, purple and dark pink, each with circular embroidery using metallic thread. The back of the tunic has a centre-back neckline slit with two buttons. There are also two slits extending up from the hem on either side. The side panels are thin vertical strips of orange, green and bright pink fabric.

Culture
Lohana, Pallari and Burati
Material
fibre, silk fibre, metal, glass and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/29

Small rectangular woven textile with tassels along both short ends. The embroidered patterns are mirrored on either side of the textile, with an open dark brown-red section at centre. The patterns run horizontally across the textile in bands of repeating geometric patterns - zigzags, chevron, triangles and others.

Culture
Indonesian ?
Material
fibre
Made in
Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3448/38

Small rectangular woven textile with fringe on short ends. The textile is a muted dark purple-red with six vertical grey bands composed of four stripes each. Between the woven bands are embroidered geometric designs in dark purple, dark red, and dark grey. Across the top and bottom are horizontal meander-like designs.

Culture
Lao
Material
fibre
Made in
Laos
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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