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Pants3132/2 b

Baggy shalvaar style pants, worn with a long tunic (part a), and veil or shawl (part c), as part of a wedding ensemble. Pants are made of wild tussar silk in a light orange-brown colour and have a wide waist band, with pull-string that ties at the front. Legs are pleated at top front, loose through the thigh and tapering toward the ankle, where hem is stitched five times. The garment is otherwise undecorated. Interior is lined with silk fabric in a course weave.

Culture
South India
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Garment3132/2 a

Long tunic (kameez) worn over pants with a veil, as part of a wedding ensemble (3132/2 b-c). Shirt has long narrow sleeves, a slightly scooped neck, and a front opening that fastens with hooks. Garment is made of wild tussar silk in a light orange-brown colour. It is hand embroidered the length of the front opening on both sides, and around the wrists and front of the neck, along with cording of metallic thread. Images include standing birds, elephants with tusks and long tails, and human figures with arms spread, in gold metallic thread, round wooden beads, and tubular glass and metal beads. The back is undecorated; the interior is lined with panels of silk in a course weave.

Culture
South India
Material
silk fibre, glass, wood and metal
Made in
Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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shirt3132/1

Embroidered boy's shirt. Long-sleeved, collared shirt is made of mashru cloth, a mix of cotton and silk, coloured in vertical stripes of red, yellow, green and black with sets of small white dots regularly scattered across the red. Chest and back are heavily embroidered with flowers, mango tree designs, and 'v' shaped animal horns. Small mirrors are inset on chest, back and around cuffs, surrounded by sickle stitching. A decorative gold metal button fastens the shirt at the collar, with a plastic button at waist. Two ties on the interior also help hold the garment closed.

Culture
Rabari
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, metal, plastic and dye
Made in
Rajasthan, India ? or Gujarat, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Scarf3132/3

Lightweight cotton man's headscarf, in a lilac colour. The garment is nearly square, with three lines of embroidery set in from the edges, around all sides. Inside the lines at one corner sits a small design of flower and foliage. All embroidery is done in green, yellow and red. A light grey makers stamp sits on one corner.

Culture
Kurdish
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketB811

Basket with cone-shaped wooden frame and woven sides. Three two pronged willow branches form the conical frame, attached to a circular branch with thin pieces of hide. The sides are an open, twilled weave of black and white goat hair. There is a long strap attached to one side of the frame, also woven black and white goat hair.

Culture
Kalash
Material
goat hair, willow wood and skin
Made in
Krakal, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB809 d

Strands of threaded and knotted trade beads: four strands of opaque orange beads, brass hook and eye.

Culture
Kalash
Material
brass metal, glass and fibre
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB809 b

Strands of threaded and knotted trade beads: five strands of mostly red and white seed beads, also with opaque orange, orange tube and one yellow and one blue seed bead.

Culture
Kalash
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB809 c

Strand of threaded and knotted trade beads: transparent blue, green, dark red and clear beads symmetrically strung on two strands with opaque, painted orange beads. Old style Kalash beads.

Culture
Kalash
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB803

Necklace made of thick silver wire and thin twined silver wire that have been bent into a large coil. The coil is curved overall and tapers slightly where it joins to two thick segments of silver with recurved ends that have rounded finials with incised lines. At each join there is a flower-shaped decorative element with a red glass centre and two-tiered triangular shapes above and below it, each with low relief bosses overall.

Culture
Kalash ?
Material
silver metal, brass metal and glass
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceB810

Necklace with six strands of opaque orange and white glass beads with larger red and blue translucent glass beads to the sides and a length of braided grey cord at each end. Intersperced with three large oval silver beads that have three low relief squares with a floral motif at the centre of each. Each oval silver bead has a border of circles and small bosses.

Culture
Kalash
Material
silver metal, glass and fibre
Made in
Chitral, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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