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Skirt2902/111

Small short skirt with light brown bunched waist band and thin light brown ties. Skirt is dark blue with batiked geometric designs and dark pink appliqued stripes and zigzags.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/104

Large long dark blue jacket with open front. Collar is long and extends down to jacket waist and has a red wool trim around white and blue embroidery with snowflake designs. Jacket has light blue trim on the edges and two light blue stripes on the ends of the sleeves. There is white, green, red and yellow snowflake embroidery on the bottom of the back of the jacket and on the shoulders. The sides are slit up to the waist and the tops of the slits have tassels with beads and red wool. The neck of the collar also has strings of beads with red tassles which hang down the back of the jacket.

Culture
Mien
Material
fibre, wool fibre, metal, glass and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest2902/108

Square dark blue vest with open front and slit sleeves. Collar has stitched lines in white, pink and green with embroidered tassle designs on the bottom. The right side of vest has a small square applique slightly darker than the rest of the vest. Bottom of vest has six thin horizontal lines of colourful embroidery. Sleeves have red and blue trim, and sides of vest are embellished with four shells on either side. Back of vest has a white appliqued band along the centre with green and pink embroidery. Above the band is a flag(?) composed of white, red, and yellow-orange. Below the band are eight thin horizontal lines of muti-coloured embroidery, embellished with three vertical columns of white buttons with pink stitching.

Culture
Akha ?
Material
cotton fibre, cowrie shell and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/101

Short black jacket with rectangular collar that hangs down the back of the neck. Collar has an intricate black and white geometric pattern with green and pink embroidery, and red trim. Front of jacket is open and has striped red and blue edging along the front flaps. The sleeves have black and blue vertical stripes and three embroidered stripes, two with geometric designs and one with swirls.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/110

Small short blue jacket with multi-coloured striped trim on sleeves, collar, bottom of jacket, and front flaps. Front flaps are secured together with seven silver clasps with floral motif designs that run vertically down the jacket.

Culture
Thai
Material
cotton fibre and aluminium metal
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scales2902/1 a-c

Pear shaped wooden opium scales with long dowel-like neck and spherical end. A braided fibre ring fits around the neck. Object is cut in half widthwise and, pivoting on a bolt fixed through the end of the neck, slides open. Revealed in its inner cavities are a shallow, circular metal dish, a small rectangular piece of flint(?) and a long, cylindrical bone stick all tied with brown, black and pink string. The bone stick is covered in black dots arranged in a linear pattern.

Culture
Thai
Material
wood, cotton fibre, metal, bone and flint mineral ?
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron2902/112

Long rectangular apron with long thin ties with yellow flower patterns. Apron has blue band at the top and a pink border with white roped embroidery. White embroidery has two pieces of multi-coloured plastic(?) ribbon threaded through it. Centre of apron is black and has pink and white starburst appliques surrounding a large zigzag applique with embroidered geometric diamond and starburst patterns. Back of apron is black.

Culture
Hmong ?
Material
cotton fibre, silver metal and silk fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest2902/109

Short black vest with dark blue interior lining. Horizontally striped applique in blue, red, yellow, white and black covers entire bottom half of vest on both sides and runs vertically down both sides of the front seam.

Culture
Thai
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket2902/102

Short black jacket with bright multi-coloured embroidery covering almost the entire length of the sleeves. This embroidery also decorates the left front flap of the jacket, which folds over the right side. The neckline is circular.

Culture
Hmong ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest2902/103

Short black vest with colourful starburst embroidery on the front and back. Neck and bottom of vest have blue trim. Bottom of vest and edge of right side have pink applique with colourful stripe design. Right side of vest folds over the left side and the ends have strands of pink wool with seven metal bells on the ends. There is also one silver bell at the top of one flap, near the neckline. Interior of vest is light blue.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre, brass metal, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Thailand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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