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Textile2833/13

Woven off-white cloth of three panels sewn together. Alternating bands of chevron and diamond patterns separated by narrow openweave bands.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Restaurant Napkin2833/25

Small folded white napkin with purple design. A paper label is sewn on, through the folded napkin.

Culture
Guatemalan
Material
cotton fibre, dye and paper
Made in
Antigua, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2833/3

Length of off-white handwoven cotton cloth. Two rounded pieces of cloth cut from one end.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2833/30

Small, heavily embroidered blouse or shirt. The two square sleeve panels are joined at the shoulders, with interwoven hand stitches, to the rectangular body panel with a squared head hole in the centre . Colourful floral designs in red, green, pink, purple, orange, blue and brown yarns completely cover a cream coloured undercloth. Possibly unfinished; sides and sleeves are not sewn together.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt2833/29

Square-shaped shirt made from one piece of rectangular cotton cloth stitched up the sides, with openings left at the top for the arms and a squared neck opening cut in the centre. The upper portion of the shirt has red, brown, blue, purple, orange and green geometric designs embroidered onto horizontal woven bands of purple, orange and green and has been pleated on both sides of the neck opening. The lower portion is a natural cream colour with bands of black and purple across the top and is gathered at the bottom of the pleat darts. Two strips of red ribbon with shiny gold circles edge the sleeves and neck.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2833/10

Large square of light, loosely woven black and white fabric. White thread pattern of dotted lines in one direction and lines of oblongs in the other creates an overall check-like design. Two edges are finished with a band of tighter white weaving and short fringe, the other two are cut edges.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Embroidered Textile2833/9

Long textile of woven cream-coloured cotton with red, black, blue and green embroidered designs. Made up of two panels with vertical bands of red, green and purple along one side and identical designs that are joined together with a centre seam of black handstitches. The rows of smaller embroidered motifs, which include birds and horses, change orientation from the middle section, of larger black emblematic designs, becoming upside down from each other.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress2833/17

Grey sleeveless dress with back zipper, made from light loosely woven cotton. A double layered frill falls from the neckline of the high waisted bodice portion of the dress, below two thin straps. The light gray cloth is decorated with horizontal rows of white square and rectangular designs.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2833/5

Long piece of black and white woven cotton cloth. The patterning of the white threads is linear; groupings of three short lines of white are arranged in rows.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2833/2

Colourful small woven textile with long fringes at each end. Made of strands of purple, orange, pink, green, yellow, red, white and turquoise yarn woven into solid stripes, embellished with a central panel of embroidered figures and motifs in the same colours. Large cross-hatches, stitched in white thread, reinforce the ends near the fringe.

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