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Dress3295/8

Dress is long, with a V-neck, and long sleeves. Heavily embroidered in repeating Palestinian flags and Arabic writing extending in two panels down the front of the dress, around the cuffs, and on the chest. There are small slits on each side of the dress at the bottom. The edges are all embroidered with black thread, and red thread along the bottom hem. The interior is unlined.

Culture
Palestinian
Material
synthetic fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/7

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with deep red floral embroidery extending down the garment in strips, on the chest piece, and around the cuffs. Draw strings extend down from top of V-neck. The centre of each flower has wire embroidery. Multi-coloured figure eight stitching joins material along vertical seams. Small tree of life on back of skirt (T-shape).

Culture
Bedouin
Material
rayon fibre ? and dark red-purple
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/6

Full length dress. Rectangular area of embroidering on chest, with V-neck running through. Tops of sleeves embroidered in green, red and yellow. Bottom half of dress decorated with light and medium blue designs with a few areas in pink, green or orange.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/4

Full-length dress with long sleeves. Fabric is black, with deep red floral embroidery extending down the garment in strips, on the chest piece, and around the cuffs. The centre of each flower has gold wire embroidery. Multi-coloured figure eight stitching joins material along vertical seams. Small 'tree of life' design on back of skirt (T-shape).

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile3295/22

Small rectangular batik fabric. The long edges have scalloped embroidery, and the short edges have twisted tassels. The fabric is a light yellow-brown, with red motifs. Rectangle design in centre is comprised of repeating diamonds with suns and other shapes within. This is bordered by a band of floral designs, and then repeating lines.

Culture
Malay ?
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Malaysia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/31

Small square raffia cloth textile. Half of the textile has brown and yellow zigzags, and the other half has brown and yellow diamond-shapes. There is a one inch border around the textile, where it has been folded over onto itself, and then stitched down. The front is tufted.

Culture
South African
Material
plant fibre and dye
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rug3295/21

Square-shaped rug with a cream-coloured background, light blue border, and light green square at centre. The entire rug has geometric shapes in various light colours, with a few exceptions in black, and there is one red hourglass shape within the green square. Two opposing edges are lined with tassels, which have been bound in either blue or pink, then tied together to create a triangle.

Culture
Turkish
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Istanbul, Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3295/16

Heavily pleated indigo-dyed skirt with single tie at waist. Skirt is composed of several layers of fabric, which have hand-stamped(?) and painted designs, applique and cross-stitching. Fabric and patterns starting from the waist down: solid light blue, dark blue with painted white lines and dots, dark blue with bands of cross-stitching in gold, green and burgundy bordering a section of painted designs with red, beige or blue applique overtop.

Culture
Hmong ?
Material
paint, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sari3295/20

Brocade sari. Long rectangular fabric embroidered with brown thread and silver metallic thread. On one end, there is a section (77 cm long) of plain fabric with brown thread embroidered. The main panel down the length, slightly offset from centre, starts with two rows of large paisley separated by small rows of repeating patterns, then changes to a repeating floral pattern, bordered by repeating diamonds. The second largest panel has a smaller pattern of repeating flowers.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silk fibre and silver metal
Made in
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/2

Long black dress with cross-stitch embroidery all over, mainly in a vibrant red, with details in white, pink, light green, purple, blue, green and yellow. Four large embroidered triangular designs decorate the top of the garment, one on each shoulder, and one on the chest, and the other on the back. Different sleeve style with gussets under the arm. The hemline and seams are embroidered by double rows of orange zigzag stitching. It appears the designs extending down the right side of the skirt were not completed.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
rayon fibre and fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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