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Coat3295/10

Long open-front coat. Red striped silk with light blue and off-white cross-hatched lining. Panels of embroidered strips extend down the front on both sides of opening, and on the underside of the cuffs. The opening, collar, and cuffs are embroidered with yellow, black and white flowers. The front is decorated with metal drops (possibly pounded coins?), as well as Pahlavi Dynasty coins and Islamic Republic of Iran coins. The latter have amber-like decorations on the obverse side of each coin.

Culture
Iranian ?
Material
silk fibre, metal, amber stone ? and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Iran ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/3

Full-length dress of hand woven cotton. Woven in strips, with separately woven bands of deep pink, orange and green, extending vertically down garment. Factory-made flower strips embellish the garment down each side, front and back, and along the top of the sleeves, and around the cuffs. Cross-stitched designs decorate the bib, shoulders, and bottom of the skirt on the back.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/1

Long black dress of linen, with sleeves decorated by light taupe silk on top, golden silk on sides, and a deep maroon velvet underneath. The cuffs are heavily embroidered. The sleeves are lined with a red floral patterned fabric. The front of the dress is heavily embroidered in red with a few accents in various colours in long panels extending from the waist down both sides of the skirt, and a square bib. The reverse has the same panels extending down the legs, but the designs are attached by a large section of embroidery across the bottom of the skirt. The hemline is edged by a thin plaited stripe in red, and another in off-white.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
linen fibre, gold metal, silk fibre and fibre
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3295/33

Dress made from loom square. Composed of two long rectangular panels of fabric, which are stitched together along the shoulders, leaving the sides open. Sleeves are attached on either side, with the fabric folded on the top edge, open on the bottom edge and finished at the cuff. Multi-coloured hand stitched embroidery on the chest, shoulder, across the top of the back and around the cuffs. The embroidery features repeated designs of birds, lobsters, winged and double-headed creatures, and small designs surrounding cut-outs in the fabric. There is a single embroidered bird on each arm, and a diamond near the bottom hem on the back. At the neck, the fabric is cut open, creating two collars, which are embroidered and sewn open with red thread. Two tags are attached to the garment with inventory numbers; one says "Traje Hombre Tatuado".

Culture
Mexican
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coat3295/52

Long coat with an open front. There is a loop closure on the chest. The hem, opening, and neck are bordered by bands of plaited bright green and black stripes, and then black or brown embroidery. A single round fabric embellishment is on each side of chest, decorated with metallic threads, small tassels, and beading. A single row of six white buttons decorates the back of the neck. A train is formed from two long pieces of fabric, which extend back from each shoulder, and join together at their ends where they are decorated with the same plaited green and black stripes and three buttons. The coat's interior is lined with multiple calico(?) fabrics. There are small strips of embroidery sewn down the interior edges of the coat's opening.

Culture
Central Asian
Material
fibre, plastic ? and metal
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ikat Textile3295/43

Woven silk ikat fabric. The edge of the textile is a solid pinkish red, thinner along the sides, and wide on the ends. The centre is filled with various motifs, geometric designs, and animals (fish, birds). There are four thin pink, yellow and grey striped bands running horizontally across the textile on either end, with three bands of diamond designs within. Top and bottom bands have same diamond designs, central design is different. A small 'Renewal Cambodian Tradition' paper tag is sewn to the top right corner, with a small yellow tag sewn to the same corner, reverse side. Another small handwritten tag is sewn to top left corner.

Culture
Cambodian
Material
silk fibre, lac insect dye, prohut dye and lychee dye
Made in
Siem Reab, Cambodia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/47

Long woven table runner. Down the centre and running the length of the textile, a wide band of diamond designs in dark brown, light grey and white. Then, bands of pink, and then edged with thinner bands of grey-green. The edges are finished with embroidered diamond designs.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Batik Textile3295/38

Long rectangular finely woven textile. The background is black, with dark blue lines creating a subtle diamond pattern with five white dots where the lines cross. The motif features large flowers of various shapes, long fern-like leaves, and repeating small stars in brown, white and yellow. Both ends have a small band in gold. Small tag attached top right, 'B.E. BUSANA EDI'. Small, partially illegible stamp top left. Three small sticker labels adhered to textile.

Culture
Javanese
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3295/11

Short top with long green sleeves, partially lined interior with brown fabric. The chest and cuffs are heavily decorated with applique, embroidery, Government of Pakistan coins (some pounded), semi-translucent white buttons, metal decorations, and beading. Four red and yellow beaded tassels hang in front - two at centre, two on the jacket's left. Small rectangular piece of blue and floral fabric is inside the garment at centre. The back is a solid burgundy.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
silk fibre ?, metal and glass ?
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/41 a-c

Rectangular, beige textile (part a) with a wide band of embroidery on each end and short tassels. Evenly space along the edges, four on each side, are groups of five embroidered designs in red and blue. Faint bands of light beige lines run through the fabric horizontally. Textile fragment (part b), the end of a rectangular, beige textile with embroidery and short tassels. The embroidery design is a repeating m or w-shape in blue, which creates two triangles, from centre up to the sides. The v-shape is bordered by red embroidered flowers, and four red matching m or w-shape designs are at centre. A thin border runs across the bottom before the tassels. Textile (part c) has been reworked into a blouse front, and backed with blue fabric.

Culture
Turkish
Material
fibre
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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