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Ceremonial cloth2787/9

Ceremonial cloth in of songket brocade. Warp is red cotton, weft is purple silk, and the continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft is gold wrapped cotton thread. The centre motif of a traditional adat house is flanked by four karabau, or buffalo heads. The framing border of alternating gold filled squares and purple squares with crosses is thicker at the corners.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, gold metal and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Table Mat2787/36

Linen placemat, hand woven in a double weave of green and cream threads. Representation of the famous sunken ship 'Wasa', with its name and the date '1628' woven into upper corner.

Culture
Swedish
Material
linen fibre and dye
Made in
Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/30

Cloth woven from abaca fibres (musa textile) has a warp ikat decorative technique in dark brown, beige and reddish natural dye colours. The two ends have been left unfinished with a short fringe.

Culture
Philippines
Material
abaca fibre, banana fibre and natural dye
Made in
Mindanao, Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2787/44

Fragment of rectangular panel of fabric with pattern divided into two bands of squares, some of which are filled with a solid colour (red, blue, yellow) while others are filled with decorative elements.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2787/43

Fragment of loosely woven fabric with design in burgundy and cream colours with stitched black dots.

Culture
Paracas ?
Material
wool fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2787/42

Narrow band of fabric of red, cream, black, yellow, blue and green threads woven into patterns of tiny squares with cream fibres hanging loose at one unfinished end.

Culture
Paracas Chavez ?
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2787/41

Fragment of beige fabric with rows of embroidered llama-like animals in red, brown, yellow and pink.

Culture
Paracas Chavez ?
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2787/40

Squared piece of beige fabric with rows of embroidery llama-like animals in red, brown, yellow and pink

Culture
Paracas Chavez ?
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2787/39

Two small rectangles of beige fabric stitched together to form a long panel. The upper section has three vertical rows of an identical horned animal embroidered in red, brown, yellow and pink while the somewhat wider lower section has four rows.

Culture
Paracas Chavez ?
Material
cotton fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2787/38

Small fragment of purple and brown hand spun, hand loomed, double woven cloth with a few pink and black stripes in the centre field. One long edge is finished with a cord-like brown border, the other long edge is frayed, one side edge is hemmed back, the other is hemmed near the finished corner but remainder has loose fibres.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre and natural dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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