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Fragment: Textile2787/37

Small fragment of brown, purple and pink hand spun, hand loomed, double woven cloth. Made up of two identically patterned pieces of fabric, hand-stitched together at the red band and finished along one edge with a length of dark brown woven cording. Stacked opposing diagonals create a repeated zizzag motif in two of the bands.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/26

Woman's ceremonial cloth (saput). The cloth consists of two panels of red silk, hand loomed on back-strap loom with discontinuous warp and dyed with a weft ikat resist technique-known as "endek", that are sewn together with the seam down the centre. A songket supplementary weft of silver covered threads divides the central design into four rows of rectangular shapes with tall tree-like cones at either end. Within the rectangles is a red, orange and cream weft ikat.

Culture
Balinese
Material
silk fibre, natural dye and silver metal ?
Made in
Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Cloth2787/32 a-b

Patola ceremonial cloth of silk, dyed blue, red and cream with an ikat warp and weft resist technique. The geometric jewel motif (ratan chok bhat), runs down the centre of the cloth and there is a border of stripes on either side, one of which has been machine-sewn on. The long edges are machine-hemmed and the ends have been cut. A smaller piece (b) has been machine-hemmed on all sides.

Culture
Indian
Material
silk fibre, natural dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Altar Cloth2787/21

Ceremonial altar cloth (tok wi). Long rectangle of green silk with imbedded floral patterning is hemmed on three edges and has a border sewn along the fourth edge, consisting of three different strips of fabric hand embellished with couching techniques and embroidery in gold, silver and blue thread. Two edges are lined at the back with strips of an orange coloured silk.

Culture
Chinese: Peranakan
Material
silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1338/1 a-b

The knife (part a) has a short round-curved blade with a sun-like design on the top corner next to the handle, and the number "1942" inscribed on one side. The sheath (part b) is made of skin stitched with fibre along the edges of the rim. One side of the sheath has a hatch work design along the sides with three sun-like circles in the middle.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood, leather skin, fibre and metal
Made in
Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Knife1338/2 a-b

Jagged-edged knife (part a) with pointed tip and scalloped wooden handle. Between the metal blade and wooden handle is a decorative metal ring. The sheath (part b) or knife covering, has a wide wooden opening that attaches to a long wooden case with a rounded tip. Between the long case and the wide wooden opening is a metal band.

Culture
Western Indonesian ?
Material
wood and metal
Made in
Kalimantan, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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