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ContainerCa68 a-b

Container narrowing at top and bottom. The base (a) is concave and the mouth rim is tightly wrapped. The container is coiled in ten vertical sections. Cowrie shells are knotted on at the shoulder. The lid (b) also has cowrie shells knotted on just above the lip.

Culture
Borana
Material
giraffe hair, grass, cowrie shell and resin ?
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat811/19

Woman’s embroidered hat or headdress, consisting of a skull cap with a long, wide ‘tail’ or extension in the back. The skull cap is made of black cotton textile, which is gathered at the top to fit the shape of the head, and there is an elaborate embroidered, crown-like topknot in the centre. The ‘tail’ or extension is attached to the back of the cap from approximately ear to ear and tapers to a narrow, squared-off end at the wearer’s waist. There is a triangular embroidered motif at the centre back where the extension meets the cap at the base of the skull. On the extension, triangular and diamond-shaped embroidered motifs are worked in bright pink and red silk floss, with small accents of green and yellow, and are arranged horizontally in narrow rows down the length of the extension. The embroidery stitches are so densely worked that very little of the background textile is visible. The extension is backed with a coarsely woven textile made of a bast fibre, perhaps jute. There is a small amount of silver thread embroidery on the crown.

Culture
Kyrgyz
Material
silk fibre ?, cotton fibre, dye, jute fibre ?, metal and rayon fibre ?
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DressSf1123

Over-dress in two pieces joined by black embroidery. Black, plain weave with wide bands at ends, in dark red, white, and black, with three rows of animal motifs. Two thinner multi-coloured bands of stripes are between. Half of outer border is yellow with white, pink and black dots, other half is orange with white, black and dark red dots.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1154 a-c

Loom (parts a-c) consisting of rectangular pieces of wood (part a) with semi-circular indentations on each end. Attached to the middle of the wood is a woven piece of striped fabric in blue, white, pink and yellow that unravels into twisted threads. There is a small cylindrical piece of wood wrapped in white threads. Part b is a wool back strap rectangular in shape sewn together with rounded side. Part c is a wooden loom bar rectangular in shape with triangular ends.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, synthetic fibre, wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Cochas, Ancash, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1147 a-f

Loom (part a-f) with an unfinished woven wool textile consisting of a two striped centre of brown and dark brown bordered with multiply stripes and patterns. Thin pink, black and red stripes border a line of red and blue lozenge pattern with yellow and orange detailing. A thick red stripe borders the textiles sides. The textile is attached to two large, cylindrical shaped wooden sticks; one at each end. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp are six wooden tools: two heddle rods; three flat, rectangular battens with triangular, pointed ends (parts c,d,e) and a long cylindrical shed roll (part b). In a similar pattern to the weaving is a small, circular strap (part f).

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, sheep wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beaded Panel758/1

Beaded panel with seven lower pointed segments. The main panel and segments are entirely beaded, with multicoloured designs on white ground. The main panel has human figures, other figures, elephant, bird, duck, tree and floral motifs. The pointed segments each have a single large figure. The figures are repeated on the outer segments; the middle figure is unique. All the edges have a red and green border. The upper edge has six brown hanging loops. The backside is lined with red cotton.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
glass, fibre and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb658

Basket with a conical shape and a rounded base. Open twined with multiple warps. Two sets of four leather strips are attached on one side.

Culture
Yurok
Material
root and skin
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleSf1131

Spindle consisting of a wooden shaft that tapers at each end with a disc shaped whorl positioned near one end. On the spindle is wrapped, spun brown wool that attaches to a ball of unspun wool.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1113/2

Belt with a central band of geometric and bird motifs in off-white, black and red flanked with bands of black, black and off-white and bands of squares in red, black and off-white. The remainder of the belt is red. There is a braided fringe at one end. The opposite end is unfinished.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress1279/1

White fur headdress, with many small pieces around cap, with front red cloth and metal stud band, bundles of black striped brown feathers attached at sides tied with green, long fur tail tied with green and bell attached at sides. Long curved red protrusion out each side, with white and yellow beads sewn on, white feathers at cap, fur tails, red feathers, bell, and string of red and white glass beads, with bells at centre, attaching both together. Layers of strips of skin and pieces of tail, red and green ribbons and some skin trail at back.

Culture
Kainai
Material
feather, skin, fibre, metal, glass, plastic and dye
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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