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Veil1472/6 b

Woman’s dark red and black, tie-dyed, cotton veil; decorated with off-white tie-dyed dots that form geometric, linear and curvilinear patterns. In the centre is a round black medallion within a square, dark red panel; there are black borders on all four sides. The veil is constructed from two nearly-identical sections that are seamed together down the centre with machine stitching.

Culture
Rabari ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1472/5

Rectangular, tie-dyed, dark red and black goat wool textile, decorated with off-white tie-dyed dots. The red central field has a large black circle in the centre and four smaller black circles. There are diamond-shaped clusters of white tie-dyed dots scattered throughout. There are black borders on all sides, embellished with rows of red and white linear and curvilinear designs formed by tie-dyed dots. The textile is constructed from two nearly-identical panels that are seamed together vertically down the centre, using a running stitch sewn with white thread. Woven gray-beige selvages are on the vertical edges, and there are woven cotton horizontal supplemental stripes at each end. A strip of black woven cotton textile (7.1 cm wide) is sewn at one end.

Culture
Rabari
Material
goat wool fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl1472/4

Man or woman’s rectangular, block-printed shawl, with black geometric patterns on an off-white background. Borders at each end contain circular and striped geometric motifs. A centre rectangular panel contains repeated diamond-shaped, stylized floral patterns. Several border patterns frame the central panel on the sides. Strips of black cotton textile (4.3 cm wide) are hand-sewn at each end.

Culture
Sindhi ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Matiari, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wedding Shawl1472/3

Man’s wedding shawl. Made of red and black block-printed cotton textile, heavily embroidered on all four corners with multi-coloured floral designs, abstract representations of peacocks, geometric patterns, mirrors, rickrack and beaded tassels. The designs on the four corners are worked in silk thread and are almost identical to each other, differing only in minor details and colours. Embroidered yellow stripes extend vertically and horizontally across the shawl and intersect at the centre with an embroidered diamond shaped medallion. The block printed designs on the textile form striped borders at each edge, and there is a central rectangle which contains stylized floral patterns arranged in diamond-shaped frames. The block-printed textile is pieced along one long edge (machine stitched) prior to embroidering. The back has a strip of black cotton fabric hand-sewn to each end.

Culture
Meghwal
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal, dye and shell
Made in
Malir, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1472/1

Block printed cotton textile, printed on both sides. Blue and red are the predominant colours. Two identical, large, rectangular panels of geometric patterning are printed on the textile. In each panel, geometric and floral designs are grouped in intersecting horizontal and vertical borders that surround, on three sides, a large central rectangle of stylized floral and geometric patterns. A strip of black cotton textile (3.5 cm wide) is sewn to one end of the textile.

Culture
Sindhi ?
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and madder dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wrap-around Skirt1472/6 a

Woman’s skirt, consisting of a long, rectangular, dark red and black length of tie-dyed cotton textile. A large red central panel is bordered at one selvage edge by a narrow (19 cm wide) black band and at the opposite selvage edge by a wider (41 cm wide) black band. Clusters of white, yellow and red geometric patterns formed by tie-dyed dots are widely scattered throughout.

Culture
Rabari ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wedding Veil1472/2

Woman’s rectangular silk georgette wedding veil. A bright green central field, with over-all yellow dot pattern, has five circular red medallions, one in the centre and one at each corner. These are embellished with yellow and white tie-dyed dots that form circular motifs. There are wide red borders on all sides, embellished with white, yellow and green patterns formed by tie-dyed dots. The surface of the textile is puckered.

Culture
Sindhi ?
Material
silk fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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