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HeaddressK2.181

A long thin brown fabric piece that has a main design consisting of red flannel with white cowrie shell rosettes and white goat fur trim with leopard skin trim. The ties are made of cotton.

Culture
Ngere
Material
goat skin, cowrie shell, cotton fibre and leopard skin
Made in
Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.172

Textile composed of white cotton damask with a pattern of repeated dots separated by solid bands. The cotton is dyes with concentric diamond patterns composed of light blue circles and divided by white circles, all on a dark indigo ground. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.170

Textile tie-dyed with dark blue die at the edges and a mottled white and blue section at the centre. The ends are finished with machine stitching.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.168

Textile made from white cotton dyed with a repeated oval pattern in rows in white and light blue on a dark indigo background. There is a band of mottled indigo at each unfinished end.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.167

Textile composed of off-white damask with a floral pattern dyed mottled blue and brown with off-white showing through in vague lines with a band of solid mottled green at each end. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.166

Textile composed of two pieces of cloth sewn together and tie-dyed in blue and dark yellow on white damask with a circle and stylized floral pattern. The textile is further decorated with rows of a white block print swirl pattern. One of the shorter edges is unfinished, and the opposite edge is finished with a hand-stitched hem.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.164

Textile composed of two joined pieces of white cotton damask that has a stylized floral pattern. The damask is dyed with a concentric diamond pattern in mottled blue with dark indigo corners. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.163

Textile made of cotton damask featuring a flower and leaf design that is tie-dyed with indigo in a "diamond" pattern. The shorter edges have machine-stitched hems, and one edge is also folded over.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.162

Textile composed of two pieces of cotton damask with a leaf pattern sewn together. The cotton textile is tie-dyed with indigo and orange-brown dye to form a mottled pattern at the centre and bands of dark greenish-blue at the ends. The ends are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye
Made in
Sierra Leone ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileK2.161

Textile with dark blue ends and mottled dark blue and orange at the centre. The ends of the cloth are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sierra Leone
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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