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Jacket1343/3

A woman's waist-length, close-fitting, long-sleeved black wool jacket with a wide low-cut square neckline. Lavishly trimmed at the neckline with black braid cord and metal beads in a floral design. Centre front opening has hooks and eyes. Sleeves are fitted from the shoulder to the elbow and are trimmed with fine pleating and decorative braid. Sleeves have some fullness at the elbow, but are tapered to the wrist. Button and loop closure at the wrists. Lined with striped cotton herringbone fabric. Fine draw cord at neckline to bring it closer to the body. A 5 cm. strip of a different black fabric added at the bottom to lengthen it. Hooks at bottom front edge attach to skirt 1343/1.

Culture
Austrian
Material
metal, wood, silk fibre, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Aruris, Salzburg, Austria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron1343/2

A light blue taffeta apron. Gathered onto a waistband with ties. The fabric has woven vertical stripes with stylized flower motifs. Pieced at the bottom.

Culture
Canadian
Material
synthetic fibre ?, dye and silk fibre ?
Made in
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt1343/1

A black wool skirt that is finely pleated in the front and softly pleated in the back. Has a centre back opening, and a waistband with metal hooks and eyes. Two horizontal tucks near the bottom. Lined with black cotton batiste. Original hem at lower edge is faced and stiffened with wool braid. 12 cm. of a different black wool fabric is added at the lower edge, presumably to lengthen it. Concealed pocket in left skirt back between the side seam and the centre back seam.

Culture
Austrian
Material
cotton fibre, metal and wool fibre
Made in
Aruris, Salzburg, Austria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band1350/33

Rectangular strip of fabric consists of two layers of fabric (1 grey, 1 white), stitched together at the edges, turned, pressed and edgestitched. The white layer is pieced.

Culture
English
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
United Kingdom and Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots1128/10 a-b

Ankle-high boots with moccasin style soles and turned-up, pointed toes. Loose tops are held close to the ankle by multi-coloured woven straps ending in narrow braided red and tan cords. Unlined, machine stitching.

Culture
Sami
Material
reindeer skin, wool fibre, cotton fibre ?, linen fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Mittens1128/9 a-b

Reindeer fur mittens (part a-b) are lined with wool and edged with leather. The fur is a mixture of light brown, dark brown and white. The mittens are lined with brown wool (knit in k2p2 ribbing). There is brown leather sewn around the edge of the wrist opening. There is a small leather tie attached to one side of each mitten.

Culture
Sami
Material
skin, wool fibre and reindeer skin
Made in
Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1128/6

A man's hat with an attached leather and plastic eye shade (5 cm at the widest point). Has a horizontal band (12 cm) of multi-coloured fabric, rickrack, braid, and a 14.5 cm band of bright blue fabric appliqued with red and yellow vertical stripes. Very large red wool pompom on the top.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, skin and plastic ?
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt1128/3 a-b

Brown leather man's belt is decorated with two rows of white painted metal grommets along the length of the belt. Extra holes form an x-shape near the centre. A bone needle case, containing a sinew threaded needle attached to a fabric and leather strip, is tied to the belt with a 2-ply leather cord. There is an antler ring at the end of the needle case. Leather strips are attached to each end of the belt, one has a metal belt fastener and the other has a series of holes, the last three holes have metal grommets. There is a separate leather strip (b) attached to the end of the belt. Fastened with a narrow (1.6 cm) strap and silver buckle. A tool made from a hollow long-bone (presumably reindeer) is attached with a leather thong.

Culture
Sami
Material
skin, metal, bone and paint
Made in
Finland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Boots565/2 a-b

Pair of boots made of brown and white caribou fur. The soles are made of dehaired seal skin with upstanding sides with vertical crimps. Between the sole and the vamp a red dyed narrow strip of dehaired skin is inserted all around. The leg section consists of white caribou fur with vertical brown caribou fur panels and narrow strips of white and brown caribou fur on either side of the leg. On top of this a horizontal strip of wolverine with two wolverine tassels in the front and in the back is sewn. Above this and intricately decorated broad band of shaved white and brown caribou fur in a geometric pattern, and tufts of red cloth are attached. The top of the boots have a blue cloth casing through which a plaited cord of wool is strung. On either side of the foot a long strip of dehaired skin is attached into the seam of the sole.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin, seal skin, wolverine skin, dye, wool fibre and caribou sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse1044/4

A woman's full white cotton broadcloth blouse (or sleeves), overlapping at the centre back, and with no fasteners. Fullness gathered onto narrow neckband at the front, trimmed with narrow eyelet edging. Three-quarter length sleeves gathered onto narrow wrist bands.

Culture
Swiss
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
La Sage, Switzerland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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