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LoomSa269 a-n

Demonstration backstrap loom (part a) with various attached and/or removable pieces (parts b-n). Part a: loom with front and back wooden loom bars with natural multi-ply cotton string warps attached; strings in dyed green and orange interwoven along inside edges of bars; dyed brown weft string interwoven for 13 rows of plain weave, the end of the weft yarn is attached to a pointed stick which is notched for attached yarn at other end. Dyed blue string attached to loom bars and interwoven to lengthwise selvedges. Part b: slightly curved heddle rod of shaved beige stick tied and wrapped by warp from weaving. Part c: separate shaved beige lease stick or bobbin with angled ends and longitudinal splits. Part d: slightly curved shed stick loosely resting in warp. Part e: separate wooden stick loom bar with knotted end. Part f: lease stick with numerous pin point holes, a rounded end, split 4.5 cm. in from end, other end is burnt and beveled. Part g: bamboo lease stick or heddle rod. Part h: separate wooden batten sword with pointed, triangular ends, rounded along one length, tapering to other side. Part i: separate large dark wooden loom bar with notched ends. Parts j and k: wooden support sticks around which green and orange string is attached. Green string loops (tied and glued) hold j to loom bar farthest from weaving. Part l: separate grey/white synthetic rope, burnt at ends with single knot near one end. Parts m and n: carved light wooden shuttles with pointed ends, carved out section with pointed stick through centre, two points at other end, 'J.L.' carved near end.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
wood, cotton fibre, adhesive, synthetic, dye and bamboo grass
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa247

Skirt made of blue cotton with fine white vertical and horizontal stripes and a multi-coloured insertion stitched band (randa) along the seams. The horizontal seam band is composed of many solid colours of cotton or silk (?) in 6 cm sections, and the vertical seam band, probably silk, is composed of solid colours as well as sections of colour fading to white.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
dye, silk fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
San Pedro De Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEe68

Long magenta silk shawl. The shawl is hand-woven with a row of black chain stitch and a long fringe on the ends.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashEe66

Hand-woven cotton sash made of 3 pieces of fabric sewn together lengthwise. Purple outer borders with two narrow parallel stripes in black. Inner piece is natural in colour with purple and black stripes near edges. Decorated at the ends with multi-strand cotton in a chain-like furcate stitch across the piece.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEe25

A black cotton bag made of one piece of material. Wewn together along the bottom and one side. Seamed along opening edges with a green twine cord running through. Near the bottom, encircling the bag, there is a horizontal geometric design consisting of a patterned row made of a central white square that has four red squares around it, one near each corner and bordered by a band that has two central white lines surrounded by a red line at either side. Has a black cotton fringe at the bottom.

Culture
Tangsa
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsSa171

Trousers, knee-length, made of hand-woven off-white cotton with bands of multicoloured geometric forms and figures brocaded figures.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Santa Catarina Palopo, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa203

Sample of double-ikat resist-dyed woven cotton textile. The textile has both warp and weft patterning with a traditional pattern of black, blue, yellow, white and metallic gold stripes and an ikat design, mainly curvilinear, in bands of white.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa201

Sample of woven cotton cloth with resist-dyed patterns woven into warp (jaspe). Multi-coloured striped pattern alternating with stripes of black and white jaspe weave patterns in typical designs.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FanEdz1014

A fan of woven straw in twill weave, shaped like an inverted heart, with a tubular bamboo handle that has a split 10.8 cm. long to allow for the insertion of the fan. The handle is painted (?) with a mottled brown pattern, perforated near the butt end and held in place with a nail. The straw is purple, blue-green, and natural colours, woven in geometric design, finished with a band of braided straw sewn with unspun linen (?) thread around each side.

Culture
Chinese
Material
bamboo grass, grass, dye, paint ?, iron metal and flax fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head ClothSf874

The head cloth is long and narrow with a geometric pattern and long fringe. The pattern shows the same bipedal figure repeated six times in shades of brown, red, yellow and green. At both ends there is a band of diamonds in a diagonal pattern, followed by a section of tightly woven rows leading to a long multi-coloured fringe.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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