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BagD2.97

Leather pouch sewn on three edges. Beaded on one side with a pair of vertical double-pointed hour-glass-like shapes that are translucent pink along the inner most sides and green along the outer most sides on a white background with gold-coloured beads across the top. Fringe sewn on which is very soft - like suede.

Culture
Plains
Material
rawhide skin, glass and fibre
Made in
Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.96

Cotton backed with red wool and beaded on. The upper portion has a design that consists of an alternating yellow and green five-branched tree-like form with white, pink, and blue going upward along the middle. The lower portion has a similar green-tipped white seven-branched tree-like form with alternating yellow, green, and pink v-lines going upward along the middle. Curving upward from either bottom side, there is a blue line with a yellow flower at the upper corner end. The upper portion has a pale yellow, dark blue, and white border while the lower portion has a green and white border.

Culture
Sioux
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD2.49

White skin bag beaded in a floral design with a fringe around the edge. The design on one side consists of a red heart-shaped flower at the middle bottom from which emanates above at either side a small, circular, purple flower, and two red flowers. The middle red flower on the left side is open while the one on the right side is in profile. The top red flowers above are in profile. The design on the other side consists of two open red flowers with a smaller one in the lower right corner, two small, circular purple flowers in between, and two different red flowers in profile at the top left corner. The bag has a yellow and purple draw string.

Culture
Blackfoot
Material
skin, silk fibre ? and glass
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtD2.165

The shirt is made of light coloured skin with beaded panels and several fringes. On the front of the shirt, beneath the rounded neckline, there are four red beaded lines within the white beaded outline of a triangle. There are long fringes on the two downward sides. On either side of the triangle there is a beaded panel beginning at the shoulder and extending halfway down the shirt. The panels feature a motif of two triangles touching at the point. Within each triangle are smaller triangles of blue, red, green and black. Each panel has two triangle motifs separated by a blue and red 'X'. There are long fringes on the outer edge and bottom of the beaded panels. The back of the shirt has exactly the same designs as the front. The shirt is open from under the arm to the bottom edge with three ties on each side. The bottom edge has a cut triangle fringe. On the backside of each arm, extending from the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve, is a beaded panel featuring the pointed triangle motif separated by an 'X'. Around the end of each sleeve a double-sided cut triangle trim is attached. On the back edge of the sleeve there is a short fringe. Underneath the arm, from the body to the end of the sleeve, there is a long fringe.

Culture
Blackfeet
Material
glass, metal, skin and fibre
Made in
Browning, Montana, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.38

Embroidered flowers, leaves and vases adhered to a piece of white paper. The designs are attached to one another creating short twisted chains. The designs are light and dark blue, light and dark green, light and dark pink, and white. Details and outlines are added in gold thread.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, adhesive, gold metal and paper
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.89

Embroidered panel is circular with a six-pointed star and seven circles on a pink background. The mid section has a large star with a small circle between each point. Each small circle has a flower motif in blue and green on a cream background. In the centre of the star is a large circle. The circle shows three people working amidst blue and green flowers on a cream background. The outside border is black with blue flowers. The panel is backed by a piece of khaki fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.49

Embroidered panel is circular with five bands surrounding the centre section. The outside and fifth bands are black with blue flowers. The second and fourth bands are blue silk. The third band is thin with a white, blue and green floral print. The centre section has appliqué cream and blue flowers on a black background. The panel is backed by a piece of ecru fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelN1.50

Embroidered panel is circular with three bands surrounding the centre section. The outside band is black with light blue flowers. The next band is light blue-green silk. The third band is blue with white flowers. The centre section has white, orange and blue flowers on a blue background. The panel is backed by a piece of ecru fabric.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/14

Small, flat embroidered bag made of two identically patterned, rectangular sections which are seamed together on three sides, leaving the fourth side open. The bottom two corners of the bag are angled at 45 degrees. The multi-coloured embroidered designs are composed of densely-worked, geometric, stylized floral motifs which are enclosed with squares, arranged in a grid, separated by geometric border motifs. The top edge is finished with tablet-woven pink and red edging. The bottom edge is trimmed with seven tassels (red, green, blue and dark yellow). A border of diamond shaped motifs is at the top and left edge of each side. A short length of decorative braided fibre is attached to one upper corner of the bag, along with one red tassel. Backed with plain pinkish cotton textile.

Culture
Turkmen
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ? and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagD3.173 b

Bag made from deer hide decorated with a floral design at the top front cut out of the deer hide revealing orange cotton that had been inset underneath. The front flap is embroidered with a floral pattern in pink, purple, yellow, and green. Two pockets on the inside. The bag is rounded along the bottom edge.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
deer skin, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Norway House, Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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