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Slip873/8

A woman's off-white half-slip made of medium-weight cotton woven with alternating stripes of plain weave, and satin weave. Gathered onto a waistband with a shell button at the centre back over a placket opening. One horizontal tuck above knee level (for shortening). Bottom ruffle with eyelet embroidery and pin tucking.

Culture
Moravian ? or Czech ?
Material
cotton fibre and shell
Made in
Kyjov, Moravia, Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera BeltN1.622 b-f

Green five piece hoop belt (part b-f). The rectangular pieces are curved and fit together. Part (b) has no tabs. Part (c) has one leather tab folded back under the belt loop and one wooden tab. Part (d) has two leather tabs folded back. Part (e) has no tabs. Part (f) has one leather tab folded back and one wooden tab. The fabric is fixed over a wooden centre. The front has embroidered Immortal symbols and floral motifs in orange, pink and purple on a turquoise ground. The back lining is royal blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre, bamboo grass, leather skin, paper, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7219

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in dyed spruce root and dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is mixed twined weave (plain twining alternating with wicker weave). Sides are plain twined with wide twilled border. Grass is embroidered on, the handle is overcast. The horizontal coloured design is bound by purple spruce lines. Orange shapes are staggered, then another purple band. These shapes create a band of purple "S's", then there is another band of purple, orange and the purple again. The rim has a twilled chevron pattern.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, dye and spruce root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7212

Woven basket in a goblet shape. Plain twined weave with overlaid twined weave (false embroidery). Bands of alternate weft in faded blue and purple (from two strand plain twined weave) with the pattern at right repeating three times.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, swamp grass, dye and cedar root
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7208 a-b

Woven basket with a spruce root warp and weft with aniline dyed grass. Various twined weaves - base is a mixed twined weave (alternate plain twined weave and wicker weave). Sides and lid have a plain twined weave with an embroidered decoration. Design is a central band of false embroidered diamonds in bright pink bordered by bands of black weft strands. Design on lid is similar, but also has an additional band of pink on the edge of the knob-like handle.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, maidenhair fern stem, aniline dye and grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronD2.22 b

Apron made of hide with a fringe on the sides and bottom and two u-shaped pockets that have scalloped edges and are decorated with red cylindrical and seed beads at the edges. Two thin straps are attached at the top corners.

Culture
Blackfeet
Material
glass, skin and fibre
Made in
Browning, Montana, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltD2.168 b

Belt made from a strip of doeskin covered with a strip of loom beading; geometric pattern in clear, black, green, yellow, red, and blue beads. Metal buckle at one end.

Culture
Blackfeet
Material
glass, skin, metal and fibre
Made in
Browning, Montana, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA6667

Woven basket with spruce root warp and weft with design elements in aniline dyed grass and spruce root. Various twined weaves - base is mixed twined (plain twined alternating with wicker weave), sides are plain twined with an embroidered design. Design consists of two wide horizontal bands composed of brown concentric squares with an orange and green diamond in the centre. Both bands are bordered by rows of brown and cream. Between the bands are stepped patterns in green and orange. The base has two bands of checkered green.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
aniline dye, grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt1559/3

Woman's multi-coloured, embroidered, appliquéd. very full skirt with a wide (16.5 cm) waistband or hip band. The waistband or hip band is embroidered with three rows of large round mirrors and multi-coloured embroidery on red fabric. The top edge is finished with rows of coloured cotton bindings. The full skirt is finely pleated onto the band and is constructed in six horizontal tiers. The tiers are embellished with embroidered geometric motifs and a few mirrors. Along the front, where that skirt joins the band, there is a row of small bead-trimmed pompoms, resembling bal buttons. The opening is at the centre back; there are long braided cotton cords (about 97 cm long) at the top corners. Two brass bells are sewn at the hem in the back.

Culture
Banjara
Material
cotton fibre, glass, silk fibre ?, silver alloy metal, brass metal and dye
Made in
Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketA7494

Wall pocket bag woven of cedar, dyed cedar, and swamp grass. Twined weave in natural and dyed cedar with light coloured false embroidery arrow figures in swamp grass over five horizontal dark cedar bands. Consists of a back piece with two attached pieces as pockets. Has handles.

Culture
Tlingit ?
Material
swamp grass, cedar bark and dye
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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