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Sari3612/9

Block-printed silk sari. On one end, there is a square panel featuring an ornate design in blue, cyan and silver. Down the length, the centre blue panel has repeating horizontal bands of designs in purple. At the opposite end, the purple designs change to a double-sided antler design. The sides are bordered by wide bands of cyan flowers outlined in purple on a grey background. Small cloth store label attached from Aarong Bangladesh. The short ends are finished with folded and sewn edges.

Culture
Bangladeshi
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Bangladesh
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1472/5

Rectangular, tie-dyed, dark red and black goat wool textile, decorated with off-white tie-dyed dots. The red central field has a large black circle in the centre and four smaller black circles. There are diamond-shaped clusters of white tie-dyed dots scattered throughout. There are black borders on all sides, embellished with rows of red and white linear and curvilinear designs formed by tie-dyed dots. The textile is constructed from two nearly-identical panels that are seamed together vertically down the centre, using a running stitch sewn with white thread. Woven gray-beige selvages are on the vertical edges, and there are woven cotton horizontal supplemental stripes at each end. A strip of black woven cotton textile (7.1 cm wide) is sewn at one end.

Culture
Rabari
Material
goat wool fibre, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Khipro, Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashB792 b

Long, rectangular, burgundy wool sash with a twisted, threaded fringe on the ends. There are five black bands of geometric design with the middle being a lozenge pattern. One end has a small circular green, orange, purple and light green drawstring purse attached.

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Broun, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsSf429

Short, black wool pants with two grey buttons down the front. The legs slightly flare out through the middle then taper in at the ends; the outer edge is longer then the inside. There are three belt loops; two on the front, one on the back. The inside waist and leg cuff seams are edged with a strip of natural coloured wool.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, dye and plastic
Made in
Pisac, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSf415

Skirt sewn from purple woven wool fabric and gathered at the waist with a narrow blue waistband which ties on both sides at side slits. A narrow band of scroll patterned light purple embroidery runs horizontally around the middle and the hem is embroidered with a stylized flower and zigzag design formed by circles. A blue band at the hem is embroidered with a repeated dot design. The reverse of the hem is reinforced with off-white cotton facing. Two horizontal pleats are sewn into the lower half of the skirt.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VestSf402

Vest, man's, made from a piece of handspun, hand-woven bayeta (burlap) covered with hot pink castilla cloth of machine-woven wool on the front. The vest is adorned with bright green and blue cotton bands, and white and yellow rickrack. Machine embroidery, dominated by floral designs, decorate the pockets and edges. A large flower is embroidered above each pocket. A stand-up collar is formed by a flap of embroidered castilla at the back centre.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileM3.276

The textile fragment is rectangular with three circles in a brown corner square. Two of the three circles show crouching animal figures on the dark brown background. The third circle shows a woman’s head on an orange background. At one end red wool is added to the textile’s warp and pulled out at regular intervals, creating rows of a fringe on the backside.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
wool fibre, flax fibre and dye
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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