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Purse1098/3

Flat, rectangular, envelope-style, embroidered purse with triangular flap located on one short end. One side is detailed with densely worked counted-thread gold metallic embroidery and edged with blue beadwork. The design follows the shape of the purse, with a central panel and borders, worked in flat stitches which form various textures. On the reverse side, there are two rectangular panels that form pockets. The two ends fold together with the opening at the triangular flap. Lined with printed plaid cotton flannelette.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
cotton fibre, rayon fibre ?, synthetic fibre, glass, metal and dye
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatN1.775

The folded opera hat or lotus seed servant's hat is blue and narrow with a red fabric ball on top. The base is rectangular and edged in black. The sides slope inwards to a point with the red ball on top. The sides of the hat each fold inward twice. The inside of the hat is white and stiffened with cardboard. Two wide, white ties are attached.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, hemp fibre ?, paper, paste adhesive and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseE344

Small cotton short sleeved blouse with a wide neck. The upper portion of the blouse consists of cream fabric with black trim on the sleeves and a red band near the neck. The torso portion has a mola (an appliqué panel) on the front and back with a bird in green, blue, purple, pink, yellow, orange and black on a red ground. The bottom edge is bordered with a pleated cream band.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseE342

Small cotton short sleeved blouse with a wide neck. The upper portion of the blouse consists of a floral fabric in blue, cream, green and brown with a pink trim along the edges of the neck and sleeve. The torso portion has a mola (an appliqué panel) in red appliqué with a yellow, black, orange and pink circular design, detailed with pink, black, blue, purple, yellow and green vertical lines. The bottom edge is bordered with a band of black and red flowered fabric.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre, fibre ? and dye
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseE343

Small cotton short sleeved blouse with a wide neck. The upper portion of the blouse consists of a red and white floral fabric with a pink trim on the sleeves. The torso portion has a mola (an appliqué panel) on the front and back with a bird and serpent theme in green, orange and red on a black ground. The bottom edge is bordered with a band shear cream dotted fabric.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre, dye and fibre
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Padded JacketEd1.300

Short upper garment of fine white cotton, padded, lined with white ramie. It has long sleeves at right angles to body of garment. Each sleeve has a band of shiny blue fabric at the writst, and has a curved lower edge. Sleeves are joined to body of garment with a concealed seam. Front edges of garment are angled outwards towards the bottom, and each side has an added panel near the edge. There is a facing with rounded lower edge extending about half-way down the garment, and an additional narrow neck facing of pasted silk basted in place with stitches invisible on the face of the garment. Front closing overlaps to the wearer’s right, and has a single frog closing. Ramie lining.

Culture
Korean
Material
cotton fibre, ramie fibre, silk fibre, dye and paste adhesive
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEf426

Dark pink brimless cap with circular crown and straight vertical rim cut with an arch-like shape at the front. The cap is solidly embroidered in dark pink with a yellow, orange, blue and green diamond pattern on white material. The crown has two narrow black lines. Sequins are visible through holes in the embroidery, and the edge is finished with a narrow black line.

Culture
North India
Material
mica mineral ?, cotton fibre ? and glass
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNa697

Elliptically shaped cradle made of white-yellow hide stretched over a frame constructed from split branches; branch frame is bound together with cotton gauze. Hide is stitched around the top rim of the cradle with black thread.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
fibre, cotton fibre, rawhide skin and wood
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb11.224

Carved, wood mask with a triangular shape coming to a point at the bridge of the nose. Bear fur spans the top of the mask and extends halfway down the back opening. The slightly raised, heavy eyebrows are painted black, extending from the back edges of the mask and meet at the upper nose. The eyes, set in a shallow recess on the plane of the upper cheek, are long and drawn out with a circular centre. The nose is long and narrow, with back thrust nostrils. Lips, painted red are rounded and drawn back, slightly parted. U-form designs on the forehead are painted green, blue and red; eyes are outlined in black with a red broken-line sunlight design above them; wave-like designs on the cheek are painted green and blue.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth: Tla-o-qui-aht
Material
egg tempera paint, fibre, metal, bear skin and cedar wood
Made in
Echachis, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierNbz800 a-b

Coiled cedar root basketry cradle (part a) with slat foundation and sides. Cradle is rounded at the higher, wider proximal end and is tapered and narrow at the distal end. Fully beaded overcast rim. Remainder of the cradle is plain on the inside and decorated with beading and imbrication on the outside. Rim pattern has mainly canary grass with several repeats of alternating cherry bark and grass. There are seven side coiled rows. First two rows repeat a pattern of closely spaced grass chevrons alternating with wider spaced red or dark brown cherry bark chevrons. Rows three and four repeat above pattern in alternating areas. Rows five and six feature three vertical red cherry bark lines alternating with a darker diamond or x-shaped pattern. Row seven is undecorated. No foot. Plain coiled bottom. Tumpline or carrying strap (part b) with wool wefts and multiple element warps is weft-faced plain weave in a light white-brown and red zigzag pattern. On each end of the strap, there is a machine-stitched, hide backed strip of plaid material which has a shell button on the strap end and a button hole at the other. Each end is buttoned over a strip of hide which is tied on each side of the cradle just below the rim with small strips of hide. There is a small piece of cordage tied to one side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
cedar wood, cedar bark, canary grass, skin, shell, fibre, wool fibre, cherry bark and cedar root
Made in
Harrison Lake, British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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