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Inner Boots565/1 a-b

Pair of inner stockings of caribou skin with the fur on the inside. The stockings reach to the knee and are higher in the front than in the back. The stockings consist of a piece of skin forming the sole, a vamp section and a large piece of skin that forms the leg section with a seam in the back of the leg.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
caribou skin and caribou sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cuff682/1 a-b

Pair of cuffs, each an off-white cotton tube with blue edging at the opening for the hand, which scoops back towards the arm at the inner wrist. There is a blue fabric finger loop at the centre top.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentEd1.338 d

Four ribbons in beige, pale green, blue-green, and pale green silk gauze, attached to a tab at the top.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Seoul, Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag915/10

Bag, made by bringing three corners of a square piece together, leaving the fourth corner open as a flap. The front of the bag is embroidered with a large multi-coloured sun symbol in the centre surrounded by several decorative borders. There is an orange pompom and a length of green twisted cord attached at the point of the flap. The back of the bag is decorated with three red pompoms.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
silk fibre ?, rayon fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ribbon Sash873/12

Woman's sash made from a length of ribbon that has been embroidered with pastel flower motifs. The circular design is repeated every 10.2 cm. The centre section is stiffened with starched cotton gauze. Ends are finished with yellow, orange, and gold sequined braid.

Culture
Moravian ? or Czech ?
Material
rayon fibre, cotton fibre, dye, synthetic fibre ?, starch and metal
Made in
Kyjov, Moravia, Czech Republic
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatEd1.293

Hat with slightly curved brim and cylindrical crown that tapers slightly from its base to a flat crown. The structure of the hat is formed by fine split bamboo. Top of crown made of two layers of fine woven horse hair (?); outer layer of sides of crown and top of brim have one layer of the same material. Sides of crown and underside of brim lined with a layer of diagonal weave horse hair or coarse split bamboo. Four lines of stitching on sides of crown forming a cross at top. Small remnants of ribbon tie at side.

Culture
Korean
Material
horse hair, paste adhesive, bamboo grass, ramie fibre and lacquer
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DollN3.61

Doll representing a male figure carved out of wood with articulated shoulders and ankles. His face and hands are painted white with hair, eyebrows and eyes painted in black, and a mouth painted in pink. A braid hangs down his back, tied at the top with a long black ribbon on one half of which are adhered four square gold decorative elements. He wears a very pale blue hip-length silk jacket lined in white, lapped to his right and tied at the waist with a separate pink sash tied in a single-loop bow. The sleeves of the jacket are made of parallel bands of various bright colours. The jacket has a self-facing at the neck and a narrower white facing. Under it is a white cotton jacket that is slightly shorter. The figure wears full white cotton pants tucked into ankle wrappings which extend over white socks.

Culture
Korean
Material
wood, paint, fibre, silk fibre, cotton fibre, dye, horse hair ?, paste adhesive and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Open-top HoodEd1.292

Open-top hood made of black silk damask with long ear flaps to which are attached long ribbons of the same fabric. The damask is patterned with peony flowers. The hood is constructed of two halves sewn together at the centre of the forehead and centre back, but with an opening at the top edged with black piping ending with a short slit at the back. The hood is cut straight across the forehead with a convex curved edge along each side edged with black piping on each side. The long ear flaps project forward from the points where the forehead joins the sides. The hood is edged entirely with two layers of skin with black fur, one facing inside and the other facing outside. A flat purple silk cord crosses the opening from front to back, ending at the back in an elaborate knot made of dark pink cord, partially detached and crumpled, below which are five dark pink tassels wrapped in gold thread. At the front there an elaborate double knot of gold and pink cord, below which are seven dark pink tassels wrapped in gold thread. The hood is lined with bright blue rayon fabric, most of which is covered with white fibrous paper which is attached with long running stitches.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, rayon fibre, raccoon skin ?, dye, gold metal and paper
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Open-top HoodEd1.290

Open-top hood made of black silk damask. The damask is patterned with peony flowers. The hood is constructed of two halves sewn together at the centre of the forehead and centre back, but with an opening at the top edged with black piping ending with a short slit at the back. The hood is cut straight across the forehead with two deep scallops edged with black piping on each side. It is edged entirely two layers of skin with black fur, one facing inside and the other facing outside. A flat pink silk cord crosses the opening from front to back, ending at the back in an elaborate knot made of pink cord, below which are three dark pink tassels wrapped in gold thread. At the front there an elaborate double knot of gold and pink cord, below which are seven dark pink tassels wrapped in gold thread. The hood is lined with dull green cotton flannel.

Culture
Korean
Material
silk fibre, raccoon skin ?, dye and gold metal
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1201/23

Small, rectangular, multicoloured, embroidered bag, with three edges closed, one edge left open to form a flat bag. The closed edges are trimmed with blue and white beading, and the open edge is bound with purple silk. Embroidered designs are worked in orange thread on a red ground, with small touches of purple, green, and bright pink. Embroidered designs are geometric, consisting of whorls and x-shaped figures, organized into border designs, squares and rectangles. Rows of metallic and red sequins are used to accent the shapes within the design field. The embroidery is backed with rust coloured silk or cotton textile. The two sides of the flat bag are identical in colour and style of embroidery, but differ slightly in the choice of motifs.

Culture
Pashtun
Material
silk fibre, glass, dye, gelatin, metal, cotton fibre and plastic ?
Made in
Ghazni, Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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