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PonchoNi18

One rectangular piece of cream cotton fabric folded over to form a square sewn at side adjacent to fold, there is a v shaped neck opening at corner. Two sides are open. There is a cross-stitched band, wider at one end with pink eight petal flowers in green octagons. Pink triangles separate octagons at top and base all on an orange ground. Above the band are pink and green birds with flower-like extension at front of beak, diagonal ears, wings and tail feathers.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseNi20

Short blouse with long set in sleeves with folds at cuffs; folded and stitched circular neck opening with front slit; cross-stitch designs at cuffs, shoulders and hem. Cuffs have undulating pink edging with squares on green ground. Shoulder seams and the bottom edge are detailed with a band of eight petal pink flowers in green octagons on an orange ground. Next to the bands are birds in profile with their heads turned backwards over bodies, there are two v-like extensions above each head, octagonal body with central flower, wings extended to sides, fan-like tail between legs.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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God's Eye FigureNi60

Two wooden sticks forming a cross have blue and orange yarn wrapped around the junction to form a diamond pattern. Top end of central stick and cross- stick on left wrapped in unspun wool. Small woven square has orange cross-stitch central design of a female in a skirt. Square attached to top of central stick by orange thread.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, wood and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverNi8

Animal hide rolled and stitched with green thread with small flap of hide folded over at top. Quiver does not completely encase the ten ceremonial arrows it contains. Arrows have notched bamboo ends painted with red and blue bands or dots and the bamboo ends are fitted over blunt narrow wooden shafts and affixed with thread and glue. Some arrows have feathers bound to bamboo with thread.

Culture
Huichol
Material
feather, paint, wood, bamboo grass, deer skin and cotton fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsNi14

Cotton pants formed by two panels with crotch inset and a drawstring waist. The bottom of the pants have a cross-stitch decoration of three different horizontal bands alternating with a row of birds. First band has red, blue and yellow geometric design of triangles and diamonds separated by a zigzag line. On top are nine pink frontal birds with profile heads facing left, each bird has floral crown, an octagonal body and a triangular tail. Second band has stylized orange flowers, alternating directions, joined by an angular green line, dark blue line border at top and bottom; yellow profile birds above band has purple outline. Third band has a double row of blue flowers attached by blue stems to a yellow and red ribbon, flowers alternate with red double scrolls, green line border at top and base; purple frontal birds with heads facing to side on right are above band. Red cloth band at hem of each leg.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtNi41

White shirt with embroidery. The shirt has a v-neck, long cuffed sleeves and open sides. On the upper front and back are feline motifs surrounded by a square geometric border in red, orange, yellow and blue on white ground. On the lower front and back are rooster motifs above a geometric border. The hem is edged with orange trim. On the sleeves are bird motifs and geometric borders. The cuffs are edged with blue and orange trim. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MaskNb9.58

Northwest Coast style humanoid face mask, painted white. Wide flat forehead has five stitches in a vertical row at right of centre; beaten copper brows are nailed above bulging circular hollow copper eyes, slightly indented at base, in black pointed ridged eyelid lines; straight nose has indented semi-circular red nostrils; open mouth has protruding red lip bands; two stitches in a diagonal line between nose and upper lip; black bands with three rows of dots extend from lower corners of eyes, curve on cheek to terminate at side rim; nails in some holes along upper rim. On reverse, cord is looped and knotted through a hole in each side rim, second piece of cord is looped and knotted through a hole in centre upper rim and around the first cord. Piece of folded cloth nailed above eyes; two nails at left of nose. Stitches and nails are to repair crack; paint flaking; copper on eye and brow on left have green areas.

Culture
American ?
Material
metal, leather skin, fibre, copper metal, paint and wood
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi39

Flat folded bag with cross stitch and woven design; three edges finished in cross knit loop stitch. The central design consists of an eight pointed purple star outlined in pink, the red flower at each point has an angular curled extension. There are four inward pointing orange triangles at centre. Of the four upper corner designs, three are green eight are pointed stars and one is stylized curl design. There are stylized floral patterns in lower corners; on either side of star is a brown woven band then a green and red cross stitch band. The woven shoulder strap has an orange band between brown bands; ends are braided and knotted at apex, opposite ends are stitched to upper corners of bag.

Culture
Huichol
Material
synthetic fibre, cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder BagNi34

Square flat woven bag with a long woven strap, geometric design done in cross stitch, identical on both sides. Centre design consists of a pink flower with eight points, outlined in blue, four point flowers placed at four points of central flower. The border design has a solid cross-stitch in purple has small clusters of stitches pointing toward central green untwisting ribbon or scroll; cross knit loop stitch at sides and across top. Two separate pieces form strap, ends are twisted and knotted together at apex, opposite ends are sewn to inside at top edge of bag; strap is pink with a continuous line of blue-green forming a geometric pattern on either side.

Culture
Huichol
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, synthetic dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap LoomNi55 a-d

Loom (parts a-d) consisting of a partially completed brown and grey-white double-faced weaving on complete backstrap loom (part a). Intertwined in the weaving is a batten (parts b) and two lease sticks (parts c-d) that can be removed along with four shed rods and two heddle rods are tied to weaving. The long looping stitches attach weaving to front and back loom bars. Detailed are three horizontal rows of abstract geometric designs of beige diamonds, x’s and triangles on a brown ground. Part b is a wooden batten, trapezoidal in shape. Parts c-d are a smaller, thinner version of part b.

Culture
Huichol
Material
bamboo grass, wood, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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