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SarongIb423

Sarong of heavy cotton woven cloth in rectangular shape formed by two pieces sewn together. Striped with supplementary weft with red and brown silk on the weft. Decorated with gold thread in bird, fish, and abstract motifs in between supplementary vertical stripes on the blue cloth. Two multicoloured bands at each end. One end has gold couching with red thread. Embellished with sequins. One edge is unfinished.

Culture
Minangkabau
Material
cotton fibre, paper, metal, synthetic fibre, rayon fibre, silk fibre and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PillowcaseEa6

A plain woven rectangular cotton pillow cover with four large pink, and gold-coloured wool, tassels. Embroidered with lines, butterflies, and flowers, all in abstract motifs. Gold-coloured thread around the tassles. One side open with copper metallic, and pink embroidered lace on it. Decorated with a few light pink sequins.

Culture
Afghan
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre, copper metal, silk fibre, metal, dye and synthetic fibre
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.254

Single piece of light brown bark, brown white with cross-grain flecks on the interior. Rectangular base with v-cut sides sewn with thin strips of bark. Oval-shaped mouth is reinforced with two thin sticks sewn in place. The outside has a black pencil line on one side near the top and there is a number in pencil on the base.

Culture
Wet'suwet'en
Material
wood and birch bark
Made in
Moricetown, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BucketNa1073

Oval-shaped wood bucket; overlapped sides stitched with root. Brown painted exterior has two carved grooves. Attached by metal pins on both sides of bucket is a piece of walrus tusk with a hole in it and a hide thong tied to a walrus tusk handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
paint, spruce root, metal, skin, walrus tusk and wood
Made in
Shaktoolik, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Miniature BootsNa1072 a-b

Pair of miniature boots. Light brown sole stitched to brown upper with seam up one side. Two white thongs cross over the foot, wrap around the ankle, and tie. The white border around the top of each boot is decorated with black stitching, and has a red strip woven in.

Culture
Inuit
Material
cotton fibre, skin and dye
Made in
Kotzebue, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolNa1064 a-e

Double layer of stiff white rawhide stitched together on all sides except the top where there are two dark brown loops. Darker leather, stitched on halfway down rawhide, has five slits cut through to hold four bone tools. Two brown white coloured tools, round, slightly curved, pointed at one end with a lip at the other, are joined together with leather thong. Two other tools are brown, each have a lip at their top, and a round shaft which flattens and curves then tapers to a point.

Culture
Inuit
Material
rawhide skin, sinew and bone
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongEi38

Full-length skirt of black faille weave cotton has band of thinner cotton cloth stitched to the top. Midway down, thick transverse band of alternating sections of maroon then beige stripes with pink, yellow, and white interspersed. Central in design and stitched over a join is line of maroon embroidery sections alternating with other colours. At top and at base of faille weave piece are one transverse band each of small maroon with some yellow and pink stripes bordered by white.

Culture
Burmese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SarongEi37

Full-length skirt of black faille weave cotton has band of thinner cotton cloth stitched to the top. Midway down, thick transverse band of alternating sections of marron then beige stripes with pink, yellow, and white interspersed. Central in design and stitched over a join is line of maroon embroidery sections alternating with other colours. Below thin cotton section, transverse set of lines in white, yellow and maroon form a band. Lower portion of skirt is embroidered acrylic (?) in sections of vertical evenly-spaced rows, each a joined diamond design in alternating yellow, maroon, pink, green, and white. Also, zigzag motifs include three vertical lines and sections of horizontal bands predominantly maroon with other colours interspersed.

Culture
Burmese
Material
acrylic fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
“Myanmar” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseEi39

Two identically cut panels; sleeveless; stitched together at sides; hidden seams; hemmed; v-shaped neck front and back. Red felt trim cut along one side in repeating pattern of peaks. White, yellow, green, and pink lengths of rickrack trim stitched overtop. Trim borders armholes, front and back of neck, and hem, then extends further to form tassels. Embroidered motif of green flower stalk with pink and yellow flowers repeated to follow trim around hem, arm, and neck openings.

Culture
Karen
Material
rayon fibre, synthetic fibre ? and wool fibre ?
Made in
“Myanmar: Bago, Toungoo ?” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagEi40

Square bag made with cotton appliqué. The surface is decorated with an orange square border followed by four concentric squares in orange, light orange, green and white. The middle has a dark blue cotton square with multi-coloured stripes embroidered in various patterns. Central square is bright orange. Arranged symmetrically at corners of appliqué design are small semi-spherical silver ornaments, two of which have a string of white shells, a blue bead and brown seeds hanging down. Tassels of multicoloured wool, strings of white-glazed clay beads, brown seeds, shells and squares covered in multicoloured thread hang from two corners of bag face. Two ends of black looped strap form sides of bag; finished off in orange appliqué and multicoloured tassels on the bottom edge.

Culture
Hmong
Material
cotton fibre, shell, seed, silver metal ?, glass, clay, wool fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Shan, Keng Tung” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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