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PantsEe72

Simple, long, loose-fitting, drawstring pants made from dense, home spun, fulled, off-white wool textile. Some minor colour variations occur in the textile. Front and back are identical. A 24 cm shaped panel at the centre front and back provides wearing ease; the legs are straight top to hem. There is a casing at the top for a drawstring but no drawstring is provided. Mostly hand-sewn, with some machine stitching. Bottom edges of the legs are left raw.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Leh, Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSa251

A boy's plaited straw hat in a fedora style with a turned up brim and a creased crown. White plastic band stitched around the rim and a black plastic hat band with the ends crossed and having three holes: one at the cross is attached to a metal eyelet in the hat and the other two holes are 1-2 cm. from the first.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
metal, plastic and grass
Made in
Panajachel, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BowNa992

Cable-backed bow made from wood and other materials. There are 2 places where thin pieces of bone have been attached to either side of the wood with copper pins, one has sealskin sewn over the top of the bone, and the other has sinew lashed over it. There are knobs on either end of the bow, around which 8 braided sinew cords are strung. The cords are lashed onto the wood in 2 places, and they are twisted and wound with sealskin in the middle section. (Bow string no longer attached.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, sinew, seal skin, bone and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shirt411/136

Burgundy men’s shirt of heavy woven cotton with polished outside and felted inside. The shirt has a quilted standing collar, tapered sleeves and side slits. The side opening has metal frog closures engraved with swastikas. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside is unlined. There is a white stamp of the map of India on the inner front.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtEe34

Black cotton skirt with bold printed border floral-like design in various tones of yellow, orange and light brown. Material is sewn together to form a tubular shape but has no other finishing than the three machine-stitched seams. Along the edge in blue is the bears commercial stamp 'Burmese Style A-Fents' and map of India motif.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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QuiverNa987

Quiver made from seven pieces of sealskin stitched together with sinew. The bottom is slightly rounded and the top folds over all the way around. The bottom is slightly rounded and the top folds over all the way around. Along the lengthwise seam there are four holes. Near the top, there is a leather thong which forms a handle. There are two pieces of antler strung on it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal skin, antler and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEe68

Long magenta silk shawl. The shawl is hand-woven with a row of black chain stitch and a long fringe on the ends.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashEe66

Hand-woven cotton sash made of 3 pieces of fabric sewn together lengthwise. Purple outer borders with two narrow parallel stripes in black. Inner piece is natural in colour with purple and black stripes near edges. Decorated at the ends with multi-strand cotton in a chain-like furcate stitch across the piece.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CapeEe65

Woman’s unlined, untanned goat hide cape (raw hide on one side, and coarse, long, off-white, slightly wavy hair on the reverse side). The body of the cape is roughly U-shaped, with unfinished edges; on each side edge, the cape is pieced with small rectangular strips. The top edge of the cape is slightly curved, and a triangular flap of goat hide is attached at each upper corner. A length of brown braided cord connects the two flaps, and there is a piece of twisted brown and off-white wool fibre loosely looped over this cord. On the hide side, three narrow strips of hide are sewn to the top edge, with the hair side facing outward.

Culture
Ladakhi
Material
wool fibre and goat skin
Made in
Leh, Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronEe31

Plain weave, cotton apron; tightly woven with a firm texture. Three pieces of fabric are joined by two machine stitched seams. Long self-covered ties on each side. Lined with green sized mill cotton, printed with floral pattern. The design of the fabric is narrow horizontal stripes of identical width in deep shades of green, reds and blue, sewn together to offset stripes of centre panel.

Culture
Tibetan
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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