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SashH1.125

Sash composed of alternating orange and blue bands that run lengthwise. Finished with a braided fringe at each end. The fringes are each tied together at the ends and joined to a braided tie.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Girth StrapH1.126

Fibre girth decorated with a central geometric pattern of pink lines and lozenges on a purple coloured background. Each end has two large tassels followed by a grouping of eight braided, fibre ropes that come together to form one long tie that ends with a small tassel. The underside has a similar pattern but with opposite colouring.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SashH1.127

Sash composed of red wool with a dark green wool border at the edges woven over off-white jute fibre. A strand of jute extends from the corner of one end.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
jute fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronH2.24

Hatchet shaped beaded apron with a cream, twisted fibre fringe along the bottom. Plain beaded turquoise ground - the top has a red beaded border and the bottom has a red and white beaded border. The neck band is composed of cream, fibre tassels and strings of blue beads.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronH2.25

Hatchet shaped beaded apron with a cream, twisted fibre fringe along the bottom. Red, white, blue and turquoise beaded linear border at the bottom. The main design is of white beaded wavy lines on a turquoise beaded ground. Along the top edge is a tasseled, fibre cord where the neck band, composed mainly of turquoise beads, is attached.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ApronH2.27

Hatchet shaped beaded apron with a cream, twisted, fibre fringe and white, red and blue beaded saw-tooth border along the bottom. The top has the same tooth and line border. The main colour is white. The neck band is composed of strands of red beads and has fibre tassels.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse PanelE161

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of T-shapes in yellows, orange, green and mauve in the upright or upside down position. The T-shapes are outlined and contained within four larger orange I-shapes. All of the designs are on a red ground. The "T" is apparently copied from an old issue of time magazine. Three edges are raw; one has a thin orange border.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Darien Area, Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse PanelE162

Reverse appliqué cotton blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of a large parrot sitting above an anteater. Bird and animal are black outlined in red and orange. The figures are detailed and surrounded by various geometric shapes in red, green, white, pink, blue, purple and orange all on a black ground. The panel has a red fabric backing. The edges are raw.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Darien Area, Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse PanelE163

Reverse appliqué blouse panel or mola that is precise and finely stitched. The design consists of two ant-eaters, six lizards and other zoomorphic forms outlined in red, orange, pink, green, blue and yellow on a black ground. The remainder of the designs are geometric and free-form. The panel has red backing fabric. The edges are raw.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Darien Area, Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BlouseE165

Blouse or huipil consisting of two rectangular, cotton, woven pieces machine sewn together. The bottom portions of the panels are cream and undecorated. The top t-shaped, embroidered panel is decorated with large lozenge, chevron and rectangular pattern in red, blue, green, orange, yellow and black on a cream ground. On either side of the embroidered, slit, neck hole is a row red, blue, yellow, green, pink and orange stylized birds. Along the top edge of the blouse is multi-coloured lozenge and triangle pattern. The sides are sewn together with the exception of arm holes. Pattern is the same but more elaborate on the back.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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