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RattleAc228

Wood stick with two openwork spherical structures, one fitted on each end. The stick passes to the other side of the sphere through the centre and is lashed in place with sphere warp elements. From these, the sphere structure is one continuous length of root(?) following the circumference, evenly-spaced and lashed to warps by rows of wood strip binding. Decorated by removing dark brown bark for light brown coloured bands. Small seeds placed in each sphere. Ends finished by wrapping wefts around warps.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
seed and wood
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Bed CoverEf392

Large, rectangular, cotton textile with light white brown base and hand block printed in black on one side only; plain weave; circle floral motif; concentric circles going into center. Centre has red-orange blotch of paint on the printed side. Two lengthwise selvage sides, and two ends are cut.

Culture
Rajasthani
Material
myrobolom fruit dye, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Sanganer, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bed CoverEf391

Large, rectangular, plain weave cotton textile with light brown base and hand (?) block printed with red and black dye all over; only on one side. Band of black with red floral and vine pattern; strips of black and light white brown, red base with leaves and flowers of black and red. Centre has square with large triangle in centre; outside triangle squares consist of a woman in profile, red, and other other square has elephants which are decorated, on red background. Edges of triangle has checked border in red on light white brown background. Outside large square paisley leaf motif. Two selvage sides lengthwise; two ends cut and frayed.

Culture
Rajasthani
Material
cotton fibre, myrobolom fruit dye, rubia cordifolium dye and dye
Made in
Sanganer, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltNa1071

Leather belt with a mottled brown, hinged buckle. Centre of the belt is covered with brown and white quills woven into a pattern of repeating geocentric motifs.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, ptarmigan quill, skin, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
Kiana Village, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchAc227

Alternating light yellow brown grass and brown fibre woven on wood slat warps form relatively flat, rectangular pouch which tapers to fitted, overlapping lid of same weave. Parallel, spaced, woven, brown fibre bands, three on pouch, three on lid, decorate circumference of both. Ends also woven in brown fibre and lid attached to pouch by twisted brown fibre cord which passes through and is knotted on two loops of pouch and two on lid, slack forming handle.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
grass and wood
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WigAc226

A fitted rounded dark brown twisted fibre cord and bead cap. One side is thickly woven with a pattern of diagonal rows formed by long loops pressed together to create depth. Side is topped by braided grass(?) band. From this, lengths of fine twisted fibre cord (some broken away) join this side to a thick woven fibre side with beads: cotton(?) cord tied on to weaving brought through to the top and short ends strung with various-sized red beads. Dark blue beads, and white and blue-striped beads strung at cap's top. Rim is length of twisted cord wrapped around circumference.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
glass, grass, fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeaddressAc225

Cylindrical-shaped headdress with basketry support (triaxil interlacing) and large, flared, upper rim; has entirely beaded surface sewn on cloth-covered support. Horizontal bands of white triangles on black. One wide row of white zig-zag. Two single rows of red beading. Rows of white and black at rim. Small opening at basket top stuffed and covered by cloth which is wrapped into stiff support for hollow, beaded cone, inverted, projecting from top, with stiff black hair wisk, hide wrapped and sewn on wood stick projecting up from cone's centre. Wisk's base, wire wrapped. Cone's flared rim has four beaded straps, two with black and white stripes, the others with white triangle pattern and red beaded edge, attaching cone with flared top rim of cylinder. Two attached, looped, beaded straps, one at each side at ear area, one in black and white, the other in red and white. One has dangling bead string. One base side has short, bead-wrapped cloth projection.

Culture
Chokwe
Material
hair, metal, wood, cotton fibre, wool fibre and glass
Made in
Luma Kasai, Angola
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Quilted BlanketEdz1204

Double bed quilt of unstructured cotton fibres covered with a loosely woven netting of white, red, and green cotton threads. Label reads "DOUBLE HAPPINESS BRAND/MADE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA".

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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