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Pillowcase456/7

A coarsely woven square off-white cotton pillowcase with bands of red and black geometric designs embroidered in counted cross stitch, in stylized snowflake, chevron, and flower patterns. The back is made of plain off-white cotton broadcloth with a slit for inserting the pillow.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash456/6 c

A long narrow rectangular hand woven wool sash that has multi-coloured geometric designs with red predominating. Main design is consisting of an alternating deep red, deep purple, and deep green, hexagon and six-appendaged shape pattern on a bright red background. Bordered by a black lines in between a wide white chain that has red links and a thin red chain link at either side. Fringe at each end is tied into small bundles.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1128/16

A narrow woven wool strap with a red and yellow broken stripe design edged with blue, red, green, and off-white stripes. Multi-coloured tassel attached to one end while the other end is unfinished.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Sweden
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtCh280

A woman's Durndl skirt made of medium blue cotton broadcloth printed with small pink and yellow flowers with green leaves. Gathered onto waistband. Side or centre back opening with a button closure on the waistband and an elastic sewn to the inner waistband. Machine sewn hem.

Culture
Polish
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Zakopane, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.329 a-b

Small round twined basket with a lid (part b), wider at the base. Base (part a) radiates from a central point. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the base from the sides. Walls decorated with two raised rows of wrapped stitches. In between the rows, there are eighteen, two to three, raised stitched segments. Rim has warps bent to the right and secured with a single row of twining. Flat lid with side has a central design that consists of two concentric circles surrounded by nine to ten segments. Reinforced row of stitching demarcates the top of the lid from the sides. Rim of the lid is finished the same as the basket.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
root ?, bark ?, dye and grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb22.86

Round basket with flared walls. Base and walls are decorated. Base has 2 bands of dark brown with the outer most band extending up the wall to an openwork band, with a third brown band above. Ten diagonal design of red and faded pink stitches are on the 2 brown bands on wall. Two re-shaped handles extend upwards from rim. Reinforced rim appears to be braided.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, grass ? and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.328

Twined round basket with a square base and a circular mouth. Base is plaited with four rows of brown twining demarcating the base from the sides. Walls in plain twining are decorated with two rows of red-brown twining and eight geometric designs in the shape of orange and red parallelograms. Rim is folded over and secured with a row of twining.

Culture
Tsimshian ?
Material
grass, dye, palm leaf and cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatN1.775

The folded opera hat or lotus seed servant's hat is blue and narrow with a red fabric ball on top. The base is rectangular and edged in black. The sides slope inwards to a point with the red ball on top. The sides of the hat each fold inward twice. The inside of the hat is white and stiffened with cardboard. Two wide, white ties are attached.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, hemp fibre ?, paper, paste adhesive and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.327

Flat, bag-shaped, cedar bark basket. Walls of the basket flare outward from the square base. Walls are decorated with brown-black diagonal strips alternating with medium brown strips forming a pattern of diagonal bands across the basket. With the rim which is folded over with an open-work edging. Along the narrow sides, a two ply twine is sewed into the basket in an "h" shape down each side a double two ply twine continues under one side of the base. A two ply piece of twine is attached to the top edge of one side of the basket.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb7.326

Rectangular shaped, flattened basket, with decorated walls and two handles. Base in checker work plaiting with seven rows of yellow-brown decoration. Sides are decorated with six bands of diagonal plaiting in yellow-brown and black. Decorative band around the top of the basket in light brown and dark brown. Twining rim appears braided. Handles, three ply twisted cedar, are slotted through the sides one-third of the way down and knotted inside.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark, dye and grass ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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