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Cloth3333/1

Geringsing cloth with double ikat technique. Uncut fringe, so textile forms a loop. Central design features repeating large four-point stars, within semicircular patterns. Several rows of a grass-like fibre are woven into each end. Long edge bordered by solid light brown, and a thinner strip of solid black. 'SANTRA' is written down one edge.

Culture
Balinese
Material
cotton fibre, dye and plant fibre
Made in
Tenganan, Bali, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3367/2

Large rectangular tapa cloth with overall background pattern stamped in light red-brown. Overtop are dark red-brown and black painted designs in flowers, diamonds, triangles and dots.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3080/7

Embroidered cloth. Square fabric is made of dark grey denim-like material, with bright embroidery. Two evenly spaced lines of embroidery, which follow the edges of the piece, creates a double-square design. The lines are composed of a solid red, bordered by different coloured sections of zigzags. Multicoloured flower and foliage motifs between the squares, and similar in opposite interior corners. Top of piece has four loops for hanging.

Culture
Kyrgyz
Material
dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Kyrgyzstan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3080/4

Embroidered cloth. Square cloth made of denim and edged in red and tan coloured cotton. The denim is embroidered with multi-point star designs in orange, dark red and white, with touches of green. Several tassels in similar colours hang from one corner of the cloth. Each tassel topped with a number of small plastic breads. An adjacent corner holds a similar long thin tassel.

Culture
Hmong
Material
dye, cotton fibre, wool fibre and plastic
Made in
Vietnam
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3080/6

Embroidered cloth. The long rectangular piece is made of a dark grey-brown denim-like fabric with finished edges. Two lines of vibrantly coloured, stylized flowers are embroidered onto the cloth, separated by a horizontal zigzagging line which switches between blue, white, green and orange coloured-thread. Larger flowers sit along top, with smaller along bottom. Outside edges are embroidered in foliage, zigzag, and wave motifs. Sparse fringe decorates parts of three edges.

Culture
Kyrgyz
Material
dye, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Kyrgyzstan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3237/4

Long embroidered cloth. On a black cotton ground is stitched in thick synthetic thread a variety of designs and motifs, such as concentric diamond shapes, long stripes in red, white, orange and blue, shorter thin lines in yellow, green red and white, and more complicated motifs in similar colours. Thick black and red fringe hangs from each end.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3254/39

Rectangular tapa cloth with one uneven edge. The bottom edge is serrated. The cloth is divided by lines with geometric designs throughout.

Culture
Samoan
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3254/38

Large rectangular tapa with two serrated edges. On front, various painted designs of lines, zigzags and cross-hatching within dividing lines. On back, 'Savage Isl' is written along the edge.

Culture
Niuean
Material
paper mulberry bark and paint
Made in
Niue
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tapa Cloth3254/37

Large rectangular tapa cloth with hand-painted designs. Black square at centre, bordered by repeated geometric designs. Uneven triangle-cut edges on three sides. The back is plain. (Small piece of tape with collector number adhered to side.)

Culture
Wallisian and Futunan
Material
paper mulberry bark ? and dye
Made in
Wallis and Futuna
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth2990/927

Cloth made of cream and darker beige camelid wool threads. Intersecting thin and thick horizontal and vertical threads in "S" torsion; two seams. Worn and incomplete.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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