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HeadbandSf1127

Headband with a band of woven multicoloured bird (?) figures finished in a braided fringe at one end that has been sewn together. There is a loop at each end, one multi-coloured and one pink.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandEdz1618

Beaded headband with a multicoloured design. The headband is broader at the ends, rounding out and coming to a point. A short string is sewn on the back, connecting the headband together at the points. In the broad end sections is a multicoloured design. It may be a flower with green, blue and pink leaves and long yellow stems with yellow and red buds. In the narrow middle section are two pink and white flowers and one orange and yellow flower. Around the edge of the headband is a pink and yellow border of interlocking triangles. The back of the headband is lined with three pieces of fabric; white, white with pink stripes, white with small green flowers.

Culture
Chinese
Material
glass, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandEdz1590

Head band with embroidery. The band has an upper rectangular shape leading to a flared and curved base. The band is folded and sewn together at the back of the base. Embroidered on the front are peony and vase motifs on gold ground. Around the edges is a black border. The back is lined with maroon silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandAb353

Long headband that has been folded in half to form two double layered bands that sit side by side each other. Bands are connected by red fibre ties at one end. Band is beaded overall with white beads and has geometric beading designs in blue, red, orange, and green outlined in black beads.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandAb352

Long, beaded headband, rectangular in shape. The band is in three parts; two identical side pieces with dark blue, aqua, black and white beads in a geometric pattern. The central piece consists of two rows of white beaded squares joined together with lines of dark blue, purple, aqua and black beads.

Culture
Ndebele
Material
fibre and glass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe343

A headband, with a marquise shape, of several layers of beaten bark, on the outer surface of which have been sewn yellow-white nassa shells entirely covering the band except for a lozenge of exposed bark 1 cm. wide at the centre of the band. The pattern is a lozenge of eleven rows of shells around this centre. Nearly perpendicular to each side are twenty-five parallel rows of shells. There is another lozenge pattern at each end of the band and a double row of shells around the edge. Fragments of bark twine remain at each end.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, aka bark and nassarius shell
Made in
Iapi, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe342

A headband of several layers of beaten bark, on the outer surface of which, there have been sewn six parallel rows of white nassa shells on the longitudinal axis of the band covering it. The shells overlap slightly and face the centre of the band. At the centre, there is a transverse strip of bark 1.5 cm. wide on which there are no shells, but which is coated with red paint. The band is an elongated oval in shape. Fragments of bark twine remain tied to ends . Shells near ends of band are smaller and more yellow.

Culture
Kewa
Material
bark, paint, aka bark and nassarius shell
Made in
Koiari, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe408

A band of brown string wound over wood, tapering to two arms with loops, one fitted through the other. The top feathers are red, green, yellow, white, blue, and grey and decorate the wide part. Cowrie shells line the lower edge. Below, on strings, there are hanging two lines of small cowries, two single cowrie shells and two fragments of other shells.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
wood, parrot feather, clam shell ?, cowrie shell and nettle fibre
Made in
Papua New Guinea ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe436

A pandanus leaf string headband with grey polished plane stem beads. The beads alternate with the string. Light horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The centre has two vertical rows of long cylindrical black beads with two vertical rows of grey beads. Each end has red dye on the string, and the braided ties.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
plane wood, paint and pandanus leaf
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandIe435

A pandanus leaf string headband with grey beads alternating with the string. Eight horizontal rows with eight beads are on each vertical strip. The string is dyed yellow at either end, in between the beads.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
pandanus leaf, plane wood and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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