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PouchIa80

Pouch with a body that angles upwards on the sides from a flat base and is flat on top with a pocket and flap at the front centre. A band is sewn to one side and has a two snap closure on the other side. The body is embroidered with geometric patterns in grey, pruple and black, and the band is embroidered with repeated patterns in pink, red, orange, green, blue, purple, brown and black. Both the body and the strap have red edging.

Culture
Ami
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Taiwan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pouch788/4

Pouch composed of off-white skin in a classic shield shape trimmed with off-white ermine fur around the edges and with five ermine tails attached along the bottom. The pouch is embroidered with a floral motif in pink, purple, yellow, orange-grown and green. Lined with off-white silk.

Culture
Arctic America
Material
silk fibre, dye, skin and ermine skin
Made in
Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchIe411

Brown conical bag of woven string with a strap of the same material; several red threads are used in the bag near the rim. A jumble of thirty-seven sea shells, many fragmentary, are pierced and attached to the bag, either encircling the strap or attached to the rim by string.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
fibre, shell and dye
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pocket PouchNa711

Cloth pouch-pocket with beaded design; oval with tapered top ending in a point. Half circle pocket in lower portion, edged in green and yellow beads. Upper portion is black velvet with clear and green beaded floral design. Lower portion has clear beaded background, yellow beaded outline and black, green, yellow and orange beaded diamond in centre. Back covered in faded purple cloth, edged with purple ribbon. Inside pocket is lined with newsprint type paper on one side.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
glass, cotton fibre, fibre, paper and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchEf259

Flat, two pocket pouch faced with black hand-woven cotton decorated in embroidery and mirror work. Green, yellow, purple, brown and pink cotton thread. Mirror pieces (9 of 1 cm. diameter, 4 of 2 cm.) sewn with buttonhole stitches. Metallic thread holds largest piece. Zippered closing. Double fabric backing and inside sleeve of black mill cloth. Tubular black braided cord arm strap attached to side seams as decorative binding.

Culture
North India
Material
mica mineral ?, metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Delhi, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchAe111

A tightly plaited rectangular pouch with an overlapping flap at the front and each side braided closed. One side seam is brown while the other is undyed. The flap which closes the pouch folds over on a slant. The edge of the flap and the pouch under the flap are braided.

Culture
Central African
Material
palm leaf
Made in
Cameroon
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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PouchCc3

Pouch of stiff dark brown leather. Flat envelope-like pouch with high sides and dips in centre. Stitching along sides and has decoration doubled on centre of bag with yellow, blue, white, green beads at intervals, two on each side and two on bottom. Also stitching in u-shape with beads. Decorated only on one side. Stitching dyed red, now faded. Stitching loose, broken in one area on front side and back side. Handle is thin strip of leather. Bag does not open, leather is very stiff.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre, dye, glass ? and leather skin
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchNa986

Pouch of red wool with six sides and a blue ribbon border with white beads along the edge. Two beads lie flat and a third on edge. On one side there are is a four-petaled flower design in the centre, surrounded by concentric circles of different coloured beads, some in a zigzag pattern forming the otter design. Outside the circle there is a double-curl motif. On the other side there is a series of diamond shapes in the centre, surrounded by the "otter" design and the double curve motif. The beads are sewn on by the 'lazy stitch' method, the beads are threaded and looped to the material every sixth bead. The interior is lined with tan fabric.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
wool fibre, glass, silk fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PouchC104

A rich red-brown seed pouch attached to a belt by loops of similar strung seeds.

Culture
Hawaiian
Material
seed
Made in
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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