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RobeN1.66

Red robe with a round neck, long wide sleeves and side opening with brass frog closures. On the front, back and sleeves are orchid, butterfly and blossom? motifs. Around the neck, sides and bottom is a border of embroidered blue floral, vase and bat motifs on cream ground, edged with black trim. The inside lining is yellow damask silk containing floral and swastika motifs.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.64

Dark blue robe with embroidered designs. The robe has rounded neck, side slits and centre opening with a frog closures and glass button. The front and back have peony, moth, prunus, chrysanthemum, mountain, wave and coral motifs on dark blue ground. In the centre front and back is a large roundel with peony and moth motifs. The sleeves are folded back with peony and moth motifs on blue ground. The inside lining is blue damask silk with a small floral motif.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, dye and glass
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.58

Red robe with rounded neck, wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening with frog closures. On the upper front and back is a rectangular badge with a right facing mandarin duck, denoting a civil seventh rank official. Surrounding the duck are blue and white wave, sun, peony, bat motifs and a gold meander border on a red ground. On the front, back and sleeves are wave, peony and butterfly motifs in blue, white and green. The neck border has a prunus motif in blue and white on a black ground with a thin floral trim. The sleeve border has two bands; the same prunus motif with floral trim and a garden scene with figures in blue on a cream ground. The inside lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeN1.57

Dark blue robe with short standing collar, wide sleeves, side slits and centre opening with frog closures. On the front, back and sleeves are bat, butterfly, orchids, chrysanthemum, peony and prunus motifs and small roundels with scenes of two figures holding different objects in gold, blue, green, purple and white. The collar and sleeves have borders of solid black with floral trim. The inside lining is blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeM4.53

A large rectangular fabric piece that has yellow and gold-coloured pyramid designs on a powder blue background. Has a yellow and gold-coloured striped border. There are two slits along one edge.

Culture
Syrian
Material
silk fibre, fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Syria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeK2.178

Triangular-like shaped, natural coloured, cotton robe with a rounded bottom and a square shaped hood. The robe attaches at the top front by a decorative, grey seam. The top edge of the hood and the inner edges of the robe are lined with a band of grey fabric and have small grey tassels at the ends.

Culture
Hausa
Material
cotton fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeK2.356

Green robe with gold embroidery. The front and back panels are sewn together along shoulder line, leaving an angled opening for the neck. The panels are also sewn together along the lower sides. The front is embroidered with a motif of interlocking rings upon a diamond shape. The robe is machine sewn and machine embroidered.

Culture
Dioula
Material
cotton fibre ?
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeK2.287

Large cream robe with embroidery. The cotton is woven into strips which are then sewn together to make a wide robe. The neck and shoulder area is hand embroidered with local silk in a traditional Hausa pattern with hand spun cotton and locally produced silk. The pattern features circles and two downward pointing needles.

Culture
Hausa
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
Kano, Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RobeK2.173

Large, rectangular piece of green woven fabric with orange, yellow, white and purple surface embroidery in geometric patterns. Overall piece is made from four individual strips of the same material hand-sewn together. Fringed ends.

Culture
Asante
Material
silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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