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Dragon Robe3550/1

Dark red robe with a round neck, long sleeves, hoof cuffs, and a side opening with gold frog closures. There are slits in the centre front and back. Collar, side opening and cuffs are bordered with black and trimmed with dark gold floral motifs. Dragons, clouds and waves embroidered in silver throughout borders. The front, back and upper sleeves of the robe have five-toed dragon, pearl, fish, cloud, crane, gourd, mountain, Taoist symbols, and floral motifs; all done in silver embroidery. The lower sleeves are black and decorated with silver lines; cuffs and lower sleeves edged with a gold braid. Inner lining of cuffs is dark blue silk with circular symbols embroidered throughout; the rest of robe interior is plain light blue silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
gold metal, fibre, silver metal, silk fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3522/102

Black men's robe made of a rectangular piece of fabric, folded in half at the shoulder; long slit neck opening in the centre. White stripes, in groups of three or single, decorate robe overall. Triangular shaped pocket attached below neck opening, extending onto left side of chest. Pocket has an intricate knot, heart, "X" shape, and plain and dotted horizontal lines embroidered across it. Triangle-like paper patch stitched to back of neckline; "X" shape embroidered across centre. Embroidery on patch visible on back of robe. All embroidery done in dark yellow. Sides are hemmed, top and bottom edges are unfinished.

Culture
West African
Material
paper, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Liberia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3390/2

Robe of dark blue silk with two knot and loop closures at the neck, and two ties at the chest. A small light blue border is layered over a larger beige silk border along bottom hem that extends along front opening, and around the neck. The beige border has scroll-work designs at hips, chest and neck. The interior of the sleeves lined with embroidered beige silk, that is exposed when cuff is folded back. Robe is embroidered in various shades of blue with detailing in gold-coloured metal thread and accents in red, pink, light green and orange silk thread. The embroidered designs include flowers, koi fish, butterflies and phoenix.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3390/1

Gold-coloured silk robe that fastens at the front with three spaced black knot and loop closures. The sleeves have a beige cuff with embroidery at the top. The robe is edged with a dark blue border embroidered with flowers in blue and white, and scrollwork in metal thread. The entire robe is embroidered with multi-coloured flowers and containers.

Culture
Chinese
Material
metal, silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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rabbit skin robe1927.1734 . 176453

« The manufacture of woven hare skin blankets by Indians of the Mistassini and Lake St. John bands is described in detail by Speck (1930, pp. 451-454), Lips (1947, pp. 42, 44), and Rogers (1967, p. 64, fig. 8, p. 40). Speck (1930, p. 454) notes that 100 skins were required for a blanket, while Rogers (1967, p. 64) states that a large blanket to be used by three people might comprise twice that many skins. These blankets were woven of narrow, twisted strips of hare skin on a three-pole frame by a coil netting technique in which the strip of skin was conveyed by a wooden or bone needle. The Speck collection contains two examples. The smaller, in poor condition, measures approximately 165 by 145 cm. The larger measures 220 by 152 cm and has short cloth ties at the four corners. It may have been worn as a robe. » Vanstone, James W. "The Speck Collection of Montagnais Material Culture from the Lower St. Lawrence Drainage, Quebec." Fieldiana. Anthropology. New Series, No. 5 (October 29, 1982), p.17.

Culture
Ilnu, Montagnais and Innu
Material
rabbit skin
Made in
Pekuakami, Lac Saint-Jean, Lake St. John, Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
The Field Museum
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