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ShawlSf1137

Black, twill weave shawl with made of two small panels sewn together in the middle. Two ends are hemmed.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl1181/1

Shawl composed of two rectangular pieces of woven cloth sewn together at the centre to form a wider piece of fabric. The shawl has parallel bands of geometric designs in light grey-green, light pink and medium blue, including a tree of life design.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlCh288

A woman's square dark red shawl printed with pink, blue, and yellow flowers with a green floral design in a square pattern with a flower of the same in each inner corner. Wool net-like knotted fringe attached on all four edges.

Culture
Polish
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lowicz, Poland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl1044/3

A woman's square red, and white checkered jacquard-weave shawl. Woven designs in each check consisiting of bells, paisleys, fruit, flowers, and leaves. Has a red and white fringe all around the edges.

Culture
Swiss
Material
rayon fibre and dye
Made in
La Sage, Switzerland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl966/1

Two long widths of fabric sewn together at the centre. Lightweight, cream-white fabric with fine red warp stripes near the selvedge, some red and black weft stripes at one end and two broad red weft stripes and black stripe at other end. Area between is heavily embroidered with bands of black, red and blue geometric, repeat designs.

Culture
Toda
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl334/3

A large, rectangular black fabric piece. Main design is consisting of a flower design at each corner. The central flower is red with either a dark blue or a dark purple centre and has pink stems radiating from it for smaller peripheral red flowers with yellow centres, and green leaves. The edges have a zig zag line of red, light pink, dark pink, white, dark blue, and green.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl811/15

Repeated white fabric floral motif on white transparent fabric.

Culture
Afghan
Material
fibre
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl772/2

Shawl composed of black fabric with bands of dark red running the length near the edges. The shawl is embroidered with multicoloured vertical bands of floral and geometric designs as well as humanoid figures and bird figures. There is also an inset band of multicoloured woven losenge designs near each end, and each end is finished with a fringe.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl446/1 c

Square, mesh-like shawl with red floral patterns on two sides and one corner.

Culture
Philippines
Material
pineapple fibre
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlEi26

Long rectangular shawl made of three rectangular strips of hand woven black cotton cloth machine stitched together to make one large cloth. There are stylized designs hand embroidered in darning stitch, depicting various sizes of elephant, butterfly, bird and flower-like forms in purple, white, orange and green. Decorative pulled thread open-work border at each end.

Culture
Naga
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Nagaland, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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