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Shawl3097/14

Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl made up of two panels sewn together at the vertical centre with dark brown thread. The left panel is colourful and patterned with a 8 cm black band towards the seam, the innermost third of the right panel is a black ground and the outer two thirds are colourful and patterned. Both panels are patterned with vertical stripes and vertical bands containing zigzag, checkered, striped, and concentric circle patterns. The left panel fades from a wide purple band into the black band, while the right panel has a sharp divide between the patterned and black sections. The shawl is edged with orange stitching, the lower left corner is not edged.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3587/16

Shawl-like chest covering. The textile has 5 wide bands of red and dark green alternating on the warp. Stitched overtop in orange are angled lines creating a repeating diamond pattern with each diamond filled with embroidered t-shapes with equal arms in yellow, blue, green and orange. Both ends are embroidered in bright pink. There are wrapped strings extending from three corners. Collector's tag sewn to back.

Culture
Chin: Khumi
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine, Buthidaung” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/15

Patterned woven wool shawl with vertical coloured stripes and wider bands on a black ground. The shawl is made up of two panels sewn together at the vertical centre with dark brown thread. The centre of the shawl along the seam is a wide band of black ground, with solid stripes across the outer sections. The stripes are pink, purple, yellow, brown, and white, with orange stripes only on the left side of the shawl. The wide bands are patterned with wide zigzags or chevrons with concentric circle patterns inside. The right edge is patterned with checkers and the left edge with triangles. The edging is tubular and pink, patterned with yellow and blue lines.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, dye and aniline dye
Made in
Bolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/17

Rectangular brown shawl with wide striped bands on the left and right edges and a colourful patterned panel in the centre. The centre panel has a seam in the centre where the two halves are stitched together with alternating pink, purple, orange, and white thread. The wide bands along the edges are striped with orange, light tan, black, and burgundy. They are also patterned with thinner stripes, dotted stripes, and one pink and white stripe with a zigzag with small circles on either side. The centre panel is made up of two identical flipped bands sewn together. These bands have burgundy, black, and orange stripes. They also have a wide pink, white, and yellow band in the centre with a diamond pattern. There is a circle with a dot at the centre inside the diamonds.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, dye and aniline dye
Made in
Bolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/11

Rectangular black shawl with wide patterned bands along the vertical edges. The black ground has a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with black string. The edging of the right half is red, the other half is not edged. The patterned band on the right side is much thicker than the left. Both bands are made up of dark red stripes separating thinner patterned bands with zigzags, flowers, and bird motifs. The bands on the left are black and purple, those on the right are red and pink.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/7

Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is dark brown with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have matching patterns in different colours. The patterns are made up of red vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers in other colours.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Macha, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3511/7

Maroon shawl (selendang) with fringe on ends. Top and bottom edges are bordered by three patterned bands. Outer and inner bands have an alternating diamond and triangle motif, with dots throughout; centre band has a repeating geometric motif. Bands are maroon, and separated with black and burgundy stripes and dark orange dots; designs are dark orange with dark green and maroon highlights. Wide maroon panel in centre of sarong. Repeating columns of figures and geometric motifs across length; all designs done in dark orange with dark green and burgundy highlights. Figures are a mix of birds, lizards, scorpions, butterflies, humans(?), and plants. Dark orange triangles border both ends of centre panel. White sticker on back.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3448/20

Long rectangular white shawl woven from cotton(?) with open-weave fringe on both ends. The front is embroidered in white silk with large flowers, stems, and circular buds. Some light blue and black thread has been woven into a piece of the fringe.

Culture
Otomi
Material
cotton fibre ? or silk fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3448/22

Long rectangular white shawl woven from cotton(?) with open-weave fringe on both ends. The front is embroidered in pink silk with large flowers, stems, and circular buds.

Culture
Otomi
Material
cotton fibre ? or silk fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3448/21

Long rectangular black shawl woven from cotton(?) with open-weave fringe on both ends. The front is embroidered in black silk with large flowers, stems, and circular buds.

Culture
Otomi
Material
cotton fibre ? or silk fibre ?
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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