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Batik Textile3295/38

Long rectangular finely woven textile. The background is black, with dark blue lines creating a subtle diamond pattern with five white dots where the lines cross. The motif features large flowers of various shapes, long fern-like leaves, and repeating small stars in brown, white and yellow. Both ends have a small band in gold. Small tag attached top right, 'B.E. BUSANA EDI'. Small, partially illegible stamp top left. Three small sticker labels adhered to textile.

Culture
Javanese
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/41 a-c

Rectangular, beige textile (part a) with a wide band of embroidery on each end and short tassels. Evenly space along the edges, four on each side, are groups of five embroidered designs in red and blue. Faint bands of light beige lines run through the fabric horizontally. Textile fragment (part b), the end of a rectangular, beige textile with embroidery and short tassels. The embroidery design is a repeating m or w-shape in blue, which creates two triangles, from centre up to the sides. The v-shape is bordered by red embroidered flowers, and four red matching m or w-shape designs are at centre. A thin border runs across the bottom before the tassels. Textile (part c) has been reworked into a blouse front, and backed with blue fabric.

Culture
Turkish
Material
fibre
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/19

Square textile with hand stitched black embroidery on off-white fabric. The top edge is folded and loosely stitched with black thread. The embroidery design features repeating squares, which form together to create a large square bordered by floral-like designs.

Culture
Turkish
Material
cotton fibre ?
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/44

Finely woven textile composed of two rectangular pieces sewn together. Down the centre line extends a band of burgundy-purple with small flowers of various colours. On either side, a band of chevron-style zigzags in beige, yellow, dark green and dark purple. Six solid bands of dark blue-black or black with dotted lines of colourful stitching separating each design. The main body of the textile is solid brown. The textile is edged with a band of burgundy, and one edge has pink triangular stitching.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
dye and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/24 a-d

Four pieces of cotton garment with embroidery. Part a: small rectangle of burgundy fabric backed with light blue fabric; dark blue embroidery bordered by rows of lines and cross-stitching. Part b: small rectangle with a tab, dark blue embroidery bordered by rows of lines and cross-stitching. Part c: small rectangle of reddish-brown fabric backed with light blue fabric; dark blue and dark green embroidery. Part d: small rectangle with two tabs of reddish-brown fabric backed with light blue fabric; dark blue and dark green embroidery.

Culture
Indian
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/56

Small, rectangular, cream-coloured textile with fringe on the short sides. The gauze-like brocade has lines of light beige, and red and dark blue geometric designs along the sides and ends. Small tufts of light blue, black, red fibre are knotted into the ends of the twisted fringe.

Culture
Turkish
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Turkey
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile3295/55

Fragment of light brown fabric with a design in dark brown, and a section of solid dark brown and solid red-brown.

Culture
Andes
Material
wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3295/54

White cotton weaving with thin multi-coloured stripes running down the length. Four white panels, divided lengthwise by three stripes with varying colours and widths. The fabric is divided again across the width by subtle green lines, two sections of three lines, and three sections of two lines in between. The textile is edged with solid green, and solid red stripes, and has short fringe on either end.

Culture
Mexican
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3292/12

Ikat textile with repeating pattern and centre seam down length. Matching pieces of brown weaving with yellow-brown, reddish-brown and black patterning - possibly depicting shrimp, birds, seahorses, lobsters and other creatures - and, divided by a large section of reddish brown across the centre with repeating designs. The two pieces are stitched together, creating a large textile with a centre seam down the length. The textile tapers in at each end, where it is sewn to a woven band, which then extends into dark brown fringe.

Culture
Sumbawanese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/6

Open-work, rectangular textile. Fine white thread has been twisted to create a mesh grid, with patterning appllied by in-filling squares of the mesh across large areas. Patterns include lines, zigzags, collections of squares, and key patterns. What remains of the edges has been finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre ?
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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