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Showing items held at 13 different institutions.
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Brimless, short and rounded cap fully embroidered in rows of repeating designs that wrap around the band. The geometric and floral designs are stitched in pale grey-green, eggplant, deep pink and dark teal silk thread, outlined by orange-gold silk thread in chain stitch. The dome has a small eight-point star design at centre, with a ring of fern-like leaves encircling it. Edge hemmed with light green, white and purple band. Lined with solid beige fabric.
Drumstick(?). Wooden carved stick with a rounded face at one end. The face tapers to a rounded nose, and has a notch between the brows. Behind the head is a scooped out area, like the bowl of a spoon. The face has round black eyes, two large nostrils, and a wide open red mouth. There is also a section of red and then black down the curved portion of the handle, which is flat and angular on the opposite side. There is a fine line etched around the base of the handle, and halfway around the knot in the wood.
Long looped beaded neacklace. Composed of two lengths of cylindrical beaded strings with all four ends stitched together, leaving two loops. The beadwork is wrapped around a rolled, loosely woven natural-coloured textile base.
Beaded armband composed of a horizontal band with thick layers of beaded fringe. The band is backed by a loose weave textile formed into three tube-like rows beaded in pale pink. A thick fringe of twisted dark blue fibres, each with two large sections of white, light blue, olive green beads, each colour separated by a single red bead. Sections separated with a space of fibre. Fibre knotted below the upper section and at the end.
Chest ornament composed of three sections with rolled horizontal beaded bands attached at either end by small rounded copper(?) buttons. The centre section three strips are covered in light pink beading with white, black, white, red, and white beading on either end. Hanging is a beaded rectangular ornament with two sections of blue and white checkerboard pattern, with three vertical bands of red / white / red. Ends in short fringe of black beading with white tips. Long twisted ropes hang down on either side of the chest piece with large blue and light yellow beads, copper rings and bells.
Garment pieces - bodice (part a), body (part b), two cuffs (part c-d), and one sleeve (part e) - made from a beige cotton. The bodice is heavily embroidered in silk, front and back, with geometric and organic designs with small circular mirrors set within the embroidery. The collar is a pale purple-blue. The front opening has two snap closures. The simple body is composed of multiple pieces of fabric, and flares out slightly, with side slits on either side. The cuffs are dyed a pale purple-blue and embroidered with silk thread, each with a snap closure. The sleeve is a plain, tube-like construction, with purple-blue staining on end where it appears to have been cinched.
Silk vest with plaited gold-coloured metallic ribbon appliqué. The iridescent silk changes from dark pink to orange. Front has four flat pockets, two on each side, all heavily decorated with appliqué designs. On either side of the front opening are appliqué paisley designs. The entire garment is edged with two ribbons of metallic appliqué. The vest has a low collar, lined with a red and yellow floral fabric, and lapels. The left side of the opening has four button holes. Lined with a light brown fabric, and dark blue velvet strips on the side of each opening.
Teardrop-shaped, green velvet hat with a high rigid band. Pointed end has large circular fabric ornament, decorated with taupe leaf-shaped sequins and burgundy sequins. Hat heavily decorated with silver and burgundy sequins and royal blue beading in a diamond pattern around the band, and around the top of the hat. The top is decorated with a paisley-style design. All of the beaded and sequin elements are outlined by twisted metal thread.
Camel cover. Large textile meant to drape over an animal's body. The frame is somewhat I-shaped with a solid rectangular body and two cross-sections of fabric that would drape near the animal’s limbs. Attached at one end is a head cover with triangular eye flaps and strips of fabric that would drape over the muzzle. On both sides, between the hanging strips and attached to the triangles along the main body, are four rows by eight columns of small fabric squares attached on corners to either the next square or main fabric. This is repeated with smaller squares of fabric hanging from the head cover. The squares have solid silks in olive green or deep purple, and Ikat pattern. Three attached squares (part b) have detached from the cover. The shoulder fabric and head cover have fringe or fabric tassels. The fabric face is deep pink-purples and greens, and is backed with reds and black.
Natural coloured cotton cape. The front opening, hem and cuffs are decorated with black machine made geometric designs and feather-like plant motifs. They are also edged in a deep purple-red plaiting. Two black vertical lines are stitched on either side of a seam, with colourful repeating diamond stitching over a portion of the seam near the top in yellow, bright pink, dark purple, light grey-green and burgundy silk thread. Small deep purple-red pompoms line the neckline, and there is one at each cuff seam and side slit. Small multicoloured tassels with small white beads hang from the front opening, three on each side. The neck, cuffs, front opening and bottom edge are lined with a burgundy fabric. On the back, below the neck, is an embroidered rectangular area, coloured dark reddish-pink and blue.