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Backstrap Loom633/2 a-g

Part a: wooden loom with a small section of red, dark blue, orange, pink, green, blue and white woven textile with numerous unraveled strands wrapped around other pieces of wood. The textile is detailed with five different coloured stars on a red ground. Part b: rectangular piece of wood with a semi-circular notch out of each end. Part c thick wooden bar with triangular, pointed ends. Part d: long, cylindrical shaped wooden stick with flat ends. Part e: long, thick, cylindrical shaped wooden stick with flat ends. Part f: wooden bar with triangular, pointed ends. Part g: long, cylindrical shaped wooden stick with flat ends.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNd636

Coiled basket with bifurcated stitches; elongated watch-spring base construction; reinforcement stitch on base; partially imbricated and partially beaded. The design from the bottom to top: nine rows of beading in bullrush; discrete ladder and contiguous small triangular shapes; horizontal continuous hexagonal shapes; checkerboard around rim; all in red on bullrush ground. Colour: tan.

Culture
Tsilhqot'in
Material
cherry bark, cat-tail grass ?, cedar wood and cedar root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomE129

Loom with an unfinished textile consisting of a floral design of two large pink, red and orange flowers with blue and green leaves on a burgundy ground. The textile is attached to three large, cylindrical shaped wooden sticks; two at the bottom. Intertwine in the cream warp of the textile are seven wooden tools: two are flat and rectangular with triangular, pointed ends; one is cylindrical with notched ends while the remaining four are simply cylindrical.

Culture
Maya
Material
cotton fibre, wood, dye, lacquer and plastic
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Storage BasketA6526 a-b

Part (a) Large flared round coiled cedar root basket with indented flange on basket body at narrow mouth, and fitted lid, part (b), with knob. Basket is partially imbricated with repeating diagonal in dark and red cherry bark, with grass in between. Overcast splint rim on lid, wide slat foot. Partially imbricated with curved diagonal bands in red cherry bark, grass, black cherry bark. Beaded row of red cherry bark and row of dark cherry bark towards knob, which also has row of each. Side of lid is beaded intermittently alternating between red and dark cherry bark. Bottom row of red cherry bark beading.

Culture
Coast Salish: Squamish
Material
cedar root, cherry bark, canary grass and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Backstrap LoomE368 a-f

Loom (part a-f) consisting of a partly woven textile (part a) with unwoven warps, attached shedding devices and accompanying wooden tools. The weaving consists of a large x-shape filled with a lozenge pattern surrounded by stripes all on a burgundy ground. Both ends have large woven sections with an unwoven, cream coloured centre. There are cylindrical loom bars attached to the textile at each end. In the middle are three sticks with string heddles and a shed roll (part c). In addition, there is large stick with tapered, pointed ends (part b) along with three long, cylindrical shaped sticks (parts d, e, f).

Culture
Maya ?
Material
fibre, wood, dye and lacquer
Made in
Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic867/28

Maroon tunic with appliqué. The tunic has a short standing collar, long sleeves and side opening with frog closures. The collar has purple trim. The sleeves have blue, green and yellow bands, white meander design and purple trim. The side opening has blue and yellow bands, green openwork design and purple trim. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Qiang
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Apron867/29

Black apron with white embroidery. The apron has narrow curved bib with a metal button closure, leading to a square skirt and long ties. The lower bib has floral motifs in white on black ground. The upper skirt has a centre pocket with a leaf motif in white. From the sides extend long white ties with ends embroidered with floral motifs in pink and green. The back of the upper bib is lined with red floral print fabric.

Culture
Qiang
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Back Apron867/26

Black and white apron with embroidery. The apron is square with long red ties sewn to the upper corners. The tie ends have rows of embroidery in black and white. The front has a large white square with embroidered floral motifs in black. The edges of the black backing are folded up and sewn overlapping the white square, creating a border. On the inner edge of the black border is a white meander pattern.

Culture
Qiang
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Panel1556/12

Black rectangular panel with an inset rectangular panel of dense embroidery. There is a geometric pattern in dark blue. Around the embroidery is an appliqué blue ribbon and red-green trim. Some of the area around the embroidery is dyed a green-black colour The back is unlined.

Culture
Miao
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BasketNb658

Basket with a conical shape and a rounded base. Open twined with multiple warps. Two sets of four leather strips are attached on one side.

Culture
Yurok
Material
root and skin
Made in
California, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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