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Sandals3414/4 a-b

Pair of leather sandals. Four straps of reddish-brown leather are woven to create the sandal, with woven designs on either side of each ankle. Leather footbeds are attached to rubber soles.

Culture
Mexican
Material
leather skin, rubber and metal
Made in
Cuantla, Morelos, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sandals3414/3 a-b

Pair of leather sandals. Four straps of off-white leather are woven to create the sandal, with woven designs on either side of each ankle. Leather footbeds are attached to rubber soles.

Culture
Mexican
Material
leather skin, rubber and metal
Made in
Cuantla, Morelos, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ball3414/2

Kilikiti (cricket) ball. Pandanus leaf strips tightly wrapped around a hard rubber ball.

Culture
Samoan
Material
pandanus leaf and rubber
Made in
Savai'i, Samoa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3409/1

Ceramic shaft tomb figure of a squatting male (priest) holding a perforated rattle in his right hand, wearing a headdress; his left hand is raised up, touching his head. Figure's face is long and rectangular in shape. He has a sharp nose and triangular shaped mouth, with his tongue visible. The lips and eyes are carved in low relief. He has large oval-shaped ears with circular earrings. Front of headdress has decorative, raised diagonal lines across it. Body partly painted red. Past breaks and repairs visible on surface; a small triangular piece is missing from the back. Figure is hollow.

Culture
Western Mexico
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Jalisco, Mexico and Nayarit, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3404/1

Mola blouse. Body of blouse composed of red cotton with multi-coloured mola panels; upper bodice area and the short sleeves are made of undecorated purple velveteen material, with a red cotton border around the neckline. Both front and back are similar in design. On the front is written,'K SNIJBONEN', and SAN BLAS' down the sides of the panel. There is a tie at the neck.

Culture
Kuna
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Panama
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby Carrier3426/1

Cloth baby carrier (or baby sling). The centre is an H-shape, a combination of five pieces of fabric sewn together with a square at centre. On one side, the square is red, embroidered with flowers, a guardian lion(?), a phoenix and Chinese characters, one in each corner. The fabric is off-white with dark purple-brown flowers, and bright green and orange circles with vine-like swirls. Attached to each corner of the centre section are long, wide strips of fabric for tying in a white, purple and pink plaid with little diamond details.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Kaiping, Guangdong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/5

Large textile composed of two matching pieces stitched together down the length, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Wide middle panel of solid dark indigo flanked by side panels decorated with numerous narrow stripes, and central bands with intricate motifs in white on indigo. Both ends fringed.

Culture
Eastern Indonesian
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and dye
Made in
West Timor, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/4

Woven rectangular textile composed of three pieces of fabric sewn together. Large ikat centre piece is woven in dark purple-red, light brown, green, and blue. The centre piece is flanked by two pieces of fabric with a red background decorated with intricately patterned gold thread designs.

Culture
Sumatran ?
Material
cotton fibre, dye, silk fibre and gold metal
Made in
Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/3

Large textile composed of three pieces of fabric, stitched together down the width, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Wide middle panel has dark brown-black background with geometric and zoomorphic designs, flanked by side panels decorated with stripes, and central bands with intricate motifs in light brown on dark brown-black. There is a strip of fabric sewn across the back of the top of the textile with pin holes in it. Both sides fringed.

Culture
Sumbawanese
Material
cotton fibre, dye and indigo dye ?
Made in
Sumbawa, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3427/2

Hinggi or large blanket composed of two matching pieces of brown woven material stitched together down the length, creating a large, rectangular textile with bilaterally symmetrical imagery. Multicoloured patterns and imagery incorporating human and zoomorphic figures. Both ends have brown fringe.

Culture
Sumbanese
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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