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Skirt3587/18

Wrap-around skirt. Overall design of repeating yellow, green and then yellow and then two pink dotted lines, then three solid pink lines on a black background. A single column of silver sequins are sewn down the centre of the textile. Both the top and bottom edge have beaded fringe. Some have four or five white beads, and some have two white beads with a clear cylindrical bead in between. Single-sided embroidery. Collector's tag is sewn to the back.

Culture
Chin: Khumi
Material
cotton fibre, glass and metal
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Kanpetlet” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/15

Tube skirt. Composed of a rectangular handwoven textile, sewn together on the short edge to create a wide tube. There is bright green embroidery and red fringe on the two woven pattern transitions. Both ends of the textile have a pattern of alternating stripes and zigzags in red on a black background with a small fringe of one yellow bead and one brown bead spaced out. The centre has a repeating red diamond pattern on a black ground with a fringe of three white beads and one brown bead, tightly together. The seam has yellow and green stitching. Both top and bottom edges are embellished with beaded fringe. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Chin: Khumi
Material
fibre, dye and glass ?
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Paletwa” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3587/22

Sleeveless blouse. Composed of two long, rectangular woven panels that are folded in half lengthwise, then partially stitched together down the long edges, creating a v-neck opening for the head and arm holes. Both pieces have single-sided embroidered designs on a black background. The lower portion of the blouse is embroidered with a large panel of diamonds and angled lines, which is flanked by repeating bands of geometric designs. Both sides have 6 small rectangular embroidered panels, three on each side of the neck, with two lines of white beading with four white buttons in the centre. The top line is further embroidered around the beading. The hem is lined with a double row of white beads lines, and is embellished with clusters of four buttons at each side seam, one button at the front centre, and two at the back centre.

Culture
Chin: Asho
Material
cotton fibre, dye, glass ? and shell ?
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/9

Wrap-around skirt. Red background with six bands of designs. Each band has a wide centre band in black with two smaller green bands on each side, separated by a thin blue line. The bands are embroidered with geometric designs in orange, red, light blue, and white. The bottom has a wide black band with a row of embroidered designs across the top in dark green, white and red, flanked by yellow and red zigzags. The top is finished with an embroidered band on a brown-red background. Thin band of designs on either short edge with very short fringe. Single-sided embroidery.

Culture
Chin: Falam
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Falam” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Cloth3587/21

Woman's head cloth. Composed of three woven panels, stitched together on the long edge. There are two larger matching panels on the sides, with a smaller panel in the middle. The middle panel has a light beige background with dark pink and black embroidery over top. The side panels have a dark black-brown background with a large orange band down the centre. The black background has a solid orange line, then orange-beige-orange, then solid orange and then beige-orange-beige on the orange band. The side panels are finished with chain stitch embroidery alternating between orange and beige thread.

Culture
Chin: Asho
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse3587/17

Sleeveless blouse. Red square-shaped blouse with shoulders composed of two long, rectangular pieces of textiles folded lengthwise, then stitched on their short edges to the body, creating two armholes and a neck hole. Lower half of blouse is embellished with red beads in a cross-hatch pattern, with double beaded lines dividing the space into 8 rows. The sides are both lightly embroidered with designs in dark orange and green, with some beadwork, and three columns of four decorations made of 4 cowrie shells. Collector's tag sewn to interior.

Culture
Chin: Laito
Material
cotton fibre, dye, cowrie shell and glass
Made in
“Myanmar: Rakhine, Myebon” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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