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Textile3199/3

Temple cloth. Textile is block printed and dyed, with designs in dark brown and cream with greenish alum mordant covering the background. At centre is a buffalo with the torso and head of a male, holding in his hands a curved sword and a floral decal. Above his back is the many-armed goddess Durga. Around this central image are repeating motifs showing fish, birds, musicians, dancers, hunters with bows, and women carrying water jugs on their heads. Edges have lines of triangles, floral motifs, and chevrons.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3199/2

Temple cloth. Textile is block printed and dyed. Background colour is pale purple-pink, with dense designs in deep black. At centre is a buffalo with the torso and head of a male, holding in one hand a curved sword and a floral decal in the other. Above his back is the many-armed goddess Durga. Around this central image are repeating motifs showing fish, birds, musicians, dancers, hunters with bows, and women carrying water jugs on their heads. Edges have lines of triangles, floral motifs, and chevrons.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3199/1

Temple cloth. Textile is block printed and dyed. Background colour is pale yellow, with dense designs in dark brown. At centre is a buffalo and the head and torso of a male. The male holds in his hands a curved sword and a floral decal. Above his back is the many-armed goddess Durga. Around this central image are repeating motifs showing fish, birds, musicians, dancers, hunters with bows, and women carrying water jugs on their heads. Edges have lines of triangles, floral motifs and chevrons.

Culture
Gujarati
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ahmadabad, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3205/2

Square tile of fibreboard with clay patterns on front. A border is made of alternating ‘x’ and ‘o’ shapes, small circles of mirror inserted into the centre of each ‘o’. At centre of tile is a daisy shape with mirrors inside each petal, surrounded by a circle with drop shapes extending toward the outside. Fine silver sparkles have been adhered intermittently across the surface of the tile. Rear side is undecorated.

Culture
Maldhari: Mutwa
Material
wood, adhesive, clay and glass
Made in
Kutch, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tile3205/1

Square tile of fibreboard with clay patterns on front. A border is made of alternating ‘x’ and ‘o’ shapes, small circles of mirror inserted into the centre of each ‘o’. At centre of tile is a diamond made up of small squares, a mirror at the centre of each. Flowers decorate the edges of the diamond. Pencil marks are visible under and around some of the clay decorations. Rear side is undecorated.

Culture
Maldhari: Mutwa
Material
wood, adhesive, clay and glass
Made in
Kutch, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Madhubani Painting3246/1

Painting on paper, attached to board. Painting shows six scenes, three each on top and bottom separated by striped boarders, of single figures or small groups drawn in fine black lines and coloured softly with paint in shades of yellow, orange and pink, highlighted with dark grey-blue. Flowers, foliage, snakes, birds, as well as small animals are included in the background of each scene. A scalloped border surrounds the artwork.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Made in
Madhubani, Bihar, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy3205/5

Toy parrot. Bird stands balanced on both legs and a long thick tail, with a thick torso and no discernible wings. It is completely covered with glass seed beads sewn to an under-layer of fabric in zigzag patterning on torso and diagonal lines on tail, in colours of white, blue, red, green and orange. Face is white with red beak and eyes. Around neck and along top of tail are small tassels in a multitude of colours.

Culture
Maldhari: Mutwa
Material
glass, wool fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Kutch, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy3205/4

Toy horse. Animal has a long neck, thin legs, and a long body. It is completely covered with glass seed beads sewn to a layer of yellow silk in criss-cross patterns on the neck, and diagonal lines on legs and body, in colours of white, blue, red, yellow, green and orange. Face is white with red halter and tail is multicoloured with a tuft of purple wool at tip. Mane and reins are constructed of a line of beading with small tassels in blue, pink, yellow, grey and purple.

Culture
Maldhari: Mutwa
Material
glass, silk fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Kutch, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Toy3205/3

Toy elephant. Animal has a thick trunk, relatively small head and ears, long legs, and a thin body. It is completely covered with glass seed beads sewn to a layer of blue silk in criss-cross patterns of white filled with green and red. Face is white with blue ears and eyes, and small red tusks emerge. Curved trunk and legs are decorated with diagonal lines of beads in red, green and white, with a ring of yellow at trunk’s tip. Tail is beaded similarly, with a tuft of light purple wool at end.

Culture
Maldhari: Mutwa
Material
glass, silk fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Kutch, Gujarat, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Veil3132/2 c

Veil, or shawl, worn with wedding ensemble (3132/2 a-b). Fabric is wild tussar silk in a light orange-brown colour. It is hand embroidered with small images of standing birds, elephants with tusks and long tails, and human figures with arms spread, in gold metallic thread, round wooden beads, and tubular glass and metal beads. The back of the veil shows the yellow and white thread used to attach the beads.

Culture
South India
Material
silk fibre, glass, wood and metal
Made in
Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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