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Pants3132/2 b

Baggy shalvaar style pants, worn with a long tunic (part a), and veil or shawl (part c), as part of a wedding ensemble. Pants are made of wild tussar silk in a light orange-brown colour and have a wide waist band, with pull-string that ties at the front. Legs are pleated at top front, loose through the thigh and tapering toward the ankle, where hem is stitched five times. The garment is otherwise undecorated. Interior is lined with silk fabric in a course weave.

Culture
South India
Material
silk fibre
Made in
Tamil Nadu, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Garment3132/2 a

Long tunic (kameez) worn over pants with a veil, as part of a wedding ensemble (3132/2 b-c). Shirt has long narrow sleeves, a slightly scooped neck, and a front opening that fastens with hooks. Garment is made of wild tussar silk in a light orange-brown colour. It is hand embroidered the length of the front opening on both sides, and around the wrists and front of the neck, along with cording of metallic thread. Images include 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 is undecorated; the interior is lined with panels of silk in a course weave.

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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shirt3132/1

Embroidered boy's shirt. Long-sleeved, collared shirt is made of mashru cloth, a mix of cotton and silk, coloured in vertical stripes of red, yellow, green and black with sets of small white dots regularly scattered across the red. Chest and back are heavily embroidered with flowers, mango tree designs, and 'v' shaped animal horns. Small mirrors are inset on chest, back and around cuffs, surrounded by sickle stitching. A decorative gold metal button fastens the shirt at the collar, with a plastic button at waist. Two ties on the interior also help hold the garment closed.

Culture
Rabari
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, metal, plastic and dye
Made in
Rajasthan, India ? or Gujarat, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseB580 b

Vase that has a wide opening at the top, then tapers slightly and widens near the middle, and tapers towards the base. Decorated with floral arabesque patterns in horizontal bands around the outside surface. (Pair with B580 a.)

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
brass metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VaseB580 a

Vase that has a wide opening at the top, then tapers slightly and widens near the middle, and tapers towards the base. Decorated with floral arabesque patterns in horizontal bands around the outside surface. (Pair with B580 b.)

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
brass metal
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shoulder Bag3068/5

Large bag with handle. Bag is made up of several woven, vertical panels sewn together. The panels making up the sides extend into a thick, wide handle at top, and short dense fringe at bottom. A drawstring is threaded through the bag’s mouth. The design in the weaving is dense, with repeating motifs of lines, rectangles, spots and diamonds on front and back panels. Along the edges of each panel are vertical strips woven in linear designs. Interior is unlined.

Culture
Monpa
Material
cotton fibre, eri silk fibre and dye
Made in
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sash3068/4

Long, narrow sash woven from bright red woven fabric. At each end is a thin embroidered strip in a triangle motif, in white, blue, green and orange. The sash ends are unhemmed and culminate in a thick fringe.

Culture
Monpa
Material
cotton fibre, eri silk fibre and dye
Made in
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Inner Shirt3068/3

Long sleeved shirt made of unbleached cotton. Sleeve cuffs are lined on the interior with dark blue silk. Front is open, with a short, standing collar. Three closely stitched lines the same colour as the fabric sit close together at the bottom. Fringe hangs from the unhemmed bottom of the shirt’s torso. Side slits are lined with bright red fabric.

Culture
Monpa
Material
cotton fibre, eri silk fibre and dye
Made in
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jacket3068/2

Long sleeved jacket made from woven dark red fabric. The front is open, with a short standing collar. Front and back below the shoulders on chest are woven with human and animal figures divided by lines of dots. Below this are circular motifs filled with lines and dots, divided by yellow triangular designs. The bottom hem is finished with a thick fringe. Short side slits are edged in shiny tan fabric and lined on interior with blue.

Culture
Monpa
Material
cotton fibre, eri silk fibre and dye
Made in
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dress3068/1

Sleeveless dress made from a dark red woven fabric. Vertical lines of white and light green are woven into the fabric, dense at centre, widely spaced toward the edges. There's a line of embroidery near the bottom in a multicoloured triangular motif. The garment is wide and rectangular in shape, with arm holes on the top edges. The skirt part is made up of 4 pieces of fabric sewn together. The neck opening is a short ‘v’, front and back, edged with shiny light grey fabric. The tunic is unlined.

Culture
Monpa
Material
cotton fibre, eri silk fibre and dye
Made in
Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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