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Blanket3577/1

Thin, woven blanket or shawl in off-white gauze. Thin panels of dark blue with white chevron pattern and short white fringe down the short side edges. Four-layered textile composed of four long panels sewn together along one long edge.

Culture
Amhara
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scarf3577/2 a-c

Shemma cloth scarves (parts a-c). Three pieces of finely woven, gauzy cotton of different lengths and widths. Each piece has panels of embroidery in brown and black, with diamond-shaped motifs in pink, white, yellow and red – alternating between patterns of concentric diamonds and a large diamond composed of four smaller diamonds. Scarf or shawl (part a) is composed of two pieces of white gauze, sewn along one long edge, with embroidered panels down the short sides, with short sparse white fringe. Long shawl (part b) of white gauze with wide embroidered panels along short sides as well as two panels near centre. Small shawl (part c) of white gauze with embroidered panel along one long edge.

Culture
Amhara
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scarf3577/3

White gauze scarf, consisting of two panels sewn along the long edge, with cotton borders along the short sides. The borders are woven bands in a bright blue background with concentric triangles around diamond centres. The diamonds are outlined in various colours of white, dark purple-red, orange and yellow. Short white fringe.

Culture
Amhara
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adinkra Cloth3561/2

Large rectangular dyed and stamped cloth. The cloth has been dyed with a grid-like turquoise blue pattern (white ground), covered with repeating lines of stamped designs in black. The repeating designs appear to be rows with a spear, drum, axe, drum, spear, gourd(?), axe, circle (thumb piano?), spear, etc., however the order is not always consistent and some of the stamped ink in similar shapes varies a bit from one to another. The long sides are both selvedges; the shorter edges are unhemmed.

Culture
Asante
Material
cotton fibre, dye and ink
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adire Cloth3561/1

Large indigo patterned adire cloth. Indigo dyed cloth with startch resist designs covering front. There is a circular central design with 2 figures (kings?) with numerous concentric arc designs below. Along the bottom edge are five repeating dove motifs with grids of dots in between; above are two lines of letters and symbols. The rest of the cloth has a mix of designs of lions, animals, leaves, dots, and sun designs(?). The bottom is the selvedge; the top has a narrow finished seam; the sides have wide finished seams. The back is plain indigo.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Beadwork3558/8

Beadwork image on cloth of the Peel River watershed; front is brown, back is light green. Outline of watershed, done in light green, is filled with flowers, a fish jumping from a river, and two moose; flowers are pink, blue and white, fish is green and red, moose are brown with dark brown and white antlers. More pink and blue flowers are beaded in the bottom left corner of the cloth, black bird flying in top left, and a howling wolf, done in silver, is in the top right. Back of work is undecorated. Edge is bordered with blue beads.

Culture
Gwich'in
Material
fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Yukon Territory, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins3558/17 a-b

Pair of ankle-high hide moccasins with elastic band behind the tongue. Top of toe and extended flaps around the ankles are covered with cloth panels with beaded decorations. Design on toes consist of dark blue flowers with green leaves on a white background; orange highlights throughout flowers. Design on flaps consist of maroon, dark blue and red-orange flowers with green leaves on a white background; dark green and orange highlights throughout flowers. Cloth panels are bordered with dark blue beads. Additional alternating orange and light blue-white bead border on edge of tongue, and top and sides of flap; hide fringe along bottom edge of flaps. Interior of flaps lined with polka-dotted cloth.

Culture
Dene
Material
skin, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Button Blanket3558/1

Black button blanket with wide red bands along all edges, on front; small red neck tie along top edge with a snap metal closure. Inner edges of red bands are decorated with groupings of four white buttons, done in diamond formation; groups are spaced evenly throughout. Central design on blanket is a large copper, done in red felt. Copper has bear design on the top half and "T"-like design on bottom. White buttons are stitched across red felt. Top back edge of blanket is decorated with a wide red band. Two loop ties on either side, towards centre on back.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre, plastic, metal and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron3558/2

Black dance apron with leather fringe extending from the bottom edge. Apron has two long black ties on either side; two copper designs on front centre, done in red felt. Coppers have a bear design on the top half and "T"-like design on the bottom. White buttons are stitched across the red felt. Leather fringe alternates between plain and beaded pieces; additional antler decoration on fringe with beads. Beads consist of black, red and white circular beads and alternating black and white tube beads. Back of apron is undecorated.

Culture
Nisga'a
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre, skin, plastic, antler and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Moccasins3558/16 a-b

Pair of ankle-high hide moccasins with elastic band behind the tongue; interior of opening is lined with floral cloth. Top of toe and long flap wrapping around back of heel are covered with cloth panels with beaded decorations. Designs consist of pink and blue flowers with green leaves on a white background; dark purple highlights and yellow centres throughout pink flowers. Cloth panels are bordered with dark purple beads; additional alternating white and pink bead border on long flap. Moccasin openings are lined with dark brown-grey fur.

Culture
Dene
Material
skin, cotton fibre, synthetic fibre, glass and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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