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Coca Bag3097/34

Multicoloured woven coca bag with a long thin woven strap, an open top, and a small flap on the front. The bag is made of two woven panels sewn together to form the front and back of the bag. The strap is woven in beige and red and sewn into the inside seams of the bag. The front panel has a beige background with lines of burgundy, pink, neon orange, and neon yellow abstract designs in the centre. These designs are also on the flap, which is located in the top centre of the bag. The bottom edge of the flap consists of loops of wrapped threads in shades of dark blue, red, pink, white, and yellow with tubular wrapped strings with a ball at each end on the bottom corners. The left and right borders on the flap are hot pink. On either side of the central designs are large vertical zigzags surrounded by small horse-like figures, all in red. There is a vertical line of pink abstract designs running through each zig zag, as well as a line of neon yellow and pink abstract designs bordering both sides of the central design. The back panel has a beige background with many vertical and horizontal lines in shades of red, pink, neon yellow, dark green, and neon orange. The left and right borders on both panels are neon orange, dark green, and yellow. The bottom edge of the bag is made up of loops of wrapped threads in shades of pink, white, yellow, orange, red, dark blue, and dark green with a wrapped thread ball at each corner and one in the centre. Each ball has two tubular wrapped strings with a ball at each end.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3097/57

Short multicoloured belt with wrapped tassels at each end. Each end has a red, orange, yellow, and white pompom from which three wrapped tassels extend. Slightly smaller pompoms are at the bottom of these tassels: the outer two are the same colour as the larger pompoms, while the central smaller pompoms are gradients of either dark green to light green to white or magenta to pink to white. Shorter and slightly thinner wrapped tassels extend down from these smaller pompoms, each has three small circles of fibre wrapped around the bottom. Below these fibre circles are small metal discs, attached to the bottom of the shorter tassels. The belt's design consists of a large zigzag surrounded by smaller lines, diamonds, triangles, and spirals. On the front side of the belt, the designs are coloured in horizontal stripes of dark green, light orange, and purple while the background is cream-coloured; opposite on the back side of the belt. On both sides, the top and bottom of the belt are bordered with thin pink lines.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Armour3629/1

Armoured vest made of wood, with bone plates across exterior; interior is lined with woven plant fibre. Back panel of vest is longer than front flaps. Plant fibre lining right shoulder strap and front flap has sections dyed red; rest of vest lining is naturally coloured. Front flaps of vest secure with a fibre tie that knots around two large circular buttons, made of bone, with grooves cut into them; tie has seeds threaded through ends. Additional decorative button-like squares along front opening and large circles attached to shoulder straps.

Culture
Toradja
Material
seed, plant fibre, wood, bone, fibre and dye
Made in
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/31

Wrap-around skirt (pukhang). Composed of two lengths of woven fabric, stitched together on a long edge. Red supplementary patterning with repeating diamonds. Each end has 5 bands - three solid red alternating with a band of zigzag designs and another band of concentric diamonds. Collector's tag sewn to back.

Culture
Kachin: Jingpo
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
“Myanmar: Kachin” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3097/58

Fibre hair tie composed of a long plaited cord with tassels. Four tassels are in the centre, each consisting of five fibre pom poms. Both ends of the tie have pom poms, which connect to two tassels. On one end, each tassel has four pom poms; on the other end, one tassel has four, while the other has only one large pom pom.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3097/44

Unfinished bag: one panel with tassels on each corner. The panel is decorated with a multicoloured geometric pattern in the centre, surrounded on the left and right with multicoloured stripes. On each of the four corners are long sections of fibre (secured at the top and loose at the bottom) from which tassels emerge. There are additional long sections of fibre at the middle and end points of each tassel.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3097/43

Multicoloured woven coca bag with an open top, a thin strap, a flap in the centre, and many tassels. Each tassel has two or more pompoms on it. There are two tassels on each upper corner of the bag, below the strap. Three tassels are extending downward from the flap in the centre of the bag. On the bottom of the bag, there are five tassels, three of which are split in two, making a total of eight tassels on the bottom. The bag is decorated with lines, geometric shapes, and small abstract designs. The strap is decorated with a swirled pattern.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Robe3655/3

Blue printed fabric. Composed of two textiles sewn together. Pattern consists of alternating rows of dark bands and light bands with repeating dark blue dots. Bright border with floral pattern. Raw frayed edges on two sides.

Culture
Syrian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Damascus, Syria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Veil3097/21

Dark blue square woven lace veil. The veil is made up of two rectangular panels stitched together at a seam in the centre. The lace is woven in a diamond grid pattern, with a smaller diamond inside each diamond shape. The weave of the lace is more dense towards the original edges. The dark blue indigo dye has faded to dark green in some areas.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Wall Hanging3655/12

Rectangular wall hanging. The ground is divided into 9 sections with larger middle column and row. The centre row has light grey-beige centre with thin light grey-beige and green sides. The two end rows are green with light grey-beige and solid green sides. The sides have repeating light orange-pink triangles. Along each end is three diamonds, two small orange diamonds and a large orange-pink diamond at centre. Each end finished with a band of light orange, and then looped fringe with green on each side and grey-beige at centre. Tag sewn on back, 'SALISH WEAVING / HANDCRAFTED - FRASER VALLEY / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA'.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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