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Coffee Pot3655/7

Coffee pot (dallah) with bulbous lower body that tapers in the middle and flares out slightly to the top. The hinged bell-shaped lid is topped with a tall finial. The curved handle is wrapped with a strip of black leather with thin sheets of metal woven in. There is a long crescent-shaped spout with a hinged metal flap that can be secured in place with a curled end. The body is engraved with two pairs of rings around the bulbous middle, and punched with repeating designs around the lid and upper portion of the pot.

Culture
Bedouin ?
Material
brass metal, steel metal ?, leather skin and fibre
Made in
Asia
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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Carrying Cloth3097/10

Rectangular brown cloth with wide patterned bands along the vertical edges. The brown ground has a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with dark brown string. The edging of the cloth is rounded with a pink and white diamond pattern, stitched on with dark brown thread. The patterned bands along the edges are made up of dark red stripes separating three bands containing figures of birds. The bands on the left are black and purple, those on the right are red and pink.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3097/62

Fibre hair tie composed of a thin black (and partially green and thicker) cord with several multicoloured fibre pom poms and wrapped tassels on either end. Each end has dark red-brown fibre pom poms with multicoloured undersides, from which extend two multicoloured wrapped tassels. Each tassel has a black pom pom with a multicoloured underside, from which extend two more multicoloured wrapped tassels that end with black pom poms, with multicoloured undersides. Each end has a total of six wrapped tassels and seven pom poms.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3097/61

Fibre hair tie composed of a thin orange and grey-green cord with several multicoloured wrapped tassels on either end. Each end has a dark brown pom pom, from which extend four black and dark yellow-brown wrapped tassels. Each tassel has a dark brown fibre pom pom at the bottom, from which extend two long black and light brown wrapped tassels. These tassels have small multicoloured sections 3/4 of the way down and at the bottom. Below the multicoloured sections at the bottom of the tassels are dark brown fibre pom poms, from which extend one or two short multicoloured wrapped tassels (one pom pom has no tassels). One end has a total of 25 tassels and 13 pom poms, while the other end has 26 tassels and 13 pom poms.

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