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ShirtCh294

Men’s cream, loose-fitting shirt. The shirt has a keyhole neckline with string ties and wide sleeves with underarm gussets. There is decorative hand-stitching in matching white thread at seams and hems. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Romanian
Material
linen fibre ? or hemp fibre ?
Made in
Romania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kimono698/16

Khaki green kimono. There is a wide band around the neck and partway down the centre opening. The short sleeves have an opening under the arms. The inside is unlined. It has three family crests or kamon (家紋) known as shippō ni hanabishi (七宝に花菱), representing shippō (七宝), seven treasures of Buddhism with a diamond-shaped flower motif called hanabishi (花菱).

Culture
Japanese
Material
hemp fibre ? and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TunicEdz1060

Black tunic with short Mandarin collar, side slits and side opening with frog closures. The bottom hem is curved upwards. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
hemp fibre ? and dye
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TunicEdz1059

Black glazed blouse with rounded neck, long sleeves and side opening with metal frog closures. Around the neck is a light and dark blue band with a triangle motif. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
hemp fibre, fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile456/9

A long rectangular hand-woven twill weave olive green textile. Perhaps a table runner? Has narrow horizontal bands of woven geometric designs and plain wider bands at each end. The main design is consisting of seven bands in an alternating pattern of a slim band with a cream-coloured dotted band that has squares within and a wider band that has alternating cream-coloured x-like and star-like shapes surrounded by a striped band outlined by a cream-coloured dotted line that has squares at either side. The central band has cream-coloured x-shapes and diamond shapes. The centre has seven more slim bands with a cream-coloured dotted band that has squares within. Selvages on each side. Ends are finished with a knotted fringe. Course and stiff linen or hemp with a weft design, worked in cotton? Reversible.

Culture
Hutsul
Material
flax fibre ?, hemp fibre ?, cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
Ukraine
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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VestEdz4134

Natural coloured vest with short standing collar and centre opening with frog closures. There is a small pocket on the upper front left and two larger pockets on the lower front. The bottom hem curves upwards to the sides. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
hemp fibre ?
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PantsEdz4133

Glazed black pants with natural coloured waistband. The pants have a wide waistband and wide straight pant legs. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese
Material
hemp fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera HatN1.775

The folded opera hat or lotus seed servant's hat is blue and narrow with a red fabric ball on top. The base is rectangular and edged in black. The sides slope inwards to a point with the red ball on top. The sides of the hat each fold inward twice. The inside of the hat is white and stiffened with cardboard. Two wide, white ties are attached.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, hemp fibre ?, paper, paste adhesive and dye
Made in
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BagH2.1

Cylindrical, light beige-coloured woven basket with a flat bottom and straight sides--geometric patterning in pink, red, purple, yellow, orange and blue encircles the sides.

Culture
Andes
Material
hemp fibre ?, sisal fibre ?, nettle fibre ? and dye
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentIe410

An ornament of three woven strips hanging from a wood crosspiece. Pendants at the bottom of the strips and a strap at the top are also woven while the two prongs above the wood rod are rattan. All borders are edged with small cowrie shells and two larger white cowrie shells tip the rod ends. The material is dyed purple and green on the front. The back is a natural brown.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
dye, rattan, fibre, wood, cowrie shell and hemp fibre ?
Made in
Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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