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Cantonese Opera TunicN1.730

Royal blue cotton tunic with rounded neck, wide short sleeves, side slits and side opening with frog closures. There are two black appliqué bands around the neck, sleeves and partway down the side opening. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye, dye and glaze
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera TunicN1.729

Royal blue cotton tunic with rounded neck, short wide sleeves, side slits and side opening with frog closures. There are two black appliqué bands around the neck, sleeves and partway down the side opening. The inside is unlined.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cantonese Opera TunicN1.728

Black cotton tunic with short standing collar, slender sleeves, side slits and side opening with frog closures. The black cotton is sized. There is a pocket on the right inner flap. The inside lining is light blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese: Cantonese
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coat701/4

Man’s wool coat with blue designs. The coat is made from narrow widths of dense, coarse wool textile that has been fulled and embroidered. The coat has long sleeves, side slits and centre front opening with three buttons. The edges of the opening, sleeves and hem have a triangular motif. On the front of the coat the embroidered designs consist of vertical rows of small circles On the back the designs include tree of life, diamond and ram’s horn motifs. The embroidery thread is indigo-dyed (?) wool fibre.

Culture
Nuristani ?
Material
wool fibre, plastic and indigo dye ?
Made in
Nuristan, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1472/1

Block printed cotton textile, printed on both sides. Blue and red are the predominant colours. Two identical, large, rectangular panels of geometric patterning are printed on the textile. In each panel, geometric and floral designs are grouped in intersecting horizontal and vertical borders that surround, on three sides, a large central rectangle of stylized floral and geometric patterns. A strip of black cotton textile (3.5 cm wide) is sewn to one end of the textile.

Culture
Sindhi ?
Material
cotton fibre, indigo dye and madder dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Futon Cover2504/3

One layer of futon cover made in the katazome technique. The cover is dark blue with light white-grey chrysanthemum design. Undyed panel at one end of futon cover, light white-grey colour. Two small patches with kasuri or ikat design on inside surface.

Culture
Japanese
Material
indigo dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Futon Cover2504/2

Pictorial ikat futon cover. The cover is dark blue with light white-blue depictions of fans with floral motifs. The back is unlined.

Culture
Japanese
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adire Cloth1774/11

Adire (indigo dyed) cloth. Composed of two pieces of cloth, which are each made of three pieces of cloth. Decorated with an indigo resist-dyed design in light blue on dark blue composed of flowers, human figures at the centre, lion faces, birds, letters, and numbers. Each side is machine-stitched with light yellow thread that curves outwards at each corner.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adire Cloth1774/10

Adire (indigo dyed) cloth. Yellow and light blue, hatched and crosshatched, geometric and floral patterns on indigo and black. Overall checkered pattern, composed of two pieces of cloth sewn together at the centre. The underside is solid indigo and black in a checkerboard pattern.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
indigo dye, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Adire Cloth1774/9

Adire cloth composed of two pieces of indigo resist-dyed cloth stitched along the centre. The surface is divided by two wide bands of stripes running parallel to the edge and bisected by two wide bands of white stripes running perpendicular to form rectangular spaces filled in with with light blue to white lines forming crosshatched patterns and alternating blue and light blue to white stripes. Rows of stitch holes are visible on the pattern lines. The ends perpendicular to the centre seam are unfinished.

Culture
Yoruba
Material
cotton fibre and indigo dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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