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Ornament1074/27

Curved, flat piece of tortoise shell, bent into a half circle. Piece is wider at the centre than at the rounded ends; one edge is angled inward. An elastic cord is knotted through small holes at either end.

Culture
Siberian ?
Material
tortoise shell, fibre and synthetic rubber
Made in
Russia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat1128/6

A man's hat with an attached leather and plastic eye shade (5 cm at the widest point). Has a horizontal band (12 cm) of multi-coloured fabric, rickrack, braid, and a 14.5 cm band of bright blue fabric appliqued with red and yellow vertical stripes. Very large red wool pompom on the top.

Culture
Sami
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, skin and plastic ?
Made in
Sweden ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Earrings1060/51 a-b

Three-tiered dangling earrings with alternating white and coloured (blue and red) beads with hide dividers. There are bone hooks with a yellow and blue beaded fringe at the bottom.

Culture
Inuit
Material
dentalium shell, plastic, bone and rawhide skin
Made in
Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron1243/7 d

A green and yellow apron with long brown ties. The pieces of leaf(?) are dyed green and knotted around a brown plastic string. A shorter layer of yellow plastic pieces is knotted onto a brown fibre string and placed over the green layer.

Culture
Sri Lankan
Material
leaf ?, plastic, dye and fibre
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron1243/7 e

A purple apron with long brown plastic ties. The pieces of leaf(?) are dyed purple and knotted around a brown plastic string. The ends of the string extend beyond the skirt as ties.

Culture
Sri Lankan
Material
leaf ?, dye and plastic
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Apron1243/7 b

The apron has a natural coloured, loose fibre front and a half circle plastic backing. The fibre strands are knotted onto two twisted fibre bands. The top of the blue-gray plastic is folded and sewn down over one fibre band, creating long ties at both sides. The other fibre band is sewn to the curved bottom of the plastic backing, also creating long ties at both sides.

Culture
Sri Lankan
Material
plant fibre, plastic and dye
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pants973/21 a

Black cotton drawstring pants with two pockets on the front and wide, gathered cuffs; two white circular buttons on each cuff.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye and plastic
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ornament698/26

Dark purple ornament made of braided silk fibre with a long looped end that connects to a tightly woven endless knot. In the centre is a circular metal design with a gold and white leaf pattern on a black background with a white border. The back of the knot has a black piece of plastic attached.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre ?, dye, metal, paint and plastic
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.297 a-b

Pair of arm bands for the lower arm shaped like cylinders tapering to the wrist. Arm bands are made of parallel lengths of bamboo with a circle of rubber inserted through holes in the bamboo lengths at each end, onto which are threaded bamboo cylinders that serve as spacers between the ends of the lengths of bamboo.

Culture
Korean
Material
bamboo grass and rubber
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Headdress949/12

Headdress composed of a strip of grey, red, yellow and black fabric with two rows of green sequins attached at the centre in between two sets of two pendants. Each pendant is cmposed of three multicoloured yarn pompoms and a string of glass silver and blue-green beads with a metal and bead tassel at the end.

Culture
Yi
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, wool fibre ?, fibre, metal, glass and plastic
Made in
Yunnan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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