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Apron3660/21

Beaded apron with wide flat rectangular panel. The panel has four main rows with repeating hourglass shapes on a white ground. Each row is separated by five alternating lines of white and dark blue beads. The top row has repeating pairs of two blue alternating with two red hourglass shapes, while the following three rows alternate one blue and one red. Hanging from the bottom edge is short beaded fringe in red, flanked by a white and black beads on either end, and one larger black bead, then small white bead at the end. Attached to each top corner is a tie. The longer tie is beaded with fringe in white with some black, and the short tie is plain.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre, skin ? and shell
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3660/20

Beaded collar necklace. Flat, semi-circular beaded necklace with solid lines of colour - 1 row of translucent green, 3 rows of white, then alternating rows of black and white, and then loops of orange with a line of alternating white and dark blue beads along the bottom of the orange loops. Beaded double loop and button closure.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre and shell
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3660/9

Beaded collar necklace. Flat, semi-circular necklace with open-beadwork in alternating rows of black or white beads. There are 14 dark blue beads included in the beadwork. The top row has solid white beading. There is very short fringe along the bottom edge. Loop and button closure.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre and shell
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3660/18

Necklace with four flat rectangular beaded panels spaced apart on the string. Each panel is adorned with a diamond (black outline with white and orange) that is set between two pairs of horizontal lines on a white ground. There are small opalescent shell buttons in the corners of each panel. Small loops of orange-red beads hang from the bottom edge with a larger black spherical bead at the bottom of each loop that is flanked by small white beads. The top of each panel is connected to two beaded strings - one mainly orange-red, and the other white. Loop and button closure.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre and shell
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3660/17

Necklace with a flat rectangular beaded panel with two columns of small repeating diamonds (black, white and light blue) on a white ground that are separated by vertical orange lines. The top and bottom edges are lined with black beads. Small loops of orange-red beads hang from the bottom edge with a larger black spherical bead at the bottom of each loop that is flanked by small white beads. The top of the panel is connected to two beaded straps - one is mainly orange-red, and the other is alternating black and white beads. There are buttons in the top two corners of the panel. Loop and button closure.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre and shell
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace3660/19

Beaded necklace with two side by side rectangular panels. Each panel has two diamonds - one light blue and the other red - between mirrored V-shapes. There are opalescent shell buttons in the panel corners, except one. The bottom edges are bordered in black with small loops of red, with a larger black spherical bead at the bottom of each loop that is flanked by small white beads. The beaded dark blue string connects to the top of each panel and has a button and multicolour beaded loop closure off to one side.

Culture
South African
Material
glass, fibre and shell
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment2569/70

Circular fragment with a hole in the centre and a gap.

Culture
Egyptian
Material
shell
Made in
Egypt
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Face Cover3655/2

Rectangular fabric face covering, with coins and beadwork across surface. Covering has a plain dark brown-red centre, bordered by strips of metal beadwork, and adorned with opalescent buttons stitched with pink thread. Two eye holes cut out above rectangle; fabric ridge sewn down middle of covering, imitating a nose. Ridge has coins attached along the top edge, and plastic beads and buttons along the sides. The largest coin is a worn Victoria Empress - One Rupee India 1901. Three long tassels are attached to the top corner of both sides, and three short tassels hang from the bottom edge. The tassels alternate between sections of metal beading, wrapped metal fibres, and red, orange or green tassels. There are three straps attached to the back.

Culture
Bedouin
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, metal, shell ?, glass, silver metal and skin
Made in
Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Frog Bowl3656/25

Wooden dish carved in the form of a frog. The frog's facial features are carved, and the nostrils have inlaid white glass beads; eyes are made of inlaid abalone pieces; the rim has inlaid glass beads and oval operculum shells. The four carved legs serve as the feet.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
wood, abalone shell, operculum shell and glass
Made in
Sitka, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3587/10

Wrap-around skirt. Top portion is a solid dark blue. Lower portion has two thick bands of embroidered design on a black background, flanked by teal bands, with a large solid dark purple band through the middle. A single row of cowrie shells are sewn along the top band with strings of beads, evenly spaced, hanging down. Each string has many different sizes of reddish-brown cylindrical beads, a few small red glass beads, and each with a pearlescent seed at the end. From the centre of the row of cowrie shells, two bells are hung. Single-side embroidery.

Culture
Chin: Falam
Material
cotton fibre ?, cowrie shell, metal, clay, seed, shell and glass
Made in
“Myanmar: Chin, Falam” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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