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Fan492/1

Rattan ? fan covered in small beads and edged with blue and yellow silk fabric. The fan has a semi-circular body with a curved indentation at the back to form a rectangular shaped stem that attaches to a long cylindrical shaped, wooden handle. The handle is painted red and green. The centre of the fan has a multi-coloured bead plant motif in with dark green, orange, yellow, navy and pink on a white background. Around the outer edge are dark green, white and red stripes. The back of the fan is covered in dark pink, cotton cloth. The back has a small rectangular adhesive tag that reads ‘Made in India’.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre ?, paint, dye, wood, glass, rattan ?, metal and silk fibre
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BandEdz1064

Cylindrical woven band with spiral pattern in red, yellow, blue, white, and green. Tassels, predominantly red, at each end. Brown plastic buttons sewed at the top of each tassel.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
cotton fibre ?, dye, silk fibre ? and plastic
Made in
Chik Wai Koon, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band598/4

Narrow band with woven pattern and long tassels. The pattern repeats orange geometric shapes within square blocks on black ground with green and red borders. The ends have long tassels of green, red and orange.

Culture
Chinese: Hakka
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Tai Uk Wai, Hong Kong, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chair Cover1527/10

Red wool cover with embroidery. The cover is rectangular with scalloped upper covers. The embroidery in the centre is an abstract motif in white, blue, green and outlined in gold. The back is lined with blue cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre, silk fibre, fibre and metal
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl379/11

Shiny white shawl with embroidered roses in centre in pink, yellow, purple and green, two smaller arrangements on either side of centre, and two pink buds on the opposite edge. One pink rose and leaves on each end. White fringe at both ends. White fabric on reverse.

Culture
Philippines
Material
silk fibre ? and dye
Made in
Philippines
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1284/2

Textile with a batik pattern and a dark brown fringe at both ends. The centre of the textile has a geometric pattern on purple ground and this is surrounded by a dark brown floral pattern with parallel lines at the ends, all on an orange ground. The long edges are finished with handmade gold thread edging.

Culture
Sumatran
Material
silk fibre, dye and gold metal
Made in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tunic1205/6

Small pink silk tunic with embroidery. The tunic has long sleeves and side opening with frog closures. There is a wide border around the neck and partway down the side opening. The border has a red berry and leaf motif on cream ground. On the front, back, and sleeves are peony motifs in red-purple and brown. The inside lining is pink silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt1458/42 a

Multicoloured skirt with embroidery, hanging panels and tassels. Across the top is a wide green waistband with two red ties and phoenix, dragon and cloud motifs. Below the waistband are hanging panels. The centre front panel has a pink peony on black and cream grounds. The centre back panel has a dragon motif on pink ground. The smaller panels are thin and rectangular with one end flared and pointed. On the front are embroidered different motifs on different coloured grounds. Each hanging panel has two tassels. The tassels are decorated with beads and bells. The back is lined with fuchsia silk.

Culture
Chinese
Material
silk fibre, metal, glass, dye and fibre
Made in
Sichuan, China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SariEf449

Long rectangular shaped sheer silk textile consisting of a solid purple centre with red and white horizontal stripe border on one end and a white and purple stripe border on the other. The top and bottom have an orange and white decorative stripe intermixed with solid stripes of green. The ends are raw.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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GarmentB666

Rectangular, silk textile consisting of a red border design of spirals with an abstract circular pattern in orange, white and purple at the top and bottom. The centre has a repeated design of red column-like structures in between large oval shaped figures on a green background. All on light green ground. Back is lined with beige and green fabric. There is a small red tassel along one of the ends. Fragment of a larger garment.

Culture
Indian: Northern Indian and Indian: Central Indian
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre
Made in
India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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