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Ladle1201/36

Large, wooden ladle. The long handle is incised with a triangular grooved pattern. The end of the handle is rounded, with a triangular point protruding from the bottom of the rounded tip. Ladle part is undecorated.

Culture
Pashtun ?
Material
wood
Made in
Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt953/1

Belt made of between twenty and twenty-seven strings of predominately red beads. Strands are strung through ten vertical bone strips, breaking the strands into nine sections--sections on the ends have the fewest strands, with progressively more being added to each section moving towards the central section, making the belt wider in the middle than at the extremities. Ends are tied off with brown string, one end forming a loop, the other having a circular piece of bone attached to it.

Culture
Naga
Material
glass, fibre and bone
Made in
India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse1201/17

Woman or girl’s multicoloured, short-sleeved, blouse front. Dense, bold geometric motifs, embroidered in silk and cotton thread, cover the entire surface of the garment, and in most areas completely hide the ground textile, which is made of red cotton. The shoulder area is defined by large floral designs; below the armholes the motifs form an apron effect, with a wide border at the hemline and along the side edges. Mirrorwork, white rickrack and red beaded pompoms are incorporated into the design overall. At the neckline there is a straight, centre-front slit, decorated with triangular dark grey tabs with tie-cords. Tie-cords are also located at the back of the neck. At the back of the shoulders, plain panels of dark red cotton textile are attached. Sleeves are extensions of the shoulder pieces. Sleeve edges and the hem are bound with strips of plain cotton textile trimmed with decorative machine stitching. A label made of off-white cotton textile, printed with a rubber stamp, is attached at the neck edge on the front with a loose running stitch.

Culture
Meghwal ?
Material
cotton fibre, silk fibre, glass, silver alloy metal, plastic, shell and dye
Made in
Sindh, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Loom1201/37 a-e

Part a: loom with weaving and poles; part b: top wooden piece; part c: bottom wooden piece; part d: wooden peg; part e: knotted piece of string. The thick wooden upper piece (part b) and lower piece (part c) flank a row of fine wooden slates with a piece of white, red and blue weaving in progress (part a). The threads continue beneath the lower piece and are wrapped around eight poles.

Culture
Afghan
Material
wood, cotton fibre ? and metal
Made in
Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Garment1376/11

Long, gray striped robe with large pointed hood. The robe alternates solid gray stripes with white-brown and light brown-dark brown stripes. The robe is floor length with small openings up the sides. It is made from several woven pieces sewn together. All the seams are masked with dark green stitching. The green stitching forms three button holes on one edge of the hood, without any corresponding buttons. The bottom edge is unfinished. There is black lining around the inside edges of the hood and sleeves.

Culture
Moroccan
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Morocco
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Saddle Blanket1376/10

Large, multi-coloured, decorative saddle blanket made from rough wool warp-faced textile and backed with a thick layer of felted wool fleece. It is rectangular in shape, with a deep squared-off indentation (37 cm x 53 cm) at the forward end of the blanket. Cords made of braided wool fibre (72 cm long) are attached at the inside top corners of the indentation. Loops made of brown braided wool fibre are sewn near the bottom inside corners of the indentation. Two long, narrow triangular pieces are sewn at the outside edge of the back end of the blanket, making the back end of the blanket wider than the front end. The predominant colours are dark red and black, and the textile is woven in stripes that run lengthwise to the body of the horse; solid coloured stripes alternate with patterned stripes that are embellished with geometric forms. All outside edges are finished with patterned braid and long (16 cm) multi-coloured twisted fibre fringe. The heavy layer of brown felted fleece that is used as a backing over the entire underside of the blanket is quilted to the top layer with running stitches.

Culture
Turkmen ? or Uzbek ?
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag1376/5

A textile bag. Hand pressed felt quilted to a cotton(?) woven backing. Main design is consisting of a geometric embroidered design of dark brown swirls on a red background. Has a slit opening along one side edged with plied wools. The bottom tapers to a rounded point where there are four black tassels surrounding a central red tassel.

Culture
Central Asian
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1376/2

Very long, narrow, black and grey textile, decorated with many horizontal rows of resist-dyed or painted red disks that are overprinted or stamped with black cross-shaped motifs, like petals of a flower. Sections woven with wool or goat hair yarns alternate with sections woven with cotton yarns. Long black fringes at each end are made by tightly twisting the warp yarns.

Culture
North India ?
Material
wool fibre ?, goat hair fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Jammu-Kashmir, India ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tent Band1375/2

A long thin woven fabric band. Main design is consisting of red dashes along a thin central black line that has various light brown intervalled geometric patterns at either side on a red background. Long skips of supplementary warp on the other side. The ends are consisting of two braids.

Culture
Afghan ?
Material
wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Afghanistan ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1201/5

A length of silk warp-face ikat textile, with large-scale, bold, stylized motifs in blue, white and yellow on a yellow background. Red selvages. Torn edges on both ends.

Culture
Uzbek
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Kabul, Afghanistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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