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Mud Cloth3530/4

Brown cloth composed of thirteen strips of hand woven textile, stitched together along the long edges; yellow-brown, black and white motifs throughout. Outer edges of cloth have a wide border consisting of diamonds inside squares. Diamonds are filled with semi-circles and there are dots along each side of the diamonds. Large rectangle in centre of mud cloth with a wide border consisting of connected triangles, forming star-like shapes, divided by plain and dotted lines. Rows of concentric diamonds frame central band of repeating triangles, diamonds, semi-circles and dot designs in middle of rectangle. Back of cloth is undecorated.

Culture
Bamana
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Mali
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Funeral Cloth3530/3

Brown cloth composed of eight strips of fabric; six span the length of the cloth, two are shorter and make up one row. Strips are stitched together along the long edges and decorated with kente embroidery; done in yellow with alternating green, black and red stripes. Adinkra symbols stamped throughout; stamps consist of alternating blocks of swirls, vertical lines, columns of hourglass-like shapes, concentric circles, and diamonds in a line grid; stamps done in dark metallic grey. Back of cloth is undecorated.

Culture
Ghanaian
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3530/6

Red checkered man's wrap with finished ends; top and bottom are unfinished. The checkered squares are formed with four dark blue and four white lines on each side. Additional white horizontal and vertical lines throughout, forming crosses inside each square.

Culture
Maasai
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Kenya
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scarf3530/1

White gauze scarf with embroidered borders along either side. Borders are red and trimmed with white bands; bands decorated with black triangles. Three black patterned bands run along length of border. Two outer bands are identical and have four decorative gold stripes. In between stripes are gold and red dashes. Central band has two gold stripes through it, with white dashes in between. White twisted fringe on either end of scarf.

Culture
Amhara
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3530/7

Rectangular textile printed with the Swaziland flag on a blue background. The main flag design consists of a black and white Nguni shield, covering two spears and a staff decorated with red feather tassels. The shield motif is repeated all around the outer edge in black, white and red. The flag area is bordered by a dark gold rectangular band; inside is a wide red horizontal band bordered by two thin gold bands above and below, then two blue bands above and below. Underneath the shield is a white band with "SWAZILAND" printed in black text. Either end is finished; the bottom and top edges are trimmed in black.

Culture
Swazi
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Swaziland
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3530/5

Long and thin wool textile with multi-coloured stripes and designs. White fringe on either end; longer on bottom than top. Assortment of horizontal bands along length. Plain stripes throughout done in red, black, orange, blue and white. Patterned bands throughout are: blue with a black line and white dots through centre, blue with multiple black stripes, black with alternating white concentric triangles, blue with white rectangles through centre, and blue with black stripes decorated with white diamonds. The white diamonds in the latter band design have alternating red and black dots in their centres. Colours of band with concentric triangles are inverted on back; white band with black triangles.

Culture
Fulani
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Mali ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Prayer Cloth3530/2

Long white prayer cloth decorated with vertical blue stripes; twisted fringe on either end. Blue stripes are trimmed with black lines. Wide blue band runs along left side of cloth, close to edge, with differently sized black stripes throughout. Edges and centre of blue band are embroidered with gold thread; embroidery forms a checkered pattern.

Culture
Ethiopian
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Ethiopia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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