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BlouseEdz4120

Black blouse with Mandarin collar, slender sleeves, side slits and a side opening with elaborate frog closures. There is a small pocket on the right inner flap. The lining is light green cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre ? and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtEdz4119

Blue, long sleeve shirt. The shirt has a collar, side slits and frog closures down the front centre. There are two rectangular pockets on the lower front.

Culture
Chinese
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting532/1

Rectangular painting depicting a woman wearing a brown skin outfit of pants and hooded tunic with elaborate, colourful detailing of stripes and geometric designs. Her black hair is braided and decorated with red and yellow stripes of ribbon. Her face holds tattooed lines across her forehead, cheeks and chin. In her hand on right she holds a large knife while the opposite hand lies at her side. Cream background. Red signature reads: ‘A.B. Kennedy, 1917’. The reverse has black writing that reads: ‘Iuilik Eskimo Woman’.

Culture
Canadian ?
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Basket1126/1

A light brown round woven basket with a lid which fits over top and is attached with a looped piece of root or bark. The main design is made in dark brown with a diamond-shaped pattern connected with a horizontal line across the top and the bottom. Inside each diamond are six dark brown horizontal triangles, three of which point downward and three of which point upward toward the centre leaving a light brown diamond shape in the middle. Outside each diamond are six more dark horizontal triangles, three of which point upward toward the top horizontal line and three of which point downward toward the bottom horizontal line. The lid is decorated with a dark brown rim and the top of the lid is decorated with vertical dark brown lines.

Culture
Zulu
Material
root ? or bark ?
Made in
South Africa
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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ArmbandEd1.296 a-b

Pair of cylindrical armbands for the lower arm, made by interlacing lengths of rattan to form figure 8 shapes parallel to the length of the cylinder. The shapes are attached to each other with wrapping made of rattan skin. Each cylinder ends in a double circle of rattan at the narrower end of the cylinder, and a single circle at the wider end. The circles are covered with wrapping of rattan skin, which also attaches the ends of the figure 8s to the circles.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ArmbandEd1.295 a-b

Pair of cylindrical openwork arm bands for the lower arm, tapering slightly to wrist. Arm bands are made of lengths of rattan parallel to the length of the arm interlaced diagonally in a very open weave, and ending in a double circle at each end covered in interlaced wrapping of smooth strips of a white material.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan, bark ? and grass ?
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Under VestEd1.294

Openwork vest with a single back panel and two front panels made of lengths of rattan wrapped in rattan skin. Vest has a low neck at front and high inserts of curled rattan at back of neck, with shoulder extensions of loops of rattan. It is formed of parallel vertical lengths of rattan spaced 3 cm. apart with loops of rattan between them.

Culture
Korean
Material
rattan
Made in
Korea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile831/1

Cotton fibre dyed in yellow and green on white with a mottled weave-like pattern in all three colours at the centre and a band of geometric pattern in yellow on green at each end. The ends are finished with a machine-stitched edge and a fringe of dyed yellow and green segments of string tied at intervals along the edge.

Culture
West African
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
San Louis, Senegal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head Cloth831/2 b

A relatively square cloth piece that has four main wide bands, each consisting of a light blue and white pattern with a plain thin dark blue band in between them and at each side. Has a very subtle floral pattern embossed overall. Composed of two pieces sewn together lengthwise.

Culture
West African
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
San Louis, Senegal
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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