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SkirtSa216

Woman's skirt woven from red cotton with vertical and horizontal dark blue ikat stripes at intervals of ten and thirteen cm. Thicker bands of ikat feature a repeated 'doll' figure flanked by bands of repeated blocks in white on blue.

Culture
Cakchiquel
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Santiago Atitlan, Solola, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SkirtSa203

Sample of double-ikat resist-dyed woven cotton textile. The textile has both warp and weft patterning with a traditional pattern of black, blue, yellow, white and metallic gold stripes and an ikat design, mainly curvilinear, in bands of white.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSa201

Sample of woven cotton cloth with resist-dyed patterns woven into warp (jaspe). Multi-coloured striped pattern alternating with stripes of black and white jaspe weave patterns in typical designs.

Culture
Quiche
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Salcaja, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head ClothSf828

The cloth is a sheer rectangle of crepe-like texture with a white and brown pattern. The pattern is resist-dyed with rectangles arranged in diagonally repeating rows. The rectangles are white and two shades of brown with a dark brown outlining around each. Some rectangles have a brown dot in the centre. The cloth is composed of two loom widths joined by an almost invisible seam.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TunicSf808

The rectangular textile has many step-triangle patches in red, yellow, dark blue and green sewn together. Most patches have a pattern of light coloured circles and across one end, a diagonal line. The lines in the patches are arranged throughout the textile to form diamond shapes. Other patches have large red diamond shapes with a dot in the centre on a yellow-orange background. The patches are sewn together with a dark blue thread. The textile is approximately one half of a tunic. Z-spun, two ply s.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf821 a-b

Two irregular cotton fragments, with negative designs in medium brown on a light brown background. Part a, the larger of the fragments, has at least six different rectangular designs repeat in oblique rows: two faces with coronas, two bird designs, one interlocked serpent and one triangulated design that appears to incorporate the bird tail. The rectangles are divided by longitudinal bands with variations of step-frets and serpent related imagery. The short transverse bands have a similar array of motifs that also repeat obliquely. A small segment of weft selvedge remains and is paralleled by a border of step-frets. Part b is of the same cloth as part a, but has another bird design and another face. Z-spun, two-ply yarn.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, dye ? and pigment ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HangingN1.20

Five white floral scenes on blue patterned background. Center design is round medallion of flowers, gourds (?) and cicada. Design right of center shows flowering branch and butterflies within scalloped border. Design at end shows flowers, leaves, dragonfly and frog in square border with key design. Design left of center shows a similar design except it has a hexagonal border. Design at other end shows two birds with flowering willow tree within a border of a scroll. Overlapping circles of flowers are between each design, top and bottom. Plain black band outside border. Wider middle border with gold metallic and blue embroidery of flowers and leaves and scroll design. Inner border of horizontal bands of colour. Pink cloth borders top. Reverse side lined in red cotton.

Culture
Chinese
Material
fibre, silk fibre, metal and cotton fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: PaperN2.1282 a-b

Two rectangular sheets of handmade paper: part a is covered in uniform, geometric patterning of pink, yellow and blue star-like shapes (at fold points); part b is a plain light grey-brown sheet.

Culture
Japanese
Material
rice paper and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Kimono JacketN2.1026

Orange and black haori (羽織) or jacket/overcoat. The upper portion has white karajishi (唐獅子, literally ‘Chinese lions’), mythological animals based on lions and keman-mon (毛卍文, lion’s curly hair patterns) motifs as the symbol of the sun on black ground. The lower portion has black peony motifs on a resist-dyed orange and white ground. There is a wide band around the neck and down the centre opening. There are black ties on the inside of the centre opening. The short, wide sleeves have an opening under the arms. The upper inside is lined with orange silk.

Culture
Japanese
Material
silk fibre and dye
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileN2.148

Square dark blue ground with light coloured bottles in light purple, white, reddish brown, and yellow, in one corner.

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