Fragment: Veil

MOA: University of British Columbia

3097/22

Rectangular fragment of an off-white lace veil. The lace is woven in a very large diamond pattern, with the outlines of the diamonds creating a large X shape in the middle of the fragment. The bottom and left edges of the lace are the original edges of the veil, the top and right edges appear to ...

Shawl

MOA: University of British Columbia

3097/17

Rectangular brown shawl with wide striped bands on the left and right edges and a colourful patterned panel in the centre. The centre panel has a seam in the centre where the two halves are stitched together with alternating pink, purple, orange, and white thread. The wide bands along the edges a...

Painting

MOA: University of British Columbia

3595/62

Vertical painting on animal hide, depicting four human figures. All of the figures are dressed in white, but three have additional coloured garments with yellow accents: top left, blue; bottom left, red; and bottom right, green. The top right figure is dressed in white only and appears to be clap...

Head Cloth

MOA: University of British Columbia

3587/21

Woman's head cloth. Composed of three woven panels, stitched together on the long edge. There are two larger matching panels on the sides, with a smaller panel in the middle. The middle panel has a light beige background with dark pink and black embroidery over top. The side panels have a dark bl...

Blouse

MOA: University of British Columbia

3587/17

Sleeveless blouse. Red square-shaped blouse with shoulders composed of two long, rectangular pieces of textiles folded lengthwise, then stitched on their short edges to the body, creating two armholes and a neck hole. Lower half of blouse is embellished with red beads in a cross-hatch pattern, wi...

Shawl

MOA: University of British Columbia

3097/11

Rectangular black shawl with wide patterned bands along the vertical edges. The black ground has a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with black string. The edging of the right half is red, the other half is not edged. The patterned band on the right side is much thi...

Tapa Cloth

MOA: University of British Columbia

3652/6

Small rectangular bark cloth with designs painted in orange-brown, against a beige background. Designs consist of curved lines that end in swirls; smaller lines throughout that connect longer curved lines. Triangles and "X"'s in the negative space; larger triangles done in orange-brown, other des...

Fertility Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

3652/1

Carved wood female fertility figure with an elaborately painted face. Figure is wearing a long grass skirt and has a heart-shaped face with protruding ears, a large nose, and open smiling mouth; the eyes are inset cowrie shells. Face is painted white with semi-circles, floral and curvilinear desi...

Basket

MOA: University of British Columbia

3652/8 a-b

Circlular basket with flat base, and separate lid (part b). Basket body made up of coil construction, bound together with plant fibre stitching. Design formed with stitching is rows of alternating dark brown-black and yellow-white triangles. Arched handle extends overtop small circular basket ope...

Tapa Cloth

MOA: University of British Columbia

3652/7

Small rectangular bark cloth with designs painted in orange-brown, against a beige background. Designs consist of straight and curved lines intertwining to form abstract "X" shapes; additional ovals, triangles, and trapezoids throughout negative space. Orange-brown lines bordered with solid and d...