Sash

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/44

Long sash. Textile is woven in horizontal stripes in colours of green, red, orange and tan, each with a chevron pattern in a different colour running the length of the stripe. Long multicoloured woven tassels hang from each end of the sash, tied off at their ends.

Shawl

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/43

Long shawl or scarf. Textile made of thin cotton, coloured in horizontal stripes of red, yellow, green, blue and tan. Tan leaf shapes are embroidered across the surface. Each end has heavy embroidery in similar colours, showing a pattern of diamond shapes. Long multicoloured fringe emerges from b...

Shawl

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/42

Long shawl or scarf. Textile woven in a tan base colour, with red, blue, and orange embroidery in thick thread showing star and square motifs along the length of the garment. Ends have panels of embroidery in the same colours, with large diamonds between square borders. Fringe hangs from each end...

Jacket

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/27

Short jacket. Open front with long sleeves and wide blue cuffs. A square panel hangs from collar at back, blue at top, and heavily embroidered at bottom with diamond shapes in pink, blue, white and purple. At centre back is sewn a small patch in an animal shape, coloured light tan, with head at t...

Headdress

MOA: University of British Columbia

3010/1 a-c

Headdress of vibrantly coloured macaw, toucan and parrot feathers. Long bright blue feathers create a brim at front of headdress, coming to a point at centre. These are topped by a layer of shorter green and yellow feathers. Above the brim stands a crown of feathers arranged around the circular h...

Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3080/19

Long cloth has stripes of dark green-grey and X-shaped motifs in a variety of colours. Interspersed are red stripes holding embroidered patterning in tan or white. Long sides have thinner stripes of red with similar embroidered motifs. Warp ends make a short fringe along both edges. Underside sho...

Figure

MOA: University of British Columbia

N1.329

The full length figure of a woman is white with cobalt blue designs. The woman has an elaborate head piece with a cross-legged figure on the front and a scarf draping down her back and around her shoulders. The scarf and dress are of the same design, blue branches with leaves. Her dress drapes ov...

Madhubani Painting

MOA: University of British Columbia

3246/1

Painting on paper, attached to board. Painting shows six scenes, three each on top and bottom separated by striped boarders, of single figures or small groups drawn in fine black lines and coloured softly with paint in shades of yellow, orange and pink, highlighted with dark grey-blue. Flowers, f...

Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

N1.431

A ceramic bowl with angled sides and a slightly flared out rim. Bluish grey, green glaze. Incised floral and cloud motifs.

Bowl

MOA: University of British Columbia

Edz997

A large, fairly deep, ceramic bowl (part a). The bowl has a central panel on the inside which is decorated with a landscape scene that has a horse rider galloping away across a water way to escape from two men that have spears and one man that has a rock in each hand. The inner sides and rim ar...