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ITC 2012.1

late 19th-mid 20th Century

Card box with glass cover, containing samples of Anaphe wild silk combings. Anaphe is raw silk. This genus of silkworm, which produces this variety of silk, is found especially in Uganda and other par...

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ITC 2012.115.1

late 19th-mid 20th Century

This is one of a set of four stencils (ITC 2012.115.1-4) all of which add different detail to create a complex, possibly multicoloured, design. The design on the stencils includes dragons amongst clo...

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ITC 2013.2.1

late 19th-mid 20th Century

A long pale green panel with repeats of embroidered motifs, predominantly in blue, black, pink and green. The design includes butterflies, flowers, bats and auspicious symbols, including the coin mot...

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ITC 2015.217.1

mid 19th-mid 20th Century

One of a pair of oval drawstring purses with woven 'dragon robe' silk with red ties decorated with bound sections of blue threads. This one has burgundy cords with a decorated ceramic bead. The pai...

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ITC 2015.1

early 19th-mid 20th Century

A katagami stencil, used in resist dyeing of fabric, possibly depicts plum blossom and stylised pine bark motifs (matsukawa bishi). Pine is symbollic of longevity and plum of renewal. Both plants ar...

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ITC 2014.79.1

c.1976-1984

This is a large, predominantly blue handwoven Aso-Oke head tie, woven in Ilorin, northern Yorubaland. Aso-Oke is a highly prized form of Yoruba handwoven cloth. This cloth is made up of six narrow st...

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ITC 2022.1

late 20th Century

A red and black kain made up of three panels, all including warp ikat elements. There are also narrow blue, yellow and red stripes running through the material.

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ITC 2022.219.1

late 20th Century

A straw pillbox hat [songkok?], intended for daily wear by Muslim men. It is light brown with dark brown bands and triangular/arrow patterning in gold plastic metallic thread. There is a wooden band i...

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ITC 2015.238.1

20th Century

One of a pair of long embroidered symmetrical pendant hangings depicting a butterfly, lotus flower, shell and fishes. In bright colours including blue, green and pink, this is made up of seven indivi...

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ITC 2009.96.1

1840-1920

A piece of crepe [chirimen] with a multicoloured printed design of flowers, snow flakes, linked gem patterning [shippo tsunagi] and imitation tie dye patterning of small circles. Chirimen is woven u...

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ITC 1999.1

1888-1889

A hardback with dark brown covers and black spine, with gold text on spine. Contains printed forms with handwritten inscriptions detailing orders for looms. Listed by date with an index of companies...

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ITC 2017.16.1

1926-1999

A small weave sample in white, light blue and burgundy, with a striped design moving diagonally across the centre of the piece and wider striped borders. The centre is plain weave and the borders have...