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Date
2008
Material
fabric; plastic; metal
Catalogue Number
103.08.1143
Description
A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a blac…
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Title
Shoulder Bag
Date
2008
Material
fabric; plastic; metal
Dimensions
15.5 x 19.0 cm
Description
A small bag from Nepal, woven on the back, and woven and embroidered on the front, with a multi-coloured corded strap (135.0cm) sewn onto the side of the bag, extending from the fringed bottom 4.0cm suspended from a blue plastic bead, to an over-the-shoulder cord. The front part is backed by a black muslin cotton piece that forms a separate compartment. There is a plastic and metal black zipper (15.0cm) on the top portion of the bag (one compartment) and the same kind and size of zipper lower down (5.0cm) opening onto a separate compartment. The bottom front of the bag 13.5x15.0cm wide) is gold satin with a circular embroidered design; the top part (5.0x15.0cm wide) is a multi-coloured woven design the same as the entire back of the bag. The paper price tag is attached by a piece of clear plastic; it reads “TEN THOUSAND VILLAGES” in red lettering and “ MADE IN/FABRIQUE DU NEPAL/NEPAL 5900165” in black lettering and the barcode underneath.
Subject
households
clothing
accessory
crafts
Nepal
Mary Andrews
Credit
Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
Catalogue Number
103.08.1143
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Untitled (Nepalese woman)

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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.08
Description
A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom…
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Artist
Janet Holly Middleton (1922 – 2018, Canadian)
Title
Untitled (Nepalese woman)
Date
1981
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
57.5 x 26 cm
Description
A woman looking down into the left corner of the image. She wears a purple cap, a shirt with blue sleeves, and a striped, multicoloured skirt or apron. At the upper left corner there is a suggestion of foliage, with various shades of green. The signature “Middleton” is signed in blue at the bottom right corner.
Subject
Nepal
woman
Nepalese woman
Credit
Gift of Janet Holly Middleton, Banff, 2012
Catalogue Number
MiJ.05.08
Images
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This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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