Band Item Number: 3486/74 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Thin woven band (jakima) with loosely finished loop ends. The huaccac (cow) ñawi (eyes) pattern of hollow yellow circles against a brown background is repeated across the band, surrounded by a thin border of green and black along the top and bottom edges.
Bands are used in various ways as fasteners or adornments in the highlands of Peru and Bolivia. Jakima is the name given to the bands on which young weavers learn the basic patterns (pallay), which are repeated or combined into the larger pallay that adorn their textiles.
Done in a complementary warp weave.
Made, along with 3486/73 and 74-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.