Band Item Number: 3486/75 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Thin woven band (jakima) finished on one end with a looped fringe. The motifs that decorate the band are worked in off-white, forming a kutji (that which returns on itself) pattern with linked and unlinked ‘s’ shapes, and a mayu (river) q’enqo (zigzag) pattern of diagonal zigzags with dots, all against a background of purple and red. The designs are contained in a border of green and hot pink 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 3486/73-74 and 76-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.