Band Item Number: 3486/77 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Thin woven band (jakima) finished on one with a braided loop. A kutji (that which returns on itself) pattern with linked ‘s’ shapes in vibrant red against a green background is repeated across the band, contained in a thin yellow and black border 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 3486/73-76 and 78-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.