Band Item Number: 3486/80 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Woven band (jakima) finished on one end in two braids sewn together to form a loop. The band is decorated with a taclla (foot plow) q’enqo (zigzag) motif in alternating red and cobalt blue zigzags against an off-white background, highlighted with dots in the same colours. The design is contained in a thin grey and green 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 3486/73-79 and 81-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.