Band Item Number: 3486/81 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Thin woven band (jakima) finished on one end in two braids sewn together to form a loop. The uskan (half) rakiraki (two things that should be together, but are separated) design is repeated throughout, with alternating magenta and cobalt blue sections of three diagonal lines, contained in a thin white 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.
Made, along with 3486/73-80 and 82-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.
Done in a complementary warp weave.