Band Item Number: 3486/83 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Woven band (jakima) with a wactapunacac (rib-to-rib) ch’uro (snail) motif. Alternating parallelograms in white and cobalt blue with dots in the opposite colour form the repeating motif on the band, contained in a red 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 3486/73-82 and 84-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.