Band Item Number: 3486/85 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Thin woven band (jakima) with a repeating puntas (points) motif. The puntas (point) motif is made up of alternating red and forest green triangles with yellow dots, contained in a navy blue and red border across 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 3486/73-84 and 86-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.
Done in a complementary warp weave.