Band Item Number: 3486/87 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Band (jakima) with kutij (that which returns on itself), aysa kutij, (linked kutij), nawi (eyes), and puito (small seeds) designs.
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 3486/73-86 and 88-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.