Band Item Number: 3486/89 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Woven band (jakima) finished on one end in four braids sewn together to form a loop. The chili (name of plant with serrated leaves) q’enqo (zigzag) design is repeated across the band in white, with long zigzags and serrated triangles decorating the space between the points of the zigzags against a background of alternating rectangles in black and dark mustard yellow. The design is contained in a thin border of purple, light brown, and black 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.
Done in a complementary warp weave.
Made, along with 3486/73-88 and 90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.