Band Item Number: 3486/79 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Woven band (jakima) finished on one end with three braids. Geometric shapes in alternating hot pink and blue form the main design of the band, with a section of parallelograms in a wactapunacac (rib-to-rib) ch’uro (snail) motif on one half, and a section of triangles arranged in a puntas (points) motif on the other half. The design is surrounded with a thin line of lilac and a thick green 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 3486/73-78 and 80-90, by young weavers from Chinchero; both boys and girls.