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NecklaceH2.131 d

Part of a necklace consisting of grey seeds clumped together in an elongated oval shape. The seeds all have either purple or gold sequins with a white bead on top and a metal wire loop keeping the layers together. Each seed has a wire loop bottom which fastens to a brass chain.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
glass, metal ? and seed
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Headdress3263/83 a-e

Fragments from a headdress. Consists of feather plume (part a) and reed shards (parts b-e). Shards are likely from the headdress structure. All reeds have slightly curved interiors and are brown-orange in colour. Plume made up of long white, purple and green feathers. Majority of feather quills are wrapped in beige thread. Ends of quills twined together.

Culture
Andes
Material
feather, cotton fibre and reed
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3263/61

Complete sling. Cradle is red and has a short split in the centre. Border of cradle is a wide band with alternating dark yellow and red triangles. Border edged with dark green thread along the top edge, towards the right side. Handles are solid grey braids. Sections on both braids, closest to the cradle, have red diamonds outlined in dark yellow. Right braid ends with red tassel. Left braid ends with white wool worked into the grey braid, and a white tassel.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3263/62

Naturally coloured complete sling. Cradle has a long split in the centre. Left and right tapering sections covered with brown thread. Middle of cradle also covered with brown thread, on either side of the split. Both handles are braided. Left handle's braid is thick near the cradle before narrowing. Handle ends with a tassel of loose fibres. Right handle has black thread braided close to the cradle, before returning to naturally coloured. Handle ends with a plied cord.

Culture
Andes
Material
bast fibre ?, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/54

Fragment of a sling. Cradle is light brown and has a central split. Edges of cradle are red-brown. Stitches for border clearly visible and move inward, towards the split. Handles are light and red-brown braids. Each have two rows of red-brown diamonds. Space between the rows forms a light brown zigzag along the top and bottom sides of the handles. Right handle extends into a tight red-brown braid. End of left handle is missing.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/56

Fragment of a sling. Cradle is light brown and has an alternating red-brown and light brown diamond pattern. Diamond pattern outlined in dark brown. Through diamond design is a central split. Tapering sides of cradle have dark brown vertical stripes. Cradle ends with thick dark brown bands. Handles are thin solid braids with two rows of diamonds along the sides. Space between the rows forms a zigzag pattern along the top and bottom sides of the handles.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile3263/39

Fragment of a wide panel from a mantle or shroud. Rectangular in shape with ground cloth coloured light brown. Columns on the left and right sides with designs done in float weave. Columns are white with dark brown diamond outlines overtop. Inside diamonds are fish and bird motifs, done in abstract geometric style. Decorations on the right column only clearly visible on the back of the textile, material has been lost on the front. In between the two columns are vertical dark brown and indigo coloured stripes.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cotton Fibre3263/84 a-d

Four spun cotton fibre bundles (parts a-d); cocoon-shaped (the form they were removed from the spindle shaft in). The bundles range in colour from brownish-yellow to yellowish-white. The largest (part a) is white along the top and darkens to yellow-brown at the bottom. Pointed protrusions on either end. Second largest (part b) is entirely brown-yellow with a pointed top. Third largest (part c) has a white piece of unspun cotton attached to its right side, near the top, and a pointed bottom. Smallest (part d) appears to have tufts of hair throughout.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and hair ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/43 a-c

Three fragments from a four-part cloth. Two fragments are from the same section of the cloth (parts a and b). The largest fragment (part a) is irregular in shape and the second largest fragment (part b) is triangular in shape. Both are white with dark yellow zigzag designs across their surfaces. Dark blue geometric patterns spread throughout the dark yellow designs. Part a has an "H"-like shape in the centre, with dark blue and olive green geometric designs inside it. A thin rectangle, towards the bottom edge and close to the left side, of part b has similar olive green and dark blue designs inside it. The smallest fragment (part c) is rectangular in shape and light brown. It has geometric and curvilinear motifs, done in maroon and outlined in dark green, across its entire surface. Wavy line border, along top edge of part c, done in maroon.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3263/50

Child's belt. Repeating pattern of alternating white and light brown rectangles, divided by vertical bands with wave designs inside them. Pairs of bird-like figures inside each rectangle, alternating between white and light brown, facing one another. Entire belt trimmed with thin light brown and white stripes. Ends of belt finish in braids.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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