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Fragment: Textile3263/10

Irregularly shaped woven fragment with numerous triangles extending from all edges. Textile background is white, darkening to brown towards the bottom edge. Interlocked, zigzagging stepped pattern across entire surface. Done in light blue-green, darkening to dark green-blue towards the bottom edge. Small vertical rectangles throughout main design. Horizontal hourglass-like shape in centre of main design. Textile stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Andes
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Tunic3263/21

Fragment of a garment. Textile is olive green and rectangular in shape. Has a vertical stripe pattern across surface. Three thin stripes in the centre of the pattern. All are trimmed with dark blue and have alternating white and maroon rectangular outlines inside them, towards the top edge. Bottom portion of the thin stripes have alternating maroon and white triangles. The central three stripes are flanked on either side by wide dark blue stripes with mirrored human-like figures and ovals inside them. Designs done in white and golden brown. Right side of textile is maroon. Fragment is stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Andes
Material
dye and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/48 a-b

Two fragments of a brown sling. Largest fragment (part a) consists of the left half of the cradle and a small section of the handle. Smaller fragment (part b) is a portion of the right half of the cradle. Cradle, on both parts, has a repeating design of zoomorphic figures on a plain background, outlined in black. Figures done in geometric style and have two legs, angular heads and angular tails(?). Eyes are oval shaped and dark turquoise. Figures and backgrounds alternate between brown-red and brown-grey. Tapering section on left side of part a is brown-red with intermittent black stripes. Extends into brown-red handle, with plant fibre(?) interior, with concentric black diamond pattern. Right side of part b bordered with thin black stripes.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre, plant fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Bag3263/80

Fragment of a bag. Top third of body is plain light brown. Bottom portion of bag is brown with zigzag pattern done in light and dark brown. Light brown fringe(?) along bottom centre edge of body. Two damaged strap portions on front side of bag, along top edge. Strap on right extends into a checker patterned light and dark brown handle. Straps on back of bag are missing.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cotton Ball3263/87

Mass of unprocessed cotton bolls. Majority are brown and red-brown; the remaining are natural white. Stems and seeds are caught throughout cotton.

Culture
Andes
Material
dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle3263/75 a-b

Two cylindrical thorn needles (parts a and b). Both are thin and black. Bottom ends are pointed, top ends are flattened and have one small hole drilled into them. Tips of the flattened ends are pointed. Smallest needle (part a) has loop of cotton thread in the eye of the needle, largest needle (part b) has no cotton thread.

Culture
Andes
Material
huarango thorn ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3263/59

Complete sling. Cradle has a long split in the centre. Top half of the cradle, divided by the split, is white and the bottom half is dark brown. Tapering ends of the cradle have checkerboard patterns of white and dark brown. Handles are white and braided. First sections of the braids, closest to the cradle, have dark brown diamond designs on them. Rest of braids are plain white. Right handle ends with a brown thumb loop.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile3263/46

Panel fragment from a mantle or shawl. Irregularly shaped with vertical stripe design across entire surface. Alternating columns of brown and light blue. Brown columns darken, started as brown-grey and ending in dark brown, towards right side of fragment. Blue columns have white interior borders and white diamond outlines throughout. Diamond designs are stitched onto fragment.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/41

Fragment of a cloth. Irregularly shaped with straight top, left and right edges and a diagonal bottom edge that shortens the right side. Background is brown with white concentric diamond designs throughout. Diamond lines are done in stepped pattern. Textile stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/57

Fragment of a sling. Cradle is brown and has a central split with a diamond pattern on either side. Diamonds alternate between plain and concentric. All are outlined in black. Tapering sides have vertical stripes, done in black and dark brown. Right handle has alternating pattern of light brown and black diamonds across entire surface. Left handle is missing.

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