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Figure3263/91

Clay figurine with incised features and designs on front. Back of figure is flat. Entire surface is burnished. Figure is male, barefoot and wearing a loincloth, headdress and ear spools. Hole drilled into back of the figure's head.

Culture
Chimu and Chancay ?
Material
clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3263/88

Fragment of a spindle shaft. Top end is tapered, bottom end is splintered. Dark and light brown bands painted near the base. Dark yellow cotton yarn wound around shaft, above the painted decoration.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Garment3263/42

Fragment of a garment. Two pieces of cloth sewn together along the top edge. Front cloth is rectangular in shape, brown and has a three by eight square grid across centre. Square backgrounds are all light brown-red. Designs in each square alternate between birds and pairs of stepped ladders with dots in their centres. Ladders are same brown as background of overall fragment. Birds are black. White semi-circles, with upside down black-brown triangles inside them, along top edge of front cloth. Back cloth is triangular in shape and plain white-brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/4

Rectangular cloth is constructed in a tight weave, with thin alternating stripes of light and dark brown. Each dark brown stripe holds a series of stitched, evenly spaced yellow motifs, while the light brown stripes carry similar red motifs. A thin stripe of red cloth has been sewn to base. Textile edges unfinished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/3

Large, nearly square cloth constructed in a small weave, in several shades of brown. Patterning is dense, made of small ovals. A large grid covers the surface, within which are similar patterns containing a circle inside a square, surrounded by loose ovals. Edges of the cloth have been hemmed for display.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Veil3097/23

Dyed gauze and lace cloth with plain weave technique in borders. Rectangular shape with three types of diagonal bands: waves, feline faces opposing to each other and lines. Short border has geometric fish; long borders have bird motif in brown on cream ground, and cream on brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
camelid wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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