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Fragment: Textile3263/1

Fragment of a mantle (shawl). Horizontal rows with designs inside of them, trimmed with patterned bands along their bottom edges, across entire surface. Overlaying, woven fringe tabs hanging from bands. The design elements along the left and right sides- the patterns, band and fringe- are dark brown and the design elements in the middle are red. Step pattern inside of the light brown horizontal rows, with wave motifs inside of them. Bands have two lines of light brown through them. The upper line has a wave motif through it, done in red, and the bottom line is plain.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3359/3

Small clay pot with globular body, rounded bottom and two lug handles on the sides. Has a short flared rim. Pot is painted white on the exterior with vertical grey stripes painted around the body. Interior rim is painted grey and interior body is painted white.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug3359/2

Small clay jug with rounded bottom, two lug handles and a tall flared rim. Sides of body are circular, front and back are flattened. Jug exterior is painted white and the handles and top rim are painted grey. Interior of jug is unpainted.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug3359/1

Small clay jug with globular body, rounded bottom and two lug handles on the sides. Rim is bowl-shaped, surrounding a smaller mouth. There are two small protuberances on the front and back of the jug. The exterior is painted white-brown and there is a wide grey-brown band painted around the bottom portion of the jug. Above the large band there is a thin grey-brown line. The base is white. The base of the jug rim is grey-brown and there are grey-brown designs on the exterior of the rim. The interior of the rim is white and the interior body is unpainted.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/6

Open-work, rectangular textile. Fine white thread has been twisted to create a mesh grid, with patterning appllied by in-filling squares of the mesh across large areas. Patterns include lines, zigzags, collections of squares, and key patterns. What remains of the edges has been finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre ?
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/5

Rectangular cloth is constructed in a fine weave, with geometric patterns connected by open-work stitching. Two large zigzagging lines separate the areas of patterning. At bottom is a row of similar stepped motifs. Cloth is coloured shades of brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3256/2

Elongated jar with rounded bottom. Body of pot is wide at shoulder, inclining smoothly toward the pointed base. Rim is cup-shaped, surrounding a smaller mouth, with two small protuberances at either side. It sits on a smaller, bulbous neck. Two small handles span from neck to shoulder, beneath the rim’s protuberances. Half the pot is painted brown, and half a light yellow-white, with a small step design of the opposite side’s colour sitting below the neck on each side.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3256/1

Elongated jar with rounded bottom. Pot in human form, with legs and arms rising slightly off surface of the body. Legs curve around front from sides, with small feet protruding. Arms are held at chest level, hands clutching a small vessel. Neck of jar is tall with straight sides, made into a face with large rounded ears, protruding nose and eyes, and a wide mouth. Small triangles emerge around the rim of the pot and a tiny round handle sits at back of neck. Pot is mainly unpainted but for chin, eyes and forehead which appear to have been dark brown at one time, and light staining suggesting colours on sides and back of head.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3157/166

Small piece of wood, which tapers to points at both ends. There is a section of light brown reed or grass wrapped around the centre of the shaft.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood and grass ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3157/165

Small piece of wood, which tapers to points at both ends. There is light reddish-brown cotton fibre ? loosely wrapped around the centre of the shaft.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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