A man's two-piece striped poncho. Stripes with geometric patterns have widths that are medium and wide, while stripes with solid colors have widths that are narrow. Because of the textile having been washed, natural white alpaca fleece has been changed to a light pink in places. Neck opening and poncho selvages have the same sewn-on edge of braid binding and fringe. Predominant colors of object are dark red and white with stripes of green, yellow and black. At the center of each of the two pieces that make up the poncho are a trio of large parallal diamond-patterned stripes with a narrower patterned stripe on each side. Narrow solid-colored stripes alternate with patterned stripes. The sewn-on braiding edge has diamond designs in yellow, green, dark red, and white; woven into the braid is a bright fringe of pink green, orange, red, white, black, brown and purple. To create curved edges on the poncho, each of the four corners has been sewn down.The object is complete and its overall condition is good. It was purchased unused. Condition: excellent.

Frank Sherman Benson Fund

Kero cup with two registers of figural scenes separated by relief bands of flowers and geometric motifs. In the top register, two Incas battle three face-painted Antis or Chunchos. They wear spotted jaguar skin tunics and headdresses with two feathers in each. One of them has already fallen and lies under a tree, while the other two hold bows and arrows. A third Inca, wearing a checkerboard tunic, leads a fourth Anti, who wears a more elaborate feather headdress than the others and is presumably their leader, toward a castle and a seated Inca, possibly the Emperor himself. A hunchbacked figure holds a parasol over him. Above and to the right, a bird holds a sling and a bag in its beak. The lower register is an agricultural scene, possibly a ceremony, with two men guiding plows that are drawn by teams of two oxen. Each man is followed by a woman: one planting seeds and the other holding a pair of kero cups. During the Colonial era, Inca themes were generally portrayed on kero cups.

Gift of Dr. Werner Muensterberger

Small burnished brown and black pot with flat base. A lid (part b), made from circular piece of gourd with small hole to one edge, has been sealed on with a dark resin-like substance that still adheres in part around rim of both pot and lid.

Large squat round pot has flared lip, hint of a neck, wider shoulder and walls that slope down to a rounded bottom. Beneath a highly polished finish, burnishing lines show up dark black against the light yellowish brown clay and there is a large black patch from the firing.

A loom with an unfinished woven textile consisting of patterned bands with a white central stripe with red and green birds and geometric shapes on a red ground. The alternate side has patterned bands of small white birds and geometric shapes with thin green stripes on a red ground. The textile is attached at the top and bottom to three cylindrical shaped wooden sticks; one at the top, two at the bottom. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp is a thin cylindrical shaped heddle covered in white twine and one thin cylindrical shaped tool.

Short, rectangular shaped band consisting of white, purple, red, green and yellow stripes. Attached at one end is a large, long cluster of finely twisted, coloured twine. Other end has two short braids.

Conical shaped red and navy striped knitted stocking cap with a thick red tassel accented with brilliant colours. The top section has two rainbow coloured stripes in between an oval shaped pattern on a burgundy ground. The majority of the hat is detailed with bands with small scale patterns of petal shapes joined by stepped lines. The yarn is very smooth and the stitches very fine. The patterns are cream, orange, pink, blue, green, yellow, blue and navy.

Conical shaped, red and white knitted stocking cap with a thick red tassel. The lower half has a red background and is divided into six bands with small scale patterns. Two bands have a petal shapes joined by stepped lines. Two bands have discrete geometric and figurative designs and the uppermost has an interlocking reverse curve. The upper section is white and tapers to a point. The yarn is very smooth and the stitches very fine. There is a break in the knitting at the lower edge and another small one in the centre of the red section. The patterns are beige with blue and green detailing.