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JarH1.278

Animal head shaped spout with horns at one end of the jar, and plain long-necked spout mouth on the other end with a loop handle between. Decorated with alternating rows of painted brown lines and dots on body of jar, running parallel to the handle, and painted orange on belly and back.

Culture
Andes
Material
clay and paint
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileH1.136

Square, woven blanket detailed with repeating striped pattern of thick purple bands; thinner red, green and orange bands alternating with red and white patterned bands.

Culture
Aymara
Material
wool fibre and synthetic dye
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentH1.70

Metal pin consisting of a solid, semi-circular top section with two cutout bird-like figures with incised wings and legs, facing each other. From the bottom of the metal piece are two circular holes that hold two hanging cast human-like figures with a head, arms and triangular bodies along with three, thick, linked chains that attach to a triangular shaped piece of metal with liner engravings around the edges and a flower in the centre. On the bottom edge of the triangle are eight circles where seven metal rings dangle flat, circular discs. The back of the top section has a large metal pin.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
silver metal
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureH1.161

Small, cream coloured stone figure consisting of the head facing forward wearing a headdress, the hands on its stomach and the feet together. The headdress, the garment worn and the leggings are decorated with line and triangular panels of geometric design. There is a dark red pigment in the incisions on the figure.

Culture
Andes ?
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
Tiahuanaco, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over Skirt3097/4

A rectangular black cloth with a wide patterned band lengthwise across the lower half. The side and bottom edges of the cloth are hemmed in black and red, with a white zigzag stitch along the edge. The band has five horizontal rows, three of which are patterned with white thread and some red in the background, and two of which are black with two horizontal white lines through them. The top and bottom row have a double zigzag pattern. The rest of the row is patterned with diamond shapes. The middle row has a repeating diamond pattern, with smaller diamonds inside the larger ones. The top, middle, and bottom rows have a space in the pattern towards the right edge where the background colour is visible without pattern.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over Skirt3097/3

A rectangular brown-black cloth with a wide patterned band lengthwise across the lower third. The band is made up of thick red and pink horizontal stripes and thin purple and green stripes. The pattern is a thin repeating vertical zigzag in tan. The zigzags have spirals on each outer point. There is a vertical band towards the left edge of the pattern where the zigzags stop and the tan fibre is woven straight across.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/8

Woman's mantle. Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is black with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have similar patterns in different colours. The patterns are primarily pink, orange, and red, made up of vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers. The widest stripe on each panel has a checkered background and a pattern of diamonds with swirls inside. Collector label sewn on the back of the bottom left corner.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
dye and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Macha, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over Skirt3097/2

A rectangular black cloth with a wide, colourful, patterned band lengthwise across the lower half. The side and bottom edges of the cloth are bordered in red, with green and pink dots along the edge. The band has three horizontal rows, each patterned with horse motifs in profile. The top and bottom row have a dark red background, and the middle row has a background of horizontal red, black, and green stripes. There are colourful patterned borders between the rows. All three rows begin (left-right) with two horses, the bottom four facing down and the top two facing up. All the rows have a space in the pattern where the background colour is visible without pattern. After the space, the horses in the top and bottom rows are alternately facing up and down the cloth in pairs, repeated across the textile. The middle row has a horizontal zigzag line with spirals on either side, bordered by another line. In the empty triangles made by the zigzag pattern, is a single horse motif facing away from the middle of the row. There are also alpaca(?) and dog(?) motifs in some triangular spaces along with the horse.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, synthetic dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/7

Woman's mantle. Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is dark brown with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have matching patterns in different colours. The patterns are made up of red vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers in other colours.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Macha, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3097/6

Dark brown, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. The stitch that connects the panels is a zigzag made up of long sections of red, turquoise, and purple yarn. Weave texture is tight and un-patterned, with two horizontal red stripes across the top and bottom of each of the front and back rectangular panels. The red stripes are about 6 cm wide and have a dark blue line through the centre. The outer edge is a separately woven red strip with a red yarn fringe, stitched on with red yarn.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pacajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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