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Textile2946/53

Large woven textile, dark brown with three patterned bands in red, pink and yellow, condor (bird) imagery. Thick, red, abstract patterned line across the centre. In the middle of the line is a band of alternating pink and yellow patterned squares. There are more abstract patterns in blue, red and pink at the top and bottom. The top and bottom borders are edged with sets of thin dark green and yellow lines.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2946/52

Dark brown woven textile with patterned, horizontal stripes at middle, top and bottom. The central strip has a thin, dark brown stripe framed on either side by a thicker pink band with abstracted condor (bird) patterns in black. The stripes at top and bottom have stacked diamond designs. The border at top and bottom is decorated with pink and yellow triangles with green outlines.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2946/51

Woven textile, dark brown with dark yellow and pink patterned bands, with condor imagery. Thick, pink, horizontal stripe across the middle. The stripe, decorated with stylized bird figures, has a brown strip through the centre with zigzag stitching in various shades of brown, orange, and pink. The edging has diamond pattern in pink and brown. There are thin patterned lines at top and bottom in various shades of brown and dark red.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Shawl2946/31

Small woven ceremonial mantle, made of wool. One third of the shawl is black with no decoration on either side. The remaining two thirds are covered in small detailed embroidery, mainly in white, showing birds, sheep, llama, winged horses, and people in both plain and ceremonial dress. Areas of embroidered motifs are interspersed, as are areas of embroidered colours and white lines. The shawl is bordered on three sides by a thin edging of purple, green and white squares.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet2959/5

Small stone carving of a farm scene. In the centre are four buildings, each with carved doors on the front and horizontal lines carved into the roof. They face onto an empty square. Behind one are more buildings, one with a finely decorated roof, another with a carved cross on one wall. Behind the others are herds of animals such as sheep and cattle, lined up in rows on the edges, facing outward. Animals and buildings are carved to be a similar height.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
stone
Made in
Bautista Saavedra, La Paz, Bolivia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2959/3

Knitted wool hat, in a small stitch, of fine thread. The hat is conical with a pointed top that holds a small green tuft. Two triangular side panels hang down from the edge to cover the ears. Each holds a thin blue string, short. The pattern on the hat is of four strips of alternating squares of dark and light brown, three strips containing branches (?) and one showing flowers. The rim of the cap is done in small, alternating light and dark brown squares. The ear flaps are also decorated in horizontal lines of alternating squares.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Amulet2959/4

Small stone carving of a farm scene. Several long rectangular buildings with peaked roofs and carved windows and doors occupy the centre of the piece, forming a yard in which two large oxen are yoked to a plough controlled by a human figure. Around the back of one of the buildings sit two figures eating and drinking. Beside them are a cow and calf. On the opposite side of the object is a barn with a courtyard in which stand four small animals. Along two edges stand herds of sheep and cattle in rows facing outwards. Animals and buildings are carved to be a similar height.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone
Made in
Bautista Saavedra, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2960/33

Heavy wool recangular mantle consisting of two identical panels sewn together down the middle. The colours are, from outside to centre: red brown, a strip of coloured lines running vertically, a vertical panel in a circle motif of red and white with a grey line running down the centre, dark brown, a wider panel in a diamond motif of red and white with a yellow line running down the middle, a second strip of coloured vertical lines, a thick line of red brown. This arrangement continues in the opposite to the edge.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jester Mask2946/94

Pepino mask. Fabric mask with a half-white, half-blue face. The tip of the nose and curved lips are painted red. There are diamonds and circles painted on the chin, red and blue with yellow outlines on the blue side and white and red with black outlines on the white side. There are white ears stapled to the side of the face. There are three foam triangles at the top of the head in pink, white, and yellow. The bottom hem is unfinished on both sides.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
polyester fibre ?, paint, paper, polyurethane foam and metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jester Mask2946/93

Pepino mask. Fabric mask with half-red, half-yellow face. The tip of the nose is painted red. The lips and teeth are white on the yellow portion of the face and pink on the red side. There are diamonds and circles in yellow and red on the chin. There is a large red heart on each cheek. Blue paper ears have been attached to the sides of the head with staples. There are three foam triangles at the top of the head in green, pink and yellow. The front hem is unstitched and the back is sewn in blue and white thread.

Culture
Bolivian
Material
paint, polyester fibre ?, paper, polyurethane foam and metal
Made in
La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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