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Belt3486/107

Woven belt (chumpi) in wool and camelid fibre with loop-manipulated braids on one end finished with woven binding tape. A horizontal band with a red and green diamond motif with yellow highlights, and a small section with a zigzag motif in the same colours is at the centre of the belt. Above and below the central band are two bands with a background of horizontal stripes in black, orange, purple, and pink, decorated with off-white geometric motifs. The off-white motifs include diamonds, triangles, zigzags, swirls, small quadrupeds, and fish. A row with pink and green triangles with yellow highlights, and a row of alternating black and white ‘v’ shapes form the top and bottom borders. Cobalt blue coloured binding tape is hand stitched around the braided end with green thread.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/105

Woven belt (chumpi) with loop-manipulated braids on one end, finished with woven binding tape on both ends. The design of the belt is split into two wide horizontal bands, separated by a thin band of alternating red and green ‘t’ shapes with yellow outlines. The two thick bands have a dark red background with a thin orange stripe horizontally through the centre, with geometric motifs worked in off-white. The motifs include diamonds, triangles, zigzags, hourglass shapes, circles, spirals, and small birds. The border along the top and bottom edges has a repeating ‘v’ shapes in red, green, and yellow, and a row with a checkerboard motif in black and off-white. A small section of light green binding tape is used to finish one end, and light red binding tape finishes the braided end, both hand-sewn onto the band with black thread.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/132

Woven belt (chumpi) finished at one end with loop-manipulated braids. The central band has a repeating serated diamond pattern in red, dark green, and yellow. The central band is flanked by geometric diamond, triangular, dotted, hooked and animal motifs including birds and llamas in white against an orange and maroon background. pink and green triangles with yellow accents, and a black and white checkerboard pattern form the top and bottom borders.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/131

Woven belt (chumpi) finished at one end with loop-manipulated braids. The central band has a repeating serated diamond pattern in red, dark green, and yellow. The central band is flanked by geometric diamond, triangular, dotted, hooked and animal motifs including birds and llamas in white against a pink, red, and purple background. Purple and daek blue triangles with orange accents, and a dark blue and white checkerboard pattern form the top and bottom borders.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/106

Woven belt (chumpi) in wool and camelid fibre, finished at one end with loop-manipulated braids sewn together. The design of the belt is split into two wide horizontal bands, separated by a thinner band with alternating dark red and dark green rectangles decorated with light yellow ‘x’ shapes and diamonds. The two thick bands have a brownish black background with three horizontal stripes in bright pink, lavender, and orange across the centre. The thick bands feature off-white patterns and geometric motifs including diamonds, triangles, ‘x’ shapes, circles, swirls, and figures including humans, quadrupeds, and various birds. The top and bottom edges have a border with a row of dark red and dark green triangles, a row of alternating light grey diamonds and off-white ‘x’ shapes, and a thin stripe of dark blue along the very edge.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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