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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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Bowl2990/441

Flaring bowl with dots in high relief on ring base. Painted decoration of two half-circles and steps on interior, and four in-relief symbols quartering the sides. Broken and repaired.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay, paint and adhesive
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bowl2990/597

Molded terracotta bowl with flaring sides and ring base. Opposed vertical bands of step fret motif on interior. Unbroken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/359

Head neck effigy jar with side handle, flaring rim and flat base. Arm hold a flute; face has pierced eyes and mouth. Zoomorphic decoration on handle. Terracotta with red-brown and black stepped band motifs on cream ground. Lower body area undecorated. Molded and modeled technique. Breakage repaired.

Culture
Wari
Material
adhesive, clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jar2990/361

Effigy jar with flat base and flaring rim. Seated male figure in cream, black and orange-brown slip, holding black and cream-coloured cup to front. High relief decoration of eight notched flanges on headdress, applied rounded ear spools in black and cream, orange-brown face, fish-shaped eye markings in cream and black, goose skin collar decoration around neck. Modeled and molded technique. Unbroken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Weight2990/676

Cone shaped net weight with hole for suspension at tip, made of stone. Well polished. Broken.

Culture
Chancay
Material
stone
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cup2990/527

Feline head cup with straight sides and rounded rim. Terracotta with red-brown band on outer rim with cream “S” decoration in horizontal position. Feline head in relief, with rounded ears on rounded base. Modeled and molded technique.

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