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Bag2813/68

An oblong, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps. The base colour of the bag is the dark yellow-white of the undyed cabuya fibre. The bag displays a geometric pattern in brown, dark orange, and black. This pattern consists of rhomboidal arrow shapes, stepped rectangles, and stripes. The straps are braided with strands of brown, dark orange, black, and undyed cabuya fibre. The straps are thicker at the base, where they attach to the bag, and then they taper to thin coiled ends.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cabuya fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador and Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2813/6

A papier-mache figure of an Ecuadorian Highlands peasant woman ready to plant potatoes. The figure is wearing a grey-white hat, and a grey-white shawl that has been secured with a metal, light yellow straight pin. She is also wearing a green shirt, a brown apron with a pocket, and a long pink skirt.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
paste adhesive, paper, paint and metal
Made in
Pujili, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/65

An oblong, multi-coloured, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps that have been tied together at the ends. The base colour of the bag is the yellow-white of the undyed cabuya fibre. The bag has been decorated with a rectangular checkerboard pattern. The checkerboard pattern has been woven with the colours purple, blue-black, yellow, pink, green, dark orange, and grey. These coloured rectangles alternate with rectangles of yellow-white undyed cabuya. The edge of the bag, at the opening, is decorated with yellow and purple stripes. The bottom of the bag contains a circle composed of pink and blue-black stripes. The straps are composed of undyed cabuya strands, as well as green and grey strands.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cabuya fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador and Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/75

A bowl-shaped, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps. The base colour is the undyed dark yellow-white of the cabuya fibre. A woven geometric pattern in dark orange, brown, black, and grey has been applied to this base colour. The pattern consists of stepped rectangles, stripes, arrows, and striped arms coming off either side of solid horizontal bands of colour. The straps are vibrant in colour and consist of braided strands of pink, orange, yellow, purple, and the undyed yellow-white of the cabuya.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cabuya fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador and Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/72

An oblong, multi-coloured woven basket bag with two braided straps. A pattern of thin horizontal stripes coloured green and blue-black have been applied to the base yellow-white colour of the undyed cabuya fibre. The last horizontal stripe on the bag has a light purple and green stripe running along the base. The underside of the bag displays no pattern. The straps of the bag are composed of dyed and braided strands that are the same colours as the bag.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cabuya fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador and Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/67

An oblong, tightly woven basket bag with three braided straps that have been tied together at the ends. The base yellow-white colour of the undyed cabuya fibre has been decorated with four, multi-coloured, vertical columns of stacked lozenge shapes. These lozenge shapes are made up of diagonal lines and horizontal stripes. One of the straps has been braided with black, dark orange, and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. One of the straps has been braided with pink-orange and undyed strands of cabuya fibre. The third strap has been braided with pink-orange, light brown, and undyed strands of cabuya fibre.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cabuya fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador and Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/64

An oblong, multi-coloured, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps that have been tied together at the ends. The base colour of the bag is the undyed, dark yellow-white of the cabuya fibre. The bag has been decorated with vertical columns of arrow-like geometric shapes in a variety of colours. These arrow-like shapes are composed of three horizontal arms (of the same colour) and a triangle with a base. There are four columns in total that have been placed around the bag. The bottom of the bag contains a light purple circle. Two of the straps have been braided with purple, green, and undyed cabuya strands. The other two straps have been braided with orange, grey-green, and undyed cabuya strands.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cabuya fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador and Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/33

A narrow woven belt with the front displaying yellow text and figures on red, and the back displaying red text and figures on yellow. The edges of the belt are black. Each end contains alternating stripes in red and yellow and is finished with a 0.5 centimeter fringe. The design on the belt consists of text and a llama image on each end. The text reads "Republica . del . Ecuador Noblembre XXII DEL ANO 1975".

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2813/8

A ceramic representation of a (drunken?) man being supported by his wife. The female figure is wearing a yellow shawl with red edging, a hat, and a black skirt. The male figure is wearing a grey-green poncho with vertical blue and gold stripes and light yellow pants. The man's head is resting on the woman's shoulder.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Pujili, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2813/5

A ceramic representation of a woman with her sheep. She is wearing a beige hat, a light green shawl with vertical gold stripes, and a light brown skirt. The sheep has a tie around its neck.

Culture
Ecuadorian
Material
clay, glaze and paint
Made in
Pujili, Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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