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Dress2813/14

Undyed coarsely woven cotton fabric with embroidered neck panel, shoulders, bottom, and seam edges. There is a design of an abstracted bird, a symbol, and geometric imagery on the neck panel, the shoulders, and along the bottom of the garment. Most seams of the blouse have been sewn with a criss-cross pattern of red and brown. The edges of the sleeves have a red edge on the front and a brown edge on the back. The edge along the bottom of the blouse has been sewn with a criss-cross pattern of red and black. On the front of the blouse, under the left sleeve, is a wavy line of purple embroidery.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre, acrylic fibre and dye
Made in
Guamote, Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Blouse2813/13

Undyed and coarsely woven cotton fabric with embroidered neck panel, shoulders, bottom, and seam edges. There is a depiction of an abstracted dog figures, a symbol, and a geometric pattern along the bottom of the blouse. There are two rectangles outlined in red-orange on either side of the neck with four vertical stripes of coloured embroidery. The colour scheme within the left rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: dark purple, green, light purple-pink, and yellow. The colour scheme within the right rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: light purple-pink, green, dark purple, yellow, and light purple-pink. There is a zigzag pattern in green and light purple-pink on the shoulders. There is also a thin vertical line of dark purple towards the ends of the sleeves. Two short horizontal rows of green and red-orange embroidery have been applied to the centre of the blouse, below the neck opening.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre, acrylic fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat2813/36

A hat made of stiff, felted, un-dyed white wool. It has a rounded crown with a brim. The brim is edged with black seam tape that has been machine embroidered with an interlocking yellow serpentine pattern. This yellow pattern is bordered with a green line of straight stitching. Around the base of the crown are two black embroidered ribbons that continue down into four long streamers. These ribbons are held in place with metal sewing needles. The outsides of the black ribbons are heavily embroidered with multicoloured stitching in elongated "V" and "X" shapes. These "V" and "X" shapes are edged with yellow, interlocking serpentine stitching, bordered by straight stitching in red and blue. The black streamers are tipped with fringes of blue, orange, and dark pink yarn. Inside the hat, a manila-coloured strip of paper has been sewn in a ring.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre ?, paper, synthetic fibre, dye and metal
Made in
Cacha, Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll2813/80

A knitted doll representing a female figure from Chimborazo leading her cow. The female figure is wearing a green hat, a yellow-white shawl, a black shirt, and a dark pink skirt with blue and yellow stripes near the bottom. She is wearing white pants under this skirt and she has black feet. Her hair is black and it has been tied with white yarn. This female figure is leading a knitted cow by a twisted rope that is looped around the cow's horns. The cow is yellow-white with brown horns, ears, nose, hooves, and body spots.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/62

Tightly woven oblong bag gathered and tied at the top with a braided rope. The base colour is the natural dark yellow-white of the cabuya fibre. The bag displays a design of vertical columns of colour with horizontal arms coming out from each side of the columns in a stripe pattern. Three horizontal rows of colour (black, dark yellow, and pink) encircle the opening of the bag. The rim is edged with braided cabuya fibre rope with loops. The loops were added to hold the multicoloured, partially twisted and partially braided strap.

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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Belt2813/30

The top and bottom edges of the belt are dark yellow with a thin red pin stripe through the centre. The design of the belt consists of pre-Columbian and Christian images in red, with pink negative space. Two vertical lines separate each image. There is also text along a portion of the belt: "ZHC, CAMAR ECUADOR, ANO de 1970, JHS, 10 de Abril, JHS". One of the ends still supports the original fringe. Red and pink cotton ribbon has been attached to the other end, in what appears to be a later addition. The ribbon has been sewn together with a white plastic button.

Culture
Canari
Material
cotton fibre, dye and plastic
Made in
Canar, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/24

Dark red belt with green border along the top and bottom. The wool is tightly woven.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Majipamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag2813/70

A multi-coloured, bowl-shaped, tightly woven basket bag with four braided straps. The base colour of the bag is the yellow-white of the undyed cabuya fibre. The bag has been decorated with an irregular geometric pattern composed of rectangles and horizontal lines. Two of the braided straps have been composed of undyed cabuya strands and brown cabuya strands. The other two braided straps have been composed of undyed cabuya strands and dark pink 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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Pin2813/58

Silver-coloured straight pin with a tapering shaft. The pin has an oval finial that is narrower at the top than at the base. A piece of round, green, translucent stone or glass(?) has been set in the middle of the finial. There is an incised scallop design around the edge, with small incised circles between each scallop. A leaf shape comprised of small incised circles surrounds the green stone, and a series of dots and lines fills in the space between the leaf shape and the stone.

Culture
Quechua
Material
metal and glass ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pin2813/47

A straight pin made of a gold-coloured metal with a set glass piece or gem. The pin contains an oval-shaped finial created with twelve scallop shapes along the edge. The glass piece (or gem) is set in the finial. A zigzag pattern of incised lines radiates out from the finial centre to each of the scallop edges. These lines continue across the neck of the pin and part of the way down the shaft. This pattern can be found on both sides of the pin.

Culture
Quechua
Material
metal and glass ?
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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