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ThimbleH1.312

Metal thimble; mostly solid rounded end, with tiny circular indents; sides are a delicate, looped filigree design.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
silver metal
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleH2.14

Small, brown gourd rattle with a spherical body and a long handle-like tail. Carved in relief, revealing a lighter colour underneath the brown surface, are geometric borders with a main design composed of birds, trees and a house.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeaterH1.270

Chocolate beater. Small, wooden, mace-like object with a plain handle that flares towards the end. The end consists of a round flaring section with three carved ribs, followed by a loose ring-shaped piece, and is capped with a large, cross-shaped segment.

Culture
Andes
Material
wood
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RattleH2.16

Small, brown gourd rattle with a spherical body and a long, curved handle-like tail. Carved in relief, revealing a lighter colour underneath the brown surface, are geometric borders with a main design depicting a hunting scene. Geometric designs with hunting scene in main panel. Some areas have been burned a dark black-brown colour.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
gourd fruit
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sleeve3486/25 a-b

A pair of protective sleeves (mangas, maquitas) knitted in sheep’s wool and dyed with aniline dyes. The geometric design features a black and red border at the top, followed by a twice repeating pattern of horizontal multicoloured bands, a row of wave motifs, and a black and white band with bird and fox designs, separated by an additional row of waves across the horizontal centre. The multicoloured bands have rows of purple with orange, red with green, dark red and yellow, greenish-brown with magenta, and royal blue with red. The waves are worked in in orange against purple, greenish-brown against dark red, and magenta against green. The sleeves taper to an orange, purple, black, and dark red border at the wrist end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3486/46

An unfinished sling. The solid braid is composed of 16 dark strands of dark (8) and light (8) handspun camelid yarn. The threads are paired and cross the crown to the opposite quadrant in a directional order that produces diamonds, a pattern that is called “llama nawi” (llama eyes) in some communities. The cradle is not started on this sample.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3486/44

Complete sling (waraqa) in camelid wool. The central cradle is finger-woven in brown and dark brown, with a small slit in the centre. The two handles are braided in off-white, brown, and dark brown to form a repeating diamond motif, finished in a fringe on both ends. A piece of red yarn is tied around one end of the handle.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3486/33

An unfinished sling (waraqa). The solid braid is composed of 16 strands of dark (8) and light (8) handspun camelid yarn. The threads are paired and cross the crown to the opposite quadrant in a directional order that produces diamonds, a pattern that is called “llama nawi” (llama eyes) in some communities. Near the starting end, the braid splits into two to make a thumb hold and then rejoins to make the larger solid braid. The cradle section was not started on this sample.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/116

Wide woven belt (chumpi) in synthetic yarn, finished on both ends with braids that are sewn together. The vibrant design features figurative images in green along the length of the belt against a background of horizontal stripes in light pink, white, red, yellow, white, and hot pink, mirrored at the horizontal centreline. The green imagery features a lion, a ship with the word “VARCO” integrated in it, flowers, a locomotive with three train cars, geometric diamond and triangular motifs, and another “VARCO” ship. Thin borders with geometric and ‘s’ shapes appear along the top and bottom edges, worked in green against neon orange, and yellow against purple.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sleeve3486/24 a-b

A pair of protective sleeves (mangas, maquitas) knitted mostly in hand-spun sheep’s wool and dyed with aniline dyes. The geometric design features a black and red border at the top, followed by alternating multicoloured bands with colourful motifs and black bands with off-white motifs that are separated by thin colourful lines, tapering to the green and black border at the wrist end of the sleeves. The multicoloured bands are split into two sections with patterns in green with red and purple with orange, green with pink and purple with red, and green with pink and purple with orange.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and aniline dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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