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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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Headband2990/919

Headband of plaited plant fibre. Diagonal interlaced basketry technique. Slightly worn; complete.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
plant fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth2990/891

Painted gauze cloth with one selvage, five horizontal zigzag double lines with parrots and double-headed birds, and circles with dots alternating between them. Brown on cream ground. Incomplete.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and paint
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth2990/890

Embroidered cloth with sixteen stylized condors(?), band borders of thirteen invert-repeat bird motifs above and below, and three selvages. Red, yellow-cream, blue and light brown dyed alpaca on brown cotton plain weave ground. Condors have triangular tails, diamond-shaped eyes, and three crests. (Incomplete object.)

Culture
Chancay
Material
dye, cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ring2990/856 a-c

Shell ring (part a) with flattened sides, wide hole. Slightly broken. Part b is a ring element with bird form. One hole as eye, flat base, inverted triangular shape at its back and incised lines in tail. Slightly broken. Part c is a ring element with bird form. One hole as eye, flat base and incised lines in tail. Incomplete.

Culture
Chancay
Material
mother of pearl shell and oyster shell
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2990/852

Figure with fish tail shape, made of pearl shell. Flattened sides, serrated edges, concave base and flat surface on top. Well preserved.

Culture
Chancay
Material
pearl
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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