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Cape2862/40

Rectangular cape, with repeating woven “W” design, used in weddings. Cape has groups of decorative woven lines and motifs running vertically at the middle and both ends. At centre point is a line of embroidered triangle motifs in an array of colours. Along the outside edges are small red and green embroidered ‘knobs’.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Paratia, Puno, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape2862/37

Brown, rectangular cape, may have been used to carry babies and objects on one’s back. It has woven into it vertical strips of patterning consisting of brown, light brown and tan strips of colour, and strips of patterns in swirls, lines, diamond shapes, and triangles. The cape has been sewn together down a centre seam.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Paratia, Puno, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3486/63

Woven coca leaf bag (chuspa) with woven strap, tubular woven edgings (ribetes) on seams and edges, a twisted fringe on the bottom and tassels on the corners of the bag. The design on the front face has three concentric diamonds in alternating green and red, surrounded by a red and pink diamond with a spiked outline on a green background. The back face has two spiked diamonds in red and green against a pink background. The tubular edging (ribetes) has a repeating green diamond motif against a red background. Two smaller red tassels are attached to the top corners, and larger tassels in pink, white, green, and red are attached to the bottom corners.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Paratia, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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