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Head ClothSf836

Rectangular gauze-weave head cloth of blue, orange, yellow and white threads in a plaid-like arrangement. Composed of two separate loom widths sewn together along the weft selvedges. A yellow camelid heading area is on both ends of one width and red ones are on the other. The cloth is intact. S-twist yarns (cotton), z-spun, 2 plied s (cotton and camelid) yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf835

Cut square of light brown cotton, woven fabric with a blue brocade design. The brocade area is in the shape of a step triangle and fills over half the fragment. Blue diamond shapes branching off oblique lines fill the step triangle in a regular way. The exact negative image fills the background space. One warp and one weft selvedge are present; the other two edges are cut.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf834

Square of light brown cotton textile with a blue brocade pattern in a partial rectangle. The brocade pattern is a cross design made of four tiny squares, repeated inside a diamond shaped lattice. One warp and one weft selvedge are present; the other two edges are cut.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf833

A piece of red slit tapestry with parts of three frontal humans in horizontal row. They are yellow, red, black and white but in varying proportions. They wear an elaborate headdress and a flaring tunic. Feet are splayed and arms and hands are raised. Yellow and black stripes with an interlocking red spiral make up the border on two sides. Parts of three finished edges are present.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf721

An assortment of 1200 unstrung beads. Most of the beads are green, blue, grey or blue-green in colour. Their shape is generally discoid or cylindrical.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf720

An assortment of 542 unstrung stone and shell beads in a container. Colours range from blue, to green, orange, black, grey and white. There is a single bead of rolled sheet metal.

Culture
Andes
Material
stone, shell, copper metal ? and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf719

432 spherical gold beads in a container. Each hollow bead is constructed from two hemispheres of thin, sheet metal, except for a few rolled metal beads.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal ?, silver metal ? and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf718

An assortment of 630 unstrung beads in a container. Most appear to be made of shell. There are a few cylindrical beads and the rest are disc-shaped. Colours range from white through grey, orange, purple and light red.

Culture
Andes
Material
shell
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSf771

A sheet metal cone with an unfastened seam. There is a single punched hole opposite the seam near the apex.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal, gold metal ? and silver metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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StaffSf805

Carved wooden staff. The top 2/3's has a series of four human heads with crowns. Top is largest, decreasing in size down post. All have three pointed crowns except the second has four pointed ones. U-shaped faces with lozenge shaped eyes with round centres, and small pursed mouth. Chins suggest short beards - three or four lines diagonally across both cheeks, long straight noses, diamond shaped crosshatched forehead bands, and centre of crowns have inverted step with horizontal and vertical hatching and triangular peaks with horizontal incised lines. Depicted below faces are a crawfish ? decorated with diagonal hatching, horizontal lines and crosshatching and a bottom figure of llama, head to top, tail to bottom, four legs on left. Diamond hatching on back and neck, vertical lines across tail and horizontal lines on ears. Carved on one side only. Light brown deposit over dark brown wood. Raised surfaces are dark and smooth. A few longitudinal cracks.

Culture
Andes
Material
wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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