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TextileSf827

A rectangular grey fragment of plain weave cotton with a row of three crested birds which are brocaded in red and four shades of yellow camelid yarn. Weft faced stripes in two shades of yellow border the row of birds. A separately woven tape with fringe alternates stripes of dark yellow with red and light yellow and is sewn to the warp selvedge of the fragment. Two cut edges and two selvedges are present. The plain weave ground cloth is unevenly battened just above the design area. Z-spun, s plied yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf826

A slit-tapestry plaque with an interior frame of reed and a five layer multicoloured fringe surround. Tapestry on both sides of the plaque, each with a multicoloured human figure standing in a frontal stance, each dressed differently, on a yellow background. A flexible tapestry section with a row of red spirals on yellow and a geometrically rendered face in yellow on brown is attached to the top of the plaque. Yellow, gold and red are the major colours; white, black, green, pink and brown are accents. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ?, grass ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf717

248 golden metal beads in a container. Each bead is barrel-shaped and fashioned from a flat sheet by wrapping. The join is a simple overlap.

Culture
Andes
Material
silver metal ?, copper metal ? and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf715

210 golden metal beads in a container. Each bead is barrel-shaped and fashioned from a flat sheet by rolling. The join is a simple overlap.

Culture
Andes
Material
silver metal ?, copper metal ? and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf716

114 tiny, barrel shaped rolled, gold, sheet metal beads. All have simple overlapped join. The beads vary in length, diameter and extent of overlap.

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal, copper metal ? and silver metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf714

241 assorted mineral and stone beads, mainly turquoise; strung on monofilament. The stone beads vary in shape, size and finish. There is no discernable order to the stringing. (Plastic fishing line was added by the collector for holding the beads.)

Culture
Andes
Material
stone, turquoise mineral and mineral
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf713

Twelve hollow, spherical gold beads, each constructed from two half-spheres. There are three small gold beads of the same type. There are also twenty-four irregularly shaped grey pearl beads and four disc-shaped stone beads (two light yellow and two blue/green).

Culture
Andes
Material
gold metal, copper metal ?, stone, shell and silver metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSf793

Roughly round metal ball made from two half-spheres fitted together. Hole at one end.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSf792

Metal box-like shape; rectangular sheet folded at one end, longitudinal edges crimped and folded, and one end to loosely form a box, edges not joined; tabs near folded end fold over side with square hole to right centre.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal, gold metal and silver metal ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSf791

Gilded sheet metal fragment, roughly rectangular.

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