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SashH1.199

The sash is long and narrow with two thin ties. The sash is red with many figures in black, white, gold and blue. In between the figures are multi-coloured chevrons. The two ties at one end of the sash are blue and one woven with yellow and one with red.

Culture
Paracas
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf1068 a-d

Four irregularly shaped textile fragments with a black background and geometric designs in yellow, red and brown. Part (a) is step triangle shaped with a brown line mimicking the steps, small yellow squares, two red step triangles and a red cross. In one bottom corner there is a yellow and brown line. There is one selvage edge. Part (b) is rectangular shaped with a brown line, small yellow squares, a large red step pyramid and a red cross. Along the bottom there is a yellow and brown stepped line. Part (c) is step pyramid shaped with a yellow line mimicking the steps, small red squares, two yellow crosses and a yellow step pyramid. Along the bottom there is a yellow and brown stepped line. Part (d) is step triangle shaped with a yellow line mimicking the steps, small red squares, a yellow cross and a partial yellow step pyramid. In one bottom corner there is a yellow and brown stepped line.

Culture
Inca
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtH1.273

The shirt is brown with woven borders and a fringe. The borders show a yellow animalistic figure with a green and red diamond in its head and hind regions repeated on a red background. The borders extend around the sleeve and neck holes and the bottom of the shirt. Along the bottom of the shirt, beneath the border, there is a twisted brown fringe.

Culture
Inca
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceH1.55

Necklace made of yarn tassel, plastic buttons, and engraved brass beads. The main part of the design consists of engraved cylindrical brass beads with various other beads throughout that start with a pair of rounded, concave brass semi-circles that have at either side until the other end that has a pair of engraved five-fingered/teeth comb-like brass beads and a rounded, concave brass semi-circle, the following: a green bead; a two-toned brown yarn tassel; a brown beaded figure with white heads that are held together with red and brown yarn; a yellow bead; a pair of engraved five-fingered/teeth comb-like brass beads; a two-toned brown yarn tassel; and a metal ring that has three protruding inset gems?

Culture
Andes ?
Material
brass metal, glass, plastic, cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/7

The woven textile has a light and dark brown geometric motif twisting together in a step pattern. The motif begins along the finished edge of the textile as a border and then moves diagonally in the step pattern. To one side of the diagonal pattern the textile is brown without design. To the other side of the diagonal the textile is red with a brown zigzag and dot design.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/17

The brown and off-white woven textile has four panels featuring a beaver-like creature. Each panel is filled by a beaver-like creature with a tall tail, large teeth, one arm raised and one arm out-stretched. The panel is otherwise decorated with triangles, crosses, dots and many stitches inside boxes. Two panels adjacent are mirror images of one another. In the same way, the lower panels are mirror images of the two upper panels. Above the panels there are two smaller, separated squares with partial designs.

Culture
Wari
Material
cotton fibre, dye and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/5

Tapestry fragment. Square of off-white woven textile with a design beginning in the corner, arranged in diagonal rows. The design is a serpent head with three spikes on the body. The pattern is repeated in a row in one colour, with the exact negative image filling the background in another colour. The colours include red, pink, brown, blue and yellow. The end of the textile has a horizontal border of red and white negative image swirls. Attached to the border is a thick, flat woven fringe.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/12

A piece of red tapestry with two frontal humans in a vertical row. They are yellow, red, blue, green, 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. The background for the first figure is red, the background for the second is green. Multicoloured squares attached with a common line make up the border on two sides of the figures. At the finished end of the textile, there is a yellow fringe attached to the red tapestry.

Culture
Wari
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/14

The textile is striped with shades of brown. The stripes alternate between off-white, light brown, off-white and dark brown. All lines are outlined in dark blue. One of the edges is finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/20 a-b

Two pieces (part a and b) of a dark brown woven textile, approximately the same size. Each rectangular piece has a string fringe at both ends, one finished edge and one frayed edge.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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