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Strap1593/6

Long, unfinished, thin woven strap consisting of red geometric shapes with green detailing on a white ground. The alternate side has white geometric shapes with a green stripe running through the middle, on a red ground. The sides are bordered with a thin blue stripe. The end of the strap consists of long, multicoloured twine.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1593/5

Long, unfinished, thin woven strap consisting of small white geometric shapes with a green stripe running through the middle, on a red ground. The alternate side has small red geometric shapes with green detailing on a white ground. The sides are bordered with a thin blue stripe. The end of the strap consists of long, multicoloured twine twisted and tied together; other end has small amounts of twine.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Strap1593/4

Long, unfinished, thin woven strap consisting of white geometric shapes with a green stripe running through the middle, on a red ground. The alternate side has red geometric shapes with green detailing on a white ground. The sides are bordered with a thin purple stripe. The end of the strap consists of long, multicoloured twine twisted and tied together.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Baby CarrierSf1157

Rectangular piece of brown fabric, stitched together at the narrowed ends. One edge is decorated with rectangular shaped, round bone pendants, incised with geometric designs in brown.

Culture
Ashaninka
Material
cotton fibre and bone
Made in
Amazonas, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleSf1145

Wooden spindle with partially spun off natural coloured wool. Stick is tapered at both ends with a concave disc near one end. The wool has dark coloured debris intermixed.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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DistaffSf1156

Thin, cylindrical shaped distaff of brown wood, with mass of natural white wool bound to the top. Connected to the wool is a small wooden spindle wrapped with fine twisted wool twine.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood and wool fibre
Made in
Cajamarca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1150 a-c

A loom (part a-c) with an unfinished woven belt. The design consists of stripes of brown with cutout figures on a red, white, green, brown, pink, fuchsia and purple striped ground. The textile is attached at the top to a large rectangular shaped wooden piece with rectangular notches on either end; attached to the block is rectangular woven back strap. The bottom warp are looped onto a fibre rope. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp are ten cylindrical shaped heddles of varying size. Separate to the loom is a rectangular shaped beater with angled ends (part b) and a cylindrical shaped pick with tapered ends (part c).

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WigSf1051

Braided, dark haired wig. Band of woven yarn, in pink, red, yellow and green, across width of wig. Sewn together near top, raw edges. String at top.

Culture
Andes
Material
hair, synthetic fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeSf1047

Length of braided grass rope tied at one end to a plain wooden stick, and at the other to a separate, looped segment of similarly constructed rope.

Culture
Quechua
Material
grass and wood
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sample: MatSf1046

Rectangular mat made from mottled yellow and brown tube-like sections of stem (?) laid side-by-side and lashed together with a cord of twined grass (?). Mat is rolled up, with a coiled length of twined cord tied at one side.

Culture
Quechua
Material
grass ? or stem ?
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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