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Band3486/82

Thin woven band (jakima) finished on one end in two braids sewn together to form a loop. Alternating red and forest green triangles with yellow dots in a puntas (points) motif repeat across the band, contained in a dark blue border along the top and bottom edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/154

Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges and a break in the pattern near one end. Designs are mainly crosses, hooks, chevrons, and diagonal lines. Narrow bands with blue, white and red squares flank the widest pattern band. A group of seven pattern bands repeats on both sides of the centre seam and parallel to the outside edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/151

Woman’s shawl (lliklla) composed of two panels of 4-selvedge cloth sewn together on a long edge. The pampa (fields) are natural grey and are flanked by bright stripes and pattern bands on both sides of each panel. There is one more pattern band in the centre of each pampa. The designs include geometric shapes and schematic birds.

Culture
Aymara
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and analine dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/149

Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges. Designs consist of diamond cocha (lake) and tika (flower), which is centred in some diamonds.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and analine dye
Made in
Pitumarca, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3486/146

Woven bag (costal) formed from one long panel that was folded in half and hand-sewn together on the long edges. Coloured vertical bands in natural shades of brown decorate the bag, mirrored at the centre. The central band is a medium brown, followed by a darker band, a light beige band, another medium brown band, and a greyish-brown band, each separated by contrasting narrow bands in light beige.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Scarf3486/145

Woven fiesta scarf (chalina) with long fringes. The design has three patterned bands with hooked designs in white, alternating with solid brown bands. The central patterned band has a dark red background, flanked by thin stripes in navy blue, yellow, blueish-green, red, and white. The other patterned bands both have a pale red background, flanked by thin stripes in navy blue, mauve, orange, blueish-green, red and white. Similar stripes appear near the border of the top and bottom edges of the panel in red, white, mauve, blueish-green, and orange. A border with repeating diamond motifs in red, white, green, navy blue, and yellow is hand-sewn to left and right edges of the central woven panel, connecting it to the long red fringes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lares, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/124

Short, wide woven belt (chumpi or waka) finished on one end in braids that are joined together in two bundles. A thin pink band, flanked by two thin green bands and two wide red bands make up the background of the central panel, decorated with figures of animals including birds and horses and geometric motifs including diamonds, triangles, and a hexagon in white. Thin pink and green bands, a band of pink and white triangles, and a solid red band form the top and bottom borders. The braided end is tied together with a purple and red strand of yarn, and a single strand of red yarn is tied through the other end.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/122

Finely woven belt (chumpi) finished with fancy braids and round pompons. The centre panel repeats figures of birds and animals in red against an off-white background and a yellow background, separated by a contrasting band in purple against a red background across the centre. The top and bottom borders have a thick red band and a thin chevron band in black, white, and yellow. The braided ends feature a variety of patterns including diamond, chevron, and zigzag motifs worked in red with accents of white, pink, yellow, green, grey, and navy-blue. The pompoms attached to the end of the braids feature abstract designs in shades of pink, green, red, and purple on an off-white base, with 7 pompoms on the left end and 8 pompoms on the right end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Carumas, Moquegua, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3486/72

Coca leaf bag (chuspa) with a patterned panel in the centre; naturally coloured and dyed stripes along sides. Design is a pair of opposing headdresses of a figure from the jungle (ch’uncho).

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Paucartambo, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying Cloth3486/137

A small carrying cloth (unkuñita) with clusters of tassels on the four corners. Red and off-white yarn form the compressed diamond (cocha) motif of the central band, accented with pink, green, greyish-purple, and yellow across the horizontal centre. Thick solid bands in shades of brown and grey flank the central band, bordered by thin bands in off-white, pink, dark red, and greyish-purple. Tubular woven edging surrounds the cloth. The tassel clusters on the corners including one main tassel and two smaller tassels attached by the same tubular weaving as the edging.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Quispicanchis, Cuzco, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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