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Fragment: Textile3263/90

Fragment from a mantle. Rectangular in shape and made up of three panels with different patterns. First panel, on left side, has diagonal rows across entire surface. Rows alternate between interlocking snake heads and wave designs. Done in dark brown, light brown-red, and in an abstract geometric style. Middle panel has vertical stripe pattern. Main section of panel has alternating plain grey-brown stripes and white and dark brown stripes, trimmed in blue. Left and right edges of middle panel have plain dark brown stripes, bordered by checkered stripes. Checkered stripes done in light and dark blue. Last panel, on right side, done in checkered pattern. Done in white and dark brown. Panels stitched together with dark brown thread.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/9

Fragment of a woman's head cloth panel. Textile is square-like and cream coloured. Mainly done in loose gauze weave with sections of dense gauze weave throughout. Rows of "X"-like shapes and four-pronged designs embroidered across surface. Done in glide symmetry. Pronged design alternates between facing upwards and facing downwards. Textile stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Garment3263/37 a-e

Five irregularly shaped fragments of a garment. Dark golden brown background with diamond designs across all fragments. Diamonds have dark brown interiors with small triangles and four zoomorphic figures inside each. Figures primarily done in dark brown, with black outlines, but there are also several figures done in white. All figures have diamond shaped eyes, long noses, one arm, two bent legs, angular tail(?), and a triangular outline around the back of their head. Several figures have their triangular outlines coloured in white. Largest fragment (part a) has two complete diamonds and a partial one along the left edge. Four figures are white, two in each of the complete diamonds. The second largest fragment (part b) has two complete diamonds. Four of the figures have their triangular outlines on the back of their heads coloured in white. The third fragment (part c) has one complete diamond and half of another along the left edge. Two figures have their triangular outlines coloured in white. The fourth fragment (part d) has one complete diamond. The smallest fragment (part e) has a single figure done in white.

Culture
Chancay
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile3263/39

Fragment of a wide panel from a mantle or shroud. Rectangular in shape with ground cloth coloured light brown. Columns on the left and right sides with designs done in float weave. Columns are white with dark brown diamond outlines overtop. Inside diamonds are fish and bird motifs, done in abstract geometric style. Decorations on the right column only clearly visible on the back of the textile, material has been lost on the front. In between the two columns are vertical dark brown and indigo coloured stripes.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Garment3263/36 a-d

Four irregularly shaped fragments from a garment. Dark red background with hexagon designs across all fragments. Hexagons alternate between brown-grey with golden brown interiors and golden brown with dark red interiors. All have snake-like faces inside of them. Golden brown hexagons have brown-grey snakes inside them, brown-grey hexagons have golden brown snakes. In the negative space, between the hexagons, are golden brown bird figures. Birds have brown-grey eyes outlined in red. Largest fragment (part a) has two complete hexagons and outlines of three hexagons along the right side. Second largest fragment (part b) has one complete hexagon and the outlines of two hexagons along the top and bottom edges. Third fragment (part c) contains half of a hexagon and part of the dark red background. Smallest fragment (part d) is a portion of the dark red background with golden brown bird figures. Outlines of three hexagons along the top and bottom edges.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/4

Fragment of a woman's two-panel head cloth. Square-like in shape and coloured dark brown. Alternating rows of paired plain bands and loose gauze. Rows of gauze are wider than the plain. Braid along the entire right side, close to textile edge, marking the two panels. Fragment is stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/5

Fragment of a woman's two-panel head cloth. Textile is irregularly shaped and dyed dark blue-grey. Done in dense gauze weave, shaped like diamonds. Plain horizontal line through centre, marking the two panels. Fragment is stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/2

Fragment of a woman's two-panel head cloth. Textile is irregularly shaped and cream coloured. Concentric diamond pattern, done in dense gauze weave, across entire surface. Loose gauze weave throughout the negative space. Fragment is stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cotton Fibre3263/84 a-d

Four spun cotton fibre bundles (parts a-d); cocoon-shaped (the form they were removed from the spindle shaft in). The bundles range in colour from brownish-yellow to yellowish-white. The largest (part a) is white along the top and darkens to yellow-brown at the bottom. Pointed protrusions on either end. Second largest (part b) is entirely brown-yellow with a pointed top. Third largest (part c) has a white piece of unspun cotton attached to its right side, near the top, and a pointed bottom. Smallest (part d) appears to have tufts of hair throughout.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and hair ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth3263/43 a-c

Three fragments from a four-part cloth. Two fragments are from the same section of the cloth (parts a and b). The largest fragment (part a) is irregular in shape and the second largest fragment (part b) is triangular in shape. Both are white with dark yellow zigzag designs across their surfaces. Dark blue geometric patterns spread throughout the dark yellow designs. Part a has an "H"-like shape in the centre, with dark blue and olive green geometric designs inside it. A thin rectangle, towards the bottom edge and close to the left side, of part b has similar olive green and dark blue designs inside it. The smallest fragment (part c) is rectangular in shape and light brown. It has geometric and curvilinear motifs, done in maroon and outlined in dark green, across its entire surface. Wavy line border, along top edge of part c, done in maroon.

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