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Coca Bag3486/51

Small coca leaf bag (chuspa) with tubular woven edgings (ribetes) on seams and bag mouth, a woven strap handle and a replied fringe. Geometric patterns cover both faces of the bag.

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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Dance Sling3486/45

A complete dance sling (wichi wichi). It has a small vestigial cradle that is finger-woven in varied colours of yarn with a triangular motif. The large handle on one side has a number of diamond and diagonal patterns in brown, off-white, beige, and grey along its length. The final section has a series of six tassels in pale pink, mustard yellow, blue-grey, red, and purple with a finger loop hidden between the first two tassels. The second handle on the other end is thinner and also has diamond patterns in black and off-white a tiny finger loop below the first of the tassels that are blue-grey, hot pink, red, and green.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Sling3486/43

A complete dance sling (wichi wichi) with a finger-woven cradle and handles made of solid braids. Red and white yarns are carried in the core of the black braid until needed for the figures, which include lizards and diamonds. Diamonds in shades of pink, orange, blue, red, brown, and green decorate the cradle at the centre of the braided sling against a deep brown and black background. Two pompoms are attached to the band on either side of the cradle. The remainder of the pompoms are connected to the ends of the sling, arranged in a mirrored colour-pattern with dark blue, red, black, chartreuse, forest green, magenta, burgundy, mustard yellow, greenish-blue. The sling is finished in large red tassels on each end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Huancavelica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Sling3486/40

A dance sling (wichi wichi) consisting of a main braid and one secondary braids with tassels. The main braid is solid and has varied geometric diamond motifs throughout in black, brown, beige, and white, attached to a finger-woven pocket. The pocket has a triangular geometric motif in light magenta, off-white, navy blue, grey, and light purple, with remains of vibrant tassels along the edges. The main braid ends with two tassels in red and deep purple. Looped around the main braid is an additional braid that is unfixed with three large tassels in red, purple, and off-white, ending with four smaller tassels in red, pink, green, and light purple. Attached to the other end of the pocket is the secondary braid with a black, brown, beige, and grey chevron motif.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid fibre, fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Sling3486/38

A small-size dance sling (wichi wichi) with a finger-woven cradle and solid braids for handles. The bigger braid, decorated with geometric diamond patterns in black and hot pink against an orange background, with a small finger-loop above the tassel ending made of three smaller solid braids. The cradle at the centre of the sling has a black base with a triangle motif in orange, beige, hot-pink, and dark brown. A chevron pattern is worked in orange, off-white black, and dark brown along the smaller braid.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3486/37

A small-size sling (waraqa); likely made for a child. The sling has a finger-woven pocket and solid braid handles with a a black and off-white chevron motif. The braids are finished in off-white yarn with a finger-loop at one end. The cradle of the sling has a colour-blocked pattern in black and off-white with a small horizontal slit in the middle.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Purse3486/31

A deep brown knitted natural fibre coin purse (monedera) with colourful bobbles. The small rectangular bag has a narrow section near the opening and a triangular flap at the top with a thin tie connected to the point. The bobbles decorate the bag in horizontal colour-blocked stripes of magenta, off-white, blue-grey, golden yellow, magenta, dark green, off-white, bright red, dark green, yellow-green, and a bright red scalloped border around the opening.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Accha Alta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3486/29

Knitted cap (chullu) in synthetic and natural yarn with a long tassel, a scalloped border, and ear flaps with woven straps. Triangular and diamond motifs in red and off-white make up the base design that repeats around the cap. A circle of alternating squares in green and orange appears around the top of the cap. Small diamonds in varied colours of green, yellow, burgundy, pink and orange are arranged to form larger diamonds central to the design. Around the bottom edge of the cap is a thin border of repeating orange and green lines. A border of magenta and red scalloping is present around the very bottom edge of the cap and the ear flaps. The woven straps have diamond motifs in off-white and orange against a red, magenta, and green background with long yarn tassels in the same colours. The red and off-white knitted pattern of the cap extends into a narrow tail at the top, finished with a bright pink and red yarn tassel.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Accha Alta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3592/1

Whistling bird ceramic. Smoke painted in two tones with engraved design. Double-bird sculpture with small square shell inlay on the chest of each bird. Impressed circles across the chests of the birds, extending back down the wings, as well as in the centre on back. Each head has large round eyeholes, two small holes in the back of each head, and a single hole in the centre of the back. The base has the artist's engraved signature (and handwritten note by collector).

Culture
Peruvian
Material
clay and mother of pearl shell
Made in
Chulucanas, Piura, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Jug3592/2

Round jug with flared rim above narrow shoulder. Coloured shades of pink and brown in horizontal strokes. Painted with geometric designs.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
paint and clay
Made in
Chulucanas, Piura, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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