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Band3486/104

Hat band (watana) with multicoloured darned motif complimented by beading on the surface, and three large tassels at the back. The band has a beige base with orange and blue edging. Varied shades of green, blue, orange, yellow, and pink are darned onto the band creating the geometric diamond motif. Round white opaque beads are stitched onto the surface following the darned pattern with a white border and white diamond shapes, highlighted with diamonds in silver, pearl, and orange circular beads. Stitched horizontally between the round beads are translucent tube beads in shades of green, blue, yellow, red, and orange. The multicoloured tassels are in green, blue, yellow, and dark reddish-brown with pink wrapping; pink, yellow, red, and blue with yellow wrapping; and orange, blue, salmon, and green with green wrapping.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Quispicanchis, Cuzco, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/141

A shoulder shawl (lliklla) for a woman that is composed of two mirrored 4-selvedge cloths that are sewn together on a long edge. Each panel has one wide and one medium patterned band; the dominant patterns are variations of diamonds and flowers. Plain weave bands in black separate the patterned bands on each loom width. The outer edges have a plain grey-blue band. The centre seam is made in a figure-8 stitch of changing colours.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Quispicanchis, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/140

Women's shoulder shawl (lliklla) composed of two 4-selvedge cloths that are sewn together on a long edge. Each panel has two wide patterned bands seperated by solid bands in shades of red, beige, and grey. The dominant patterns are variations of diamonds and flowers. Vibrant yarn is embroidered onto the surface of the central red and off-white decorative bands replicating the diamond (cocha) and flower (papa tika) motifs in cobalt blue, yellow, mint green, yellow, and hot pink. Plain narrow bands in shades of grey, green, red, off-white, and pink border the top and bottom edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Quispicanchis, 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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Carrying Cloth3486/136

A small carrying cloth with tassels (unkuña). The central band features a compressed diamond motif in off-white against a red background with a thin stripe of purple, yellow, and green at the horizontal centre. A band in light brown and grey appear below the central band, and an off-white and brown band appear above. The top and bottom edges feature thin bands forming stripes in off-white, dark blue, red, yellow, and purple. Each corner has a main tassel and two smaller tassels attached to the end of woven bands decorated with a diamond motif (ñawi) and small white circular beads.

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