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ClothSf981

Cloth, rectangular, made of off-white woven wool with three multicoloured bands with a thin central band of white squares and repeated short stripes. Narrow bright pink stripes separate the bands. Two opposite selvedges are edged with black and red stripes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSf979

Belt woven in light brown with a central band of black and brown comb-like motif flanked by black stripes. The terminal end of the warp forms a braided fringe and a separately woven green, red, blue and black tie is attached. A pink separately woven green and blue tie is attached to the other end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Drop SpindleSf978

Spindle consisting of a wooden shaft with a cone shaped whorl positioned near one end. The whorl has several concentric lines and ridges on the rounded, bottom side. A small ball of paired black yarns, one alpaca and one wool, is attached to the cone of plied yarn which is wrapped on the shaft above the whorl.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Over SkirtSf383

Over skirt made from black wool. The skirt is wide at the bottom and gathered with a black cord at the waist. Three fine red lines are widely spaced and run horizontally around the skirt. The lower edge is overcast with a shiny black yarn and the single length of fabric is joined together with one seam.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSf994

Belt composed of a narrow warp-faced band with a grey-greenand off-white zigzag pattern running the length. Lenticular shapes fill the spaces on either side of the zigzag with a black border running along the edges. The unwoven warps at one end are braided and knotted. A tuft of light brown yarns are caught in the knot.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf923 a-n

Horizontal ground loom (parts a-n) with a partially woven red textile attached to the wooden front beam by bright lashing cords (part b). The woven cloth has five pattern bands and four bands of stripes in red, white, green and yellow. The geometric patterns are of circles, diamonds, crosses and figurative patterns of birds and fish. Intertwined in the textile are numerous parts: cylindrical shaped shed roll (part m) is in position between two layers of warps and back warp beam (part n) holds the loops of the unworked warps. The shuttle stick (part c) is wound with red weft and is attached to the fabric. Heddle stick (part d) has green cord loops. Shed stick (part f) and (part k) are in position under threads in the pattern areas. Ground stakes (parts g-j) are loose as is the pick (part f) and the shed holder and beater (part e). A braided brown, black and cream alpaca rope (part a) is used to keep the loom and tools together when rolled.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre, wood, alpaca wool fibre, bone and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf925 a-j

Loom (part a) with partially finished belt, 10.7 cm wide, predominantly red, white and green. The design consists of three patterned bands with figurative and geometric motifs. Woven section lashed to loom bar and twisted warps loop over loom bar at the other end. Shed roll (part b) in position between two layers of warps. One heddle bar with string loops extends full width and two sets of string heddles are tied on the warps in the three pattern bands. The red weft is wrapped on a stick. Accompanying the loom are two roughly whittled and tapered pegs (parts b and c), a bone pick (d), six cylindrical pieces of wood (parts d,e,f,i,h,j) all of varying size.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre, wood, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf918

Loom, consisting of a narrow warp-faced band partially woven and still attached to a pointed ground peg. Two sets of multi-loop needles and two single-loop heddles attached to unworked warps. Nine motifs of worked-in white threads on a red and green background. Motifs include a bird, a reverse curve, a cross, diamonds, and circles. Colours are inverted on the other fabric face. Small blue skein of weft attached.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, alpaca wool fibre, wool fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Head ClothSf874

The head cloth is long and narrow with a geometric pattern and long fringe. The pattern shows the same bipedal figure repeated six times in shades of brown, red, yellow and green. At both ends there is a band of diamonds in a diagonal pattern, followed by a section of tightly woven rows leading to a long multi-coloured fringe.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelSf870

Complete loom width of dark yellow, weft-faced weaving with tapestry borders of interlocking spirals in red and dark yellow. Tapestry bands with feather motifs in red and two shades of yellow are sewn to both ends, next to the spirals. Fragments of seaming thread indicate the piece was folded transversely, and seamed together.

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