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Fringe2990/908

Five fringes. Tapestry technique with geometrical designs in light blue, red-brown and black. Dyed cotton and camelid wool; yellow-brown ground. Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2990/904

Triangular piece of thick textile. Design shows male in profile, holding a long stick with both hands at the lower right corner. The same male design is present at the front in an eight-sided figure which is surrounded by geometrical protrusions. Protruding geometrical borders are forming stepped designs in red-brown and in yellow-brown on a brown ground. Red-brown, yellow-brown, cream, blue and brown dyed wool. Worn and incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tassel2990/903

Tuft of loose cords made of plant fibre and bindings of camelid wool threads. At one end protrudes a cord which would have been used to hang the tassel on a border garment. Red-brown, yellow, brown, green and light blue dyed wool.

Culture
Nasca
Material
dye, camelid wool fibre and plant fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2990/902

Textile fragment made of two bands joined together by three seams. Larger band has tapestry technique and yellow-brown dyed threads forming a bird decoration and vertical lines. Other band has open tapestry decoration, forming a bird design.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/930

Band made of dyed camelid wool threads. Black weft camelid wool threads and orange-red, green-grey and red dyed camelid wool warp threads. Top of band is 1x1 (weft and warp), orange-red and has a semi-translucent effect, grey-green middle part is 1x1 and has two lower horizontal red bands, below there is an intersecting network of brown warp and weft camelid threads. Plain weave technique and "S" torsion; band is brown edged. Broken, worn and incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3142/2

Brown woolen shawl. Textile is long and relatively thin, made in a fine weave and dyed a medium brown. Centre panel is undecorated. At each end are decorative panels in a loose weave that narrow away from centre, ending in a sparse fringe. A handwritten label is attached at back centre.

Culture
Peruvian
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Stone Sling2990/921

Stone thrower sling, with a flexible wool strap. Grey-brown wool fibres form the central woven area, with embroidery cords as borders. Dark brown, red-brown, yellow-brown and grey-brown dyed camelid wool. Incomplete and worn.

Culture
Inca
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cordage2990/917

Cord made of yellow-brown camelid wool threads. Interlaced textile technique (2x2). Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/929 a-b

Fragments of a woven band with snake and geometric designs. Dyed wool threads in green and red-brown. a) Piece of band with five double-headed snake motifs. Two squares of open tapestry technique (some sections of warp unwoven to give a semi-translucent effect). Snakes have diamond shaped eyes, dots in the interior of curved body and surrounded by triangles; one serpent is green, the rest are light brown or brown. b) Piece of band with three double-headed snakes with one square of open tapestry technique. Snakes have diamond-shaped eyes, dots in the interior of curved body, surrounded by triangles; snakes are light brown and brown. Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2990/907 a-b

Embroidery cloth fragments with plain weave technique (1x1) and a band of irregular interlaced weaving. Part a is a large fragment sewn onto brown fabric, with five curved designs in a band of blue, yellow-brown, brown and light blue dyed camelid threads. Another fragment (b) is small and has two curved designs on blue and brown threads. Incomplete.

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