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Sling3486/46

An unfinished sling. The solid braid is composed of 16 dark strands of dark (8) and light (8) handspun camelid yarn. The threads are paired and cross the crown to the opposite quadrant in a directional order that produces diamonds, a pattern that is called “llama nawi” (llama eyes) in some communities. The cradle is not started on this sample.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3486/44

Complete sling (waraqa) in camelid wool. The central cradle is finger-woven in brown and dark brown, with a small slit in the centre. The two handles are braided in off-white, brown, and dark brown to form a repeating diamond motif, finished in a fringe on both ends. A piece of red yarn is tied around one end of the handle.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Dance Sling3486/42

A secondary braid from a dance sling (wichi wichi). One end of the sling has a small loop with alternating black and white stitching, leading into the main red braid with black and white geometric and concentric diamond motifs which branches off into five braids decorated with pompoms on the end. The pompoms have varying tones and textures from the different styles of yarn used including sectionns in yellow, dark brown, red, blue, off-white, green, orange, grey, and purple. One of the branching braids is missing a pompom.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, sheep wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Bolivia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3486/26

Knitted cap (chullu) made of hand-spun sheep’s wool and camelid hair with small ear flaps, a scalloped border, and a long tail (chupan) on the top with pom-pom tassels. The main cap and ear flaps are decorated with bands of geometric shapes in alternating colours against a dark reddish-brown background. The bands feature off-white and hot pink ovals, yellow and pale grey circles, purple and orange motifs, pale grey and off-white round motifs, pink and light green rectangular shapes, pale grey and yellow zig-zags, red and purple motifs, and squares in light green and pale grey. The long tail, attached to the centre of the top of the cap is decorated with bands of wavey motifs in hot pink, pale grey, yellow, purple, light green, off-white, bright pink, pale grey, orange, light green, hot pink, yellow, and pale grey against the light brown background. A purple pompom and two smaller pompoms in light brown and light green are attached to the end of the tail. The scalloped border has segments of orange, pale grey, bright pink, off-white, and light brown.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and aniline dye
Made in
Pitumarca, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3486/32

Black crocheted cap (jokollo) with a small brim on the front, ear flaps, and a long triangular panel attached to the back in the neck area. The natural sheep and camelid fibre cap has off-white edging and synthetic embroidery decorating the front. The brim has a deep red border with a repeating pattern of small segments of yellow, white, vibrant pink and bright orange. A triangular geometric design is embroidered on the brim with the same wool as the edging. The main design embroidered on the centre on the front of the cap features a plant with multi-coloured leaves and a yellow flower between two colour-blocked circular motifs. The plant and circles are contained in a pink and yellow rectangular border decorated with thin ovals resembling leaves, arranged to form a partial rainbow ombre from the bottom corners around to the centre of the top. The ombre moves through shades of deep red, to orange, then yellow, ending with green on the right side and pink on the left side. The cap also includes an extended off-white and red tassel on the top.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, sheep wool fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3486/153

Small woven poncho made of 2 loom widths with 4 finished edges. The plain purple field (pampa) is flanked by stripes in each half and narrow design bands centred within them.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cloth3486/144

Woven rectangular cloth, formed from two panels made of finely spun black camelid yarn that are hand-sewn together. Fragments of a tubular woven edging (ribete) adhere to some parts of the outside edge, indicating it was originally finished with an edging all the way around.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/142

A shoulder shawl (lliklla) for a woman that is composed of two 4-selvedge cloths that are sewn together on a long edge with decorative stitches. Each panel has two broad patterned bands with a plain black band separating them and a plain red band on the top and bottom borders. Diamond and triangular motifs worked in pink and black, and reddish-orange and black make up the patterned bands, bordered by thin bands with a chevron motif.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Paucartambo, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/107

Woven belt (chumpi) in wool and camelid fibre with loop-manipulated braids on one end finished with woven binding tape. A horizontal band with a red and green diamond motif with yellow highlights, and a small section with a zigzag motif in the same colours is at the centre of the belt. Above and below the central band are two bands with a background of horizontal stripes in black, orange, purple, and pink, decorated with off-white geometric motifs. The off-white motifs include diamonds, triangles, zigzags, swirls, small quadrupeds, and fish. A row with pink and green triangles with yellow highlights, and a row of alternating black and white ‘v’ shapes form the top and bottom borders. Cobalt blue coloured binding tape is hand stitched around the braided end with green thread.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/105

Woven belt (chumpi) with loop-manipulated braids on one end, finished with woven binding tape on both ends. The design of the belt is split into two wide horizontal bands, separated by a thin band of alternating red and green ‘t’ shapes with yellow outlines. The two thick bands have a dark red background with a thin orange stripe horizontally through the centre, with geometric motifs worked in off-white. The motifs include diamonds, triangles, zigzags, hourglass shapes, circles, spirals, and small birds. The border along the top and bottom edges has a repeating ‘v’ shapes in red, green, and yellow, and a row with a checkerboard motif in black and off-white. A small section of light green binding tape is used to finish one end, and light red binding tape finishes the braided end, both hand-sewn onto the band with black thread.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Challhuahuacho, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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