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Band (watana) with paired white beads spaced along the sides. Handspun camelid yarn in strands of red, yellow, green, white, pink, and black are woven together to form the band, ending in a fringe on both ends.
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.
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.
Coca leaf bag (chuspa) that has a single pocket woven into one face, a carrying strap made of two braids, woven tubular edgings (ribetes) covering seams and edges, short tassels along the lower edges, and bud-like tassels on braids along the lower edges. Main design panel has a condor, human, and quadruped, while flanking panels have X-shaped motifs.
Wasa watana (hair tie). A braided hair tie made in the combined techniques of oblique interlacing (dark threads) and oblique twining (mainly pink and orange). Each end of the hair tie has 3 tassels made of 3 bands. Most of the added bands intersect by passing through the threads of the main band, however 2 of the 6 tassels have folded bands that are sewn on.
A pair of protective sleeves (mangas, maquitas) knitted mostly in hand-spun sheep’s wool and dyed with aniline dyes. The geometric design features a black and red border at the top, followed by alternating multicoloured bands with colourful motifs and black bands with off-white motifs that are separated by thin colourful lines, tapering to the green and black border at the wrist end of the sleeves. The multicoloured bands are split into two sections with patterns in green with red and purple with orange, green with pink and purple with red, and green with pink and purple with orange.
Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges and a break in the pattern near one end. Designs are mainly crosses, hooks, chevrons, and diagonal lines. Narrow bands with blue, white and red squares flank the widest pattern band. A group of seven pattern bands repeats on both sides of the centre seam and parallel to the outside edges.
Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges. Designs consist of diamond cocha (lake) and tika (flower), which is centred in some diamonds.
Woman’s shawl (lliklla) composed of two panels of 4-selvedge cloth that are sewn together on a long edge. Shawl is black with multiple patterned bands along the central edge and seam; colourful stripes along outer edge of garment. A cat or monkey design repeats throughout the patterned bands. A long-eared creature with a long fluffy tail repeats in one narrow band; diamond pattern repeats in another.
Woven bag (costal) formed from one long panel that was folded in half and hand-sewn together on the long edges. Coloured vertical bands in natural shades of brown decorate the bag, mirrored at the centre. The central band is a medium brown, followed by a darker band, a light beige band, another medium brown band, and a greyish-brown band, each separated by contrasting narrow bands in light beige.