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Doll3111/24

Textile doll wearing a yellow dress with horizontal red bands and one band of geometric spiral waves. Upper body has a beige band with brown geometric spirals (waves and step patterns). Hands of three fingers are up and made of a reed grass. Covered with light red dyed camelid threads. Rhomboid eyes with red and white circles in interior, light yellow face, two front red tassels as braids with two yellow knots each. Headdress with vertical bands in light blue, brown, white and black, cream coloured cotton and camelid threads. Interior textile at back of head has bird and geometric decorations, lower body interior has brown cloth with zigzag motif. Upper body has textile made of white wool and gauze.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, reed grass, dye and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Veil3097/23

Dyed gauze and lace cloth with plain weave technique in borders. Rectangular shape with three types of diagonal bands: waves, feline faces opposing to each other and lines. Short border has geometric fish; long borders have bird motif in brown on cream ground, and cream on brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
camelid wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt3083/16

Red skirt with three coloured bands near the hem. Two green bands with geometric flowers; another woven colourful band in the middle of them with rhomboid motifs; in green, red, yellow, purple and pink.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and cotton fibre
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest3083/15

Vest made of woolen plain-weave cloth and adorned with white buttons, embroidery bands, pockets and colourful fabric appliqués. Rectangular pockets with embroidery bands at borders of geometric motifs forming large roses. Curved woven strips in the interior forming an inverted triangle with one button. Two bands in the centre front of red fabric and curved strips on pink and green in interior. Two protruding ties are hanging from front with embroidery bands of large rose designs. Pink curved vertical strips in the middle of ties.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, plastic ?, aluminium metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3083/14

Round embroidered hat with straw in the interior. The top has a green background and an embroidered off-white band forming different sewn motifs: (1) two bands in "Y" shape with protruding yellow triangle decorations at borders and purple triangles at base, (2) two triangular designs with red triangle at base, band of orange-red, green, pink, purple and yellow squares above; protruding yellow triangles at borders. A hole at the centre of the hat has fabric in the interior with an embroidered cross that rises when the hat is worn. Protruding triangles at rim, red fabric at the bottom and non-dyed fabric in the head area.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, grass and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3083/13

Round wool hat with shaped crown in the middle and straw in the interior. Top of hat has different embroidered motifs surrounded by sewn metal sequins and small plastic beads: four tall trees, two circular designs with leaf decorations, two triangular designs with three geometric motifs. The crown has four geometric designs in each quarter and a high pompom in the middle with five coins of five cents each sewn with metal threads. Ring band at rim with geometric sewn designs and protuded serrated decoration; red fabric background and light red cushion in the interior.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, dye, metal, plastic and plant fibre
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3083/12

Knitted bag. Strap in light brown and yellow dyed threads, with pink and yellow pompoms at edges. Three pouches; two at front, one on either side. Peruvian, Bolivian, Argentinian, Spanish and Chilean coins from the late 1700's to early 1900's have been sewn with cotton threads on front side (left pouch: 18 small, right pouch: 11 medium and front: 13 large coins). The most common phrase on the coins is: "Libre por la constitucion" (free by the constitution). Six bands of geometric motifs (from top to bottom): flowers, triangles, waves, circles and diagonal lines.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3083/11

Square woven bag with three vertical bands of geometric motifs, three square pouches, multicoloured fringes and a strap with wave decorations. Peruvian and Bolivian coins from the 1800's have been sewn with cotton threads on the front side. The most common engraved phrase on the coins is: "Libre por la constitucion" (free by the constitution). Plain weave textile technique.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3083/10

Knitted bag with narrow opening, square shape in the middle, triangular at end (diagonal decoration), five bands and pompons around the edge in green, yellow, red, pink and orange dyed wool. Three pockets (two in one side and one in the other side) are rectangular in top body and triangular at ends with geometric designs forming a potato flower. Pockets have three pompons on each triangular end: (1) red and pink, (2) green and yellow and (3) yellow and orange (other side). Five bands with different motifs: eight circles around a main circle, wavy black design, humans holding hands with birds, birds in profile, and curved lines crossing each other.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Needle Case2990/746

Tube made of two hollow bones joined together and bound with skin, cotton and black alpaca threads. Object has a flute shape and contains some wool in the interior. Incomplete.

Culture
Chancay
Material
camelid wool fibre, resin, bone and cotton fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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