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Coca Bag3486/59

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.

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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Hair Tie3486/19

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.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Puno, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sleeve3486/24 a-b

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.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and aniline dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/154

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.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/149

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.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and analine dye
Made in
Pitumarca, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/148

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.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre, sheep wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Pocoata, Potosi, Bolivia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3486/146

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.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/126

Short woven belt (chumpi) finished on one end in loop-end braids that are fastened together and narrow ties on each end. The design is represented in square compartments with an off-white background and motifs in alternating navy blue and pink, and orange and olive green. The design is mainly birds (possibly roosters), as well as a circular shape, and four quadrupeds. Narrow red and yellow stripes flank the patterns. A braided tie in magenta and orange is attached to the braided end, and a piece of off-white rope is attached as a tie to the other end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre and analine dye
Made in
Pocoata, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/124

Short, wide woven belt (chumpi or waka) finished on one end in braids that are joined together in two bundles. A thin pink band, flanked by two thin green bands and two wide red bands make up the background of the central panel, decorated with figures of animals including birds and horses and geometric motifs including diamonds, triangles, and a hexagon in white. Thin pink and green bands, a band of pink and white triangles, and a solid red band form the top and bottom borders. The braided end is tied together with a purple and red strand of yarn, and a single strand of red yarn is tied through the other end.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/122

Finely woven belt (chumpi) finished with fancy braids and round pompons. The centre panel repeats figures of birds and animals in red against an off-white background and a yellow background, separated by a contrasting band in purple against a red background across the centre. The top and bottom borders have a thick red band and a thin chevron band in black, white, and yellow. The braided ends feature a variety of patterns including diamond, chevron, and zigzag motifs worked in red with accents of white, pink, yellow, green, grey, and navy-blue. The pompoms attached to the end of the braids feature abstract designs in shades of pink, green, red, and purple on an off-white base, with 7 pompoms on the left end and 8 pompoms on the right end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
camelid wool fibre, wool fibre, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Carumas, Moquegua, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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