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TextileSf843

Small square of light brown cotton weave fabric half-filled with brocade step-triangle. The exact negative image fills the background space. One warp selvedge with three heading wefts and one weft selvedge are present; two edges are cut. Z-spun, 2 plied s.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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MoccasinsNe223 a-b

A pair of soft hide skin moccasins with the sole sewn to upper with vertical seam at heel. Short tongue in arced form. Beaded floral design, one on each side of both feet, and one each on tops. Concentric rows fill in designs of green leaves, white stems and light blue and dark blue circular flowers. Edging in white bead pattern.

Culture
Plains Cree
Material
cotton fibre, glass and moose skin
Made in
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf842

Plain white woven cotton with two birds and geometric motifs which are brocaded in red to resemble tapestry. The birds have hooked beaks, large tail and head feathers. The wing is very small. The birds alternate vertical position; one bird is right-side up, the second is up-side down. There is a border of hooks on two sides and a solid thick line on the third side. One finished edge is partially intact. Some z-spun cotton yarns and z-spun, two plied cotton and camelid.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf841

A cut section of a red tapestry band with single feline ? with crescent headdress. The feline has a blue body with red dots and wide, brown outlines. The outline is serrated along the back and the tail ends in three stacked triangles. Three birds in red, black and dark yellow form a line below the tail area. The tapestry background is yellow in this area.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtSf840

Fragment of plain weave cloth with 'patchwork' design using interlocked warps to join adjacent colour areas. White, red and brown are major colours with accents of yellow, blue and gold. Rectangles, comprised of four step-frets in rotational symmetry, line up colour-wise in diagonal lines. Fragment is made of four narrow loom widths, joined by sewing. Weft joins sewn. One outer selvedge present. Bits of sewing thread indicate it was sewn to another fabric along the intact edge.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PanelSf817

A small, intact square of red fabric with 4 selvedges. Birds in bifold rotational symmetry interlock with similar designs in a contrasting colour. The designs are worked in supplementary warp and weft floats of dark yellow, dark blue and white. The red ground cloth is very loosely woven and the selvedges show no sign of having been sewn to another fabric. Z-spun; 2 plied s.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf816

Brown and white double cloth with warp-wise stripes of bird motifs alternated with solid coloured stripes. Two types of bird designs are alternated: birds in rotational symmetry sharing the same beak and long beaked birds in diamonds with hook outlines. Weft-wise bands of solid colour at both ends. Three selvedges, including one with heading cord, are present. One cut end. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtSf815

A short, wide poncho shirt in two shades of natural brown cotton. Dark brown, supplementary weft pattern band near bottom of shirt has diamond lattice flanked by scrolls. Constructed of two loom widths which are folded transverse to the warp and sewn together along weft selvedges, except for neck slit and armholes. Short warp fringe along lower edge. Z-spun, 2 plied s (warps) and z-spun wefts.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf814

A cut fragment of a woven patterned band with serrated diagonal rows of birds worked in 5 colours: brown, red, yellow, blue and white. The outside edges are purple and with a red stripe. A few white sewing threads remain along one edge. The structure is a complementary weave with outlining and substitution. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns, also single s-spun (white).

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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NecklaceSf668

A string of 429 disc shaped shell beads ranging in hue from orange to white. There is a golden pendant made from a strip of metal with rounded ends which is folded across the transverse centre so that the two halves are open above the other. The surface of the pendant has some black discolouration and small areas of green deposit.

Culture
Andes
Material
shell, copper metal ?, cotton fibre and gold metal
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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