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Large woven urn shaped basket. Short narrow neck opens out to a large round body, that then tapers to a flat round base. Two loops placed on the same side of basket form small handles. A fibre loop is tied around one handle.
Bent bark, square basket with rounded mouth. Rim was lined with fabric, then overcast with root. The outside is decorated with a pattern of alternating golden brown or brown squares between two bands of triangles. (Parts of the rim have thin fibres or plastic string inside.)
Black and red button blanket with a large downward facing frog design in the centre. The frog's eyes are small circles of abalone shell. Three full rows of shell buttons demarcate the central black area. There are eight repeating positive/negative designs along the side borders (four each side). There is a rectangular cut out area at the neck. Each bottom corner on the reverse has one of the maker's initials embroidered onto the fabric (D.G. at one corner, R.D. on the other).
Bent horn rattle. Horn serves as handle as well as rattle head, curving over itself to make an enclosed chamber that holds noise-making elements (stones?) inside. Holes are bored through head along edges where metal wire is inserted and tied to hold horn head together. One side has some remnants of blue and white fabric wound around the wire. Wide strands of root are wrapped around the handle.
Quipu, or string abacus. Small twill weave basketry pouch (part a) holding part of a knotted cord quipu (part b; incomplete). The quipu has white, brown and dark brown coloured cords.
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.
Felted wool bag, rectangular in shape with a flap covering the mouth and folding half way down the front.. Flap closes with a round, stone button. A braided handle is made of red and green yarn and attached at the upper corners. The front is embroidered with an igloo and sailboat, the flap with two purple walruses, and the back with flowers in orange, green and red, with blue vines. Red yarn is sewn around the edges of the flap and opening. The interior front of the bag is lined with thick brown paper.
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.
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.
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.