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Blouse3264/1

Huipil, or woman’s shirt. Tunic is made from two long pieces of red wool fabric sewn together vertically, fully open at the sides, with a strip of black velvet at arms and around neck. Front of tunic falls longer than back. Exterior is heavily embroidered with many colours, showing geometric designs at shoulders and waist, interspersed with horizontal strips of fruit and foliage, and multicoloured birds.

Culture
Maya
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
San Antonio De Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/928

Fragment of textile band, possibly from the border of a garment. Black weft camelid wool threads and red-brown, yellow-brown and black dyed camelid wool warp threads. Top band is 2x2 (weft and warp) and is red-brown; middle part is 1x1, yellow-brown, and has a semi-translucent effect; the lower part is 1x2, with black warp and weft camelid threads. Plain weave technique and "S" torsion; band is edged in brown. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/926

Red textile band with net decoration as a fringe. Band in plain weave technique (1x1) and decorated with two bands of grey-blue and yellow-brown dyed camelid threads in "S" torsion; band is edged in brown. Network has an arrangement of intersecting and twisted horizontal and vertical brown camelid wool threads in "S" torsion. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
cotton fibre ?, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/925

Fragments of a textile band, with loose yellow-white feathers and cord. Black threads form geometric imagery and are knotted on one side. Plain weave textile technique (1x1) and "S" torsion. Incomplete.

Culture
Nasca
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre, feather and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile2990/923

Textile with open tapestry technique and geometric forms. Six bands of diagonal stepped motifs and five of geometric spirals, representing waves. Red-brown, yellow-brown, yellow-cream, brown and grey-brown dyed camelid threads. Worn and incomplete.

Culture
Nasca ?
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2990/920

Garment fragments with geometrical decoration. Textile has open tapestry technique. Three bands are sewn together and have diagonal and geometric waves surrounded by stepped motifs. Brown, yellow-brown, green, red-brown and blue-green dyed camelid wool threads.

Culture
Nasca
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Textile2990/918

Embroidery fragment with three light yellow-brown thread lines in border and blue decoration on brown ground. "S" torsion and 2x1.

Culture
Paracas
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Cloth2990/916

Cloth fragment with geometric decorations in blue dyed camelid wool threads. Plain weave textile technique. Incomplete.

Culture
Paracas
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/914

Woven textile band fragment. Geometric wave motifs in red-brown, cream and brown camelid wool yarns; squares are outlined with black wool. Open tapestry technique between squares, where sections of warp are left unwoven to give a semi-translucent effect. One edge has been sewn with red cotton thread as part of its restoration. Incomplete.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
dye and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Band2990/913

Embroidery band fragment with four birds in profile, looking in diferent directions. In green and blue dyed wool threads, on a red-brown ground. Incomplete and worn.

Culture
Nasca
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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