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SpindleSf1145

Wooden spindle with partially spun off natural coloured wool. Stick is tapered at both ends with a concave disc near one end. The wool has dark coloured debris intermixed.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1141 a-h

Part a: wooden loom with a small section of dark red, pink, black and white woven textile with numerous unraveled strands wrapped around other pieces of wood. Part b: thick wooden bar with one flat end and one pointed end. Part c: long and thin wooden stick with pointed end. Part d: short and thick wooden stick with pointed end. Part e: rectangular wooden tool with tapered end. Part f: wooden stick that tapers to a point at one end and has a large knob at the other. Part g: light brown braided cord. Part h: blue, blue, brown and beige braided cord.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, cotton fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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LoomSf1126 a-o

Part a: Overdress loom, consists of two large branch beams, warp and partly woven overdress, heddles and rod and large branch shed rod. Weaving is about two thirds black warp face and one third (on one side) design panel of horses and geometric in purple, white, orange, red, green and yellow. Part b: shed roll, part c: comb made of dark wood, flat and slightly tapered, jagged top and bottom. Part d: long slender stick for holding picked up threads, part e: pick beater made of yellow horn. Part f: flattened pointed stick for picking up threads made of dark wood and slightly curved and tapered to a point. Part g: Dark brown wood, one piece with knob handle and round shaft which is shaped to a point. Part h: dark brown wood with tapered ends, roughly rounded and smoothed. Part i: dark brown leather tie, two lengths joined through slits. Part j: leather tie but only one length and end has three slits. Part k: Grey, brown and red braid tie. Part l: Long stick. Part m: long and thick rounded bar. Part n: Grey and light brown coloured woven band with red spots. Part o: Dark and light brown tie.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, cotton fibre, sheep wool fibre, skin, horn, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair TieSf1037

Dark brown, wool, braided hair tie. Long, single braid splits into three at both ends. Two braids are bound off with red yarn while the third braid is bound off with dark brown yarn. The end sections are loose creating a threaded fringe.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair TieSf1036

Dark brown braided hair tie. Long, single braid splits into three at one end. Two braids are bound with red yarn; the end section is loose creating a threaded fringe. The other end separates into three groups of twisted yarn.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair TieSf1035

Braided hair tie, dark brown in colour. Single braid splits into two 8cm before each end. The end sections are loose creating a threaded fringe.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HatSf1033

Hat with ear flaps, chin strings and a crown that tapers into a knit cylinder which ends in tassels, as well as three tighter knit short tubular extensions, which also end in tassels. The hat is woven with multicoloured geometric and animal designs (mostly birds) on alternating horizontal red and green bands.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleSf1146

Wooden spindle with double stranded brown wool partially plied and wound on spindle. Straight stick with truncated cone of wood near one end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Chincheros, Apurimac, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShawlSf441

Hand woven striped shawl, two selvedges, two finished edges. Two wide dark brown bands on dark red background with white diamond pattern. Narrow black stripes run through middle of each of the four patterned background bands. Pattern is interrupted by one short band of plain white. Three dark red strips, two on selvedges, one in middle with multi-colour embroidered round shapes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre
Made in
Pisac, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeltSf438

Hand woven belt with a green and yellow diagonally stripe pattern bordered by a horizontal stripe of red. Ends are frayed.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pisac, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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