• Results (839)
  • Search

Item Search

The item search helps you look through the thousands of items on the RRN and find exactly what you’re after. We’ve split the search into two parts, Results, and Search Filters. You’re in the results section right now. You can still perform “Quick searches” from the menu bar, but if you’re new to the RRN, click the Search tab above and use the exploratory search.

View Tutorial

Log In to see more items.

BandSf913

A long narrow band with a succession of tiny motifs composed of circles, spiked diamonds, crosses and reverse curves. Butterflies, birds and plants also appear. The white patterns on a green and red background are inverted on the other fabric face. The band is bordered with a dark purple strip. One end of the band is finished with a braid.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BeltSf912

A wide red belt with one large and two small bands of patterns. One end is finished in twenty-seven braids while the other end is attached to a black and white striped stiff underbelt. Narrow woven bands with end tassels are attached to each end of the two-part belt. The main design of the one large band of patterns is consisting of figurative patterns of birds and fish as well as hexagons, diamonds, and s-shaped reverse curves.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
SpindleSf975

Spindle consisting of a wooden shaft with a cone shaped whorl positioned near one end. A small section of red, two ply s twist yarn is wound on the shaft above the whorl and a ball of yarn with less plying twist is attached to the spindle.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, wood and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ClothSf974

Cloth, roughly rectangular with a central seam, one hemmed edge and three frayed edges. The cloth has a herringbone pattern and has a small piece of black cloth sewn to it at one corner.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BeltSf911

Belt composed of two parts: a segment of alternating bands of dark and light brown (underbelt), and a segment of woven red, off-white and green fabric with a central band featuring geometric motifs flanked by narrower bands. The warp ends are braided to form a fringe at one end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, alpaca wool fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ClothSf984

A plain neutral coloured cloth with series of three bright bands of stripes in red, yellow, green and blue and two narrow stripes in between, and stripes on the selvedge. Coloured fibre woven into bottom edge, creating small tassels at one bottom corner and braid at the other.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ClothSf973

Cloth, blue-green and rectangular with two selvedges and two cut, unfinished edges. A line of red machine stitching reinforces each cut end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Marriage PonchoSf384

Rectangular wool poncho made of two smaller, rectangular pieces sewn together in the middle. The design consists of a repeating stripe design in red, dark red, black and maroon on a brown ground. The centre has a slit opening for the neck. Around the edges is a short fringe alternate red, green, blue, white and brown in an irregular sequence.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
VestSf963

Vest with a stand-up collar and knitted front panels with horizontal bands of animal and humanoid figures (men and women holding hands, birds, butterflies, llamas and cows), floral motifs, stepped zigzags, and geometric motifs in off-white, red, pink, blue and green on alternating dark red and dark blue bands.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Model LoomSf950

A rectangular loom with an incomplete fabric attached. The loom is made of four slightly smoothed sticks lashed together with strips of sheep-hide. The mottled red warps are lashed to each end bar with separate cords. Thick grey and black striped fabric is at one end of the taut; closely spaced warps. A length of grey and black weft yarn is still attached.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre, wood and skin
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record