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Band3486/92

Woven band (watana) with a triangular or point (puntas) motif in handspun yarn. Alternating off-white and red triangles containing dots of the opposite colour are arranged next to each other to across the horizontal centre of the band, contained in two thin greyish-blue lines. The band has a border in oxblood and olive green. One end of the band has a small twisted fringe formed from the strands of the weaving.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pitumarca, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/91

Woven band (watana) with a zigzag (taclla q’enqo) design. The band has a thin blue and dark red border. The motif includes small dots and zigzags in off-white against a red and light red background. One end of the band has a fringe made from the strands of the weaving.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pitumarca, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/89

Woven band (jakima) finished on one end in four braids sewn together to form a loop. The chili (name of plant with serrated leaves) q’enqo (zigzag) design is repeated across the band in white, with long zigzags and serrated triangles decorating the space between the points of the zigzags against a background of alternating rectangles in black and dark mustard yellow. The design is contained in a thin border of purple, light brown, and black across the top and bottom edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/88

Woven band (jakima) finished on one end in braids sewn together to form a loop. The band is decorated with a white q’enqo (zigzag) motif against a background of alternating black and mint green triangles. The design is contained in a mauve border along the top and bottom edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/87

Woven band (jakima) finished with a fringe on one end. Two horizontal stripes in pink and green form the backdrop for the varied motifs worked in yellow yarn across the band. The motifs include a short section of zigzags at the fringe end, repeating kutij (that which returns on itself) ‘s’ shapes, a puito (small seeds) design of zigzags that branch off into small oval seed shapes leading into an aysa kutji (linked kutji) motif of connected wave-like shapes, followed by geometric and diamond shapes arranged to form a nawi (eyes) motif, concluding in another small section unlinked kutji (that which returns on itself) ‘s’ shapes. The design is contained in a thin green and brownish yellow border across the top and bottom edges. .

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/85

Thin woven band (jakima) with a repeating puntas (points) motif. The puntas (point) motif is made up of alternating red and forest green triangles with yellow dots, contained in a navy blue and red border across the top and bottom edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3486/152

A neck poncho (unku) with rayed diamond (chaska, the planet Venus) and winding river (mayu k’inku or zigzag) designs.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying Cloth3486/143

A carrying cloth (inkuña or tari) made of a single loom panel with four selvedges and fragments of an exterior edging. The design is mirrored at the horizontal centreline and features two narrow patterned bands with doubled triangles and interlocking 'S' shapes in off-white. The bands with motifs are flanked by a series of colourful stripes in shades of green, off-white, and red on either side of the wide, red field. The top and bottom edges have a thin blue band.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/135

Large woven belt (chumpi) finished in a twisted fringe on one end. The main design features diamonds in varied sizes and styles including a prominent serrated diamond motif worked in off-white yarn against a red and orangish-red background with a thin green band across the horizontal centre. The top and bottom edges have a solid emerald green border.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/83

Woven band (jakima) with a wactapunacac (rib-to-rib) ch’uro (snail) motif. Alternating parallelograms in white and cobalt blue with dots in the opposite colour form the repeating motif on the band, contained in a red border along the top and bottom edges.

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