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Fragment: Garment3263/42

Fragment of a garment. Two pieces of cloth sewn together along the top edge. Front cloth is rectangular in shape, brown and has a three by eight square grid across centre. Square backgrounds are all light brown-red. Designs in each square alternate between birds and pairs of stepped ladders with dots in their centres. Ladders are same brown as background of overall fragment. Birds are black. White semi-circles, with upside down black-brown triangles inside them, along top edge of front cloth. Back cloth is triangular in shape and plain white-brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Headband3263/73 a-b

Two fragments of a tubular headband. Both have alternating bands of red and yellow yarn along their lengths. Left side of largest fragment (part a) curves downwards slightly and has a short brown yarn strand extending from it. Right side has three yarn strands extending from the fragment. Two are short, straight and brown. The third is long, spiraling and has alternating red and yellow tufts along it. Smallest fragment (part b) curves upwards slightly at both ends. Left side of part b has three straight strands of brown yarn extending from it. Right side has three strands of yarn extending from it. Two are straight and brown, one is spiraling and has red tufts along it.

Culture
Andes
Material
dye, camelid wool fibre and plant fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/4

Rectangular cloth is constructed in a tight weave, with thin alternating stripes of light and dark brown. Each dark brown stripe holds a series of stitched, evenly spaced yellow motifs, while the light brown stripes carry similar red motifs. A thin stripe of red cloth has been sewn to base. Textile edges unfinished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/3

Large, nearly square cloth constructed in a small weave, in several shades of brown. Patterning is dense, made of small ovals. A large grid covers the surface, within which are similar patterns containing a circle inside a square, surrounded by loose ovals. Edges of the cloth have been hemmed for display.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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mat2005.80

Woven woollen rug or hanging. Woven in three three colours: white, light grey and dark brown. Geometric patterns consisting of triangles, lozenges and squares form the central part of the piece which is framed by concentric grey and dark brown lozenges. The top and bottom part have broader dark brown and white stripes. Both the short edges end in loop-like dark brown fringes.

Culture
Salish and Northwest Coast
Material
wool
Made in
Musqueam Reserve, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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PouchSN2001.13.100
SlipperSN2001.13.99(a-b)
SnowshoeZ 44994 B

Pair of snowshoes, with wooden frames and sinew strung. The fronts of the snowshoes are flattened off, and there are two wooden cross bars which divide the snowshoes into three sinew strung sections. Similar to Z 44993 in shape but has woollen ends outside frame where sinew is attached.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast ?
Material
wood, sinew and wool
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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Tumpline1925.335

The catalogue card states, Carrying strap, the band which goes across the forehead of mountain-goat wool dyed and woven with a zig-zag pattern of light wool against darker brown background. The headband has two side lines attached to the cedar bark underweaving which are made from plaited cedar bark and fibre, possibly nettle fibre or cotton.; Good

Culture
Coast Salish ? or Interior Salish ?
Material
mountain goat wool, cedar bark and nettle fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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TumplineZ 34975

A woven tumpline made from fibre, possibly cedar bark with coloured wools (brown, beige, white and a little pink and blue) woven into the forehead band. The forehead band has long side lines of plaited fibre extending from either end which taper to thinner knotted ends.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
bark, cedar wood and wool
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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