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Hair Tie3486/7

Wasa watana (hair tie) woven in a complementary warp weave. Tassels formed by intersecting warps that are woven as separate bands. Warp fringes. Alpaca fibre, finely spun. Has 6 intersecting warps on each end, and one of those has another intersecting warp.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3486/5

Wasa watana (hair tie) woven in a complementary warp weave. Tassels formed by intersecting warps that are woven as separate bands. Warp fringes. Alpaca and sheep’s wool, finely spun. Notable for the large number of intersecting warp bands and the fineness of the spinning.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt Border3486/3

A moderately wide golon (skirt band) with a sky blue background embellished with geometric designs: diamonds and X’s; and V’s in alternating orientations; wool warps and a mixture of wool and synthetic yarns in the wefts.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Skirt Border3486/1

A red golon (skirt band) of medium width with several types of diamond patterns repeated along its length. The weaving has wool warps and a mixture of wool and synthetic yarns in the weft.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and synthetic fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sleeve3486/24 a-b

A pair of protective sleeves (mangas, maquitas) knitted mostly in hand-spun sheep’s wool and dyed with aniline dyes. Geometric patterns and one that may be leaves or petals. The finer white yarn may be camelid.

Culture
Quechua
Material
sheep wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and aniline dye
Made in
Huancayo, Junin, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/130

Wide belt (chumpi) with a pattern of red and pink diamonds with side borders of contrasting colours; the ends are braided.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Band3486/82

Band (jakima) with puntas (points) design.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chinchero, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3486/22

Tula (hair tie). Two fragments of a complete hair tie made in a combination of techniques: woven and braided main band; fringed tassels with wrapping and needlework embellishments. The tassels on each end of the band are tri-furcated, and each of those is bifurcated, for a total of 6 tassels at each end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
synthetic wool fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/154

Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) made of two separate panels; each panel has four selvedges and a break in the pattern near one end. Designs are mainly crosses, hooks, chevrons, and diagonal lines. Narrow bands with blue, white and red squares flank the widest pattern band. A group of seven pattern bands repeats on both sides of the centre seam and parallel to the outside edges.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, camelid wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/151

Woman’s shawl (lliklla) composed of two panels of 4-selvedge cloth sewn together on a long edge. The pampa (fields) are natural grey and are flanked by bright stripes and pattern bands on both sides of each panel. There is one more pattern band in the centre of each pampa. The designs include geometric shapes and schematic birds.

Culture
Aymara
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and analine dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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