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Textile3256/6

Open-work, rectangular textile. Fine white thread has been twisted to create a mesh grid, with patterning appllied by in-filling squares of the mesh across large areas. Patterns include lines, zigzags, collections of squares, and key patterns. What remains of the edges has been finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre ?
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile3256/5

Rectangular cloth is constructed in a fine weave, with geometric patterns connected by open-work stitching. Two large zigzagging lines separate the areas of patterning. At bottom is a row of similar stepped motifs. Cloth is coloured shades of brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3256/2

Elongated jar with rounded bottom. Body of pot is wide at shoulder, inclining smoothly toward the pointed base. Rim is cup-shaped, surrounding a smaller mouth, with two small protuberances at either side. It sits on a smaller, bulbous neck. Two small handles span from neck to shoulder, beneath the rim’s protuberances. Half the pot is painted brown, and half a light yellow-white, with a small step design of the opposite side’s colour sitting below the neck on each side.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pot3256/1

Elongated jar with rounded bottom. Pot in human form, with legs and arms rising slightly off surface of the body. Legs curve around front from sides, with small feet protruding. Arms are held at chest level, hands clutching a small vessel. Neck of jar is tall with straight sides, made into a face with large rounded ears, protruding nose and eyes, and a wide mouth. Small triangles emerge around the rim of the pot and a tiny round handle sits at back of neck. Pot is mainly unpainted but for chin, eyes and forehead which appear to have been dark brown at one time, and light staining suggesting colours on sides and back of head.

Culture
Chancay
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Chancay, Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3111/26

Wooden spindle painted with black and red bands near pommel, surrounded by thin white bands. Slightly broken at ends.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spindle3111/25

Wooden spindle painted with black bands and light cream decoration in the interspace. Large split at one end; other end broken at point.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3111/24

Textile doll wearing a yellow dress with horizontal red bands and one band of geometric spiral waves. Upper body has a beige band with brown geometric spirals (waves and step patterns). Hands of three fingers are up and made of a reed grass. Covered with light red dyed camelid threads. Rhomboid eyes with red and white circles in interior, light yellow face, two front red tassels as braids with two yellow knots each. Headdress with vertical bands in light blue, brown, white and black, cream coloured cotton and camelid threads. Interior textile at back of head has bird and geometric decorations, lower body interior has brown cloth with zigzag motif. Upper body has textile made of white wool and gauze.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, reed grass, dye and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Lima, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure3111/23

Seated male figure. Horizontal holes through figure at both sides of neck. Male shown wearing circular ear spools and a high, square headdress. Hand-built ceramic used as a pendant.

Culture
Aztec ?
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Mexico ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bottle3111/21

Stirrup spout bottle with pedestal, in the shape and appearance of a chirimoya fruit. Small circles and vertical rectangles simulating fruit seeds cover body. False handle in horizontal position at tubular spout base. Well preserved.

Culture
Chimu
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vessel3111/20

Orange-brown vessel with ellipsoid body, slightly flat base, two false handles in horizontal position at both sides of short-tubular spout. Small in relief circles (goose skin technique) with in relief front warrior holding a long light yellow-white stick with left arm and a long-triangular stick with right arm (globular on top and two light yellow-white bands near base). Male is wearing a semi lunar headdress with two protrusions with five incised-curved lines on each one. Three curved light yellow-white bands at the superior part of back surface. Slightly broken.

Culture
Chimu
Material
clay and paint
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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