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TextileSf843

Small square of light brown cotton weave fabric half-filled with brocade step-triangle. The exact negative image fills the background space. One warp selvedge with three heading wefts and one weft selvedge are present; two edges are cut. Z-spun, 2 plied s.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf842

Plain white woven cotton with two birds and geometric motifs which are brocaded in red to resemble tapestry. The birds have hooked beaks, large tail and head feathers. The wing is very small. The birds alternate vertical position; one bird is right-side up, the second is up-side down. There is a border of hooks on two sides and a solid thick line on the third side. One finished edge is partially intact. Some z-spun cotton yarns and z-spun, two plied cotton and camelid.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf841

A cut section of a red tapestry band with single feline ? with crescent headdress. The feline has a blue body with red dots and wide, brown outlines. The outline is serrated along the back and the tail ends in three stacked triangles. Three birds in red, black and dark yellow form a line below the tail area. The tapestry background is yellow in this area.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ShirtSf840

Fragment of plain weave cloth with 'patchwork' design using interlocked warps to join adjacent colour areas. White, red and brown are major colours with accents of yellow, blue and gold. Rectangles, comprised of four step-frets in rotational symmetry, line up colour-wise in diagonal lines. Fragment is made of four narrow loom widths, joined by sewing. Weft joins sewn. One outer selvedge present. Bits of sewing thread indicate it was sewn to another fabric along the intact edge.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BellSf686

A spherical metal bell with a wide split in the bottom. One half has the raised features of a human face, the other half is blank. Opposite the split is a slender shank surmounted by a loop. Smaller loops flank it. Fragments of red alpaca yarn and off-white cotton yarn remain tied through the loop.

Culture
Andes
Material
copper metal, alpaca wool fibre, paint ? and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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WhistleSf684

Black ceramic stylized bird; rounded back, pointed tail and folded wings which meet the end of the beak that rests on the breast. The eyes are round and recessed; beak and wings have incised liner detailing. One hole under the tail, below the beak; another hole between neck and beak containing remnants of brown fibre twine.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and clay
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BeadsSf654

Assorted stone beads strung on cotton string. The central bead is green and prism-shaped. Translucent yellow and purple oblate beads flank these. 51 smaller black beads complete the strand. There is a total of 88 beads.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, stone and mineral ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf853

Piece of medium coarse, painted, cotton cloth. Designs based on oblique lines and hooks are arranged in rows. Some of the major motifs are made up of dotted adjacent squares. All designs are outlined in dark brown and filled in with light brown. The light brown may have been red originally. One weft selvedge is present. Two warp edges are cut. A fourth side is irregularly deteriorated. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TextileSf852

Rectangular textile fragment with brown painted interlocking birds, hooks and triangles arranged in diagonal rows on an off-white plain weave cotton. One weft selvedge present and 3 cut edges. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BorderSf851

Piece of yellow (originally) slit tapestry border. Detailed bird forms, with a long hooked beak and comb-like tail feathers are attached to step triangles and repeated in alternating shades of reds and yellows. The bird has an outlined eye and this same form is repeated in the corners of the triangles. Narrow red borders outline the bird pattern band. The tapestry figures are not outlined. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns; a few red threads z-spun.

Culture
Andes
Material
alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Pachacamac, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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