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BagSf390

Bag of variegated light shades of natural beige wool with five vertical bands of coloured wool and alpaca wool. Each band is bordered by a narrow stripe. The stripe groupings are arranged symmetrically with brown in the middle, then grey, then black at the outside. The side seams are solidly overcast making a bulky, round edging. The bag mouth is reinforced in parts with overstitching.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Marriage PonchoSf384

Rectangular wool poncho made of two smaller, rectangular pieces sewn together in the middle. The design consists of a repeating stripe design in red, dark red, black and maroon on a brown ground. The centre has a slit opening for the neck. Around the edges is a short fringe alternate red, green, blue, white and brown in an irregular sequence.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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CordageSf953

An unfinished length of two-ply twisted cordage made of flattened sun-bleached grass. One end of the sample is folded and the other is a spray of loose ends. The grass is brittle.

Culture
Quechua
Material
grass
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeSf952

Rope braided from beige and dark brown wool and hair. Partway along, the beige yarns turn to grey and the dark brown yarns to black. The end of the rope is folded at one end, and cut and tied off at the other, leaving a tufted end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
hair ? and wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeSf951

Rope made of braided beige and dark brown wool and hair. One end of the rope finishes with a short section of off-white only.

Culture
Quechua
Material
hair ? and wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Model LoomSf950

A rectangular loom with an incomplete fabric attached. The loom is made of four slightly smoothed sticks lashed together with strips of sheep-hide. The mottled red warps are lashed to each end bar with separate cords. Thick grey and black striped fabric is at one end of the taut; closely spaced warps. A length of grey and black weft yarn is still attached.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, synthetic fibre, wood and skin
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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RopeSf949

A long braided rope in three naturally occurring colours of llama fibre. Colours are arranged in a herringbone effect. Knot at each end and a few centimeters of plying. Several frayed areas; one section re-braided with an extra white cord; one section has come unbraided where two cords are broken. Badly frayed in four places.

Culture
Quechua
Material
llama wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothSf983

Cloth woven from black wool with four thin red stripes. The cloth is composed of two complete loom widths sewn together with a flat figure eight stitch along one side.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PonchoSf982

Poncho made of black woven wool with six thin red vertical stripes and a vertical neck slit with overcast edges. Composed of two complete loom widths with four selvedges which are sewn together with a flat figure eight stitch along one side except for the area of the neck slit. Two ends of a replied cord hang from the fabric near the neck slit.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre, wool fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ClothSf981

Cloth, rectangular, made of off-white woven wool with three multicoloured bands with a thin central band of white squares and repeated short stripes. Narrow bright pink stripes separate the bands. Two opposite selvedges are edged with black and red stripes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre, synthetic fibre and dye
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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