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Two fragmentary tapestry panels in brown, red, and two yellows. Major design is a diamond with four hooks arranged in radial symmetry. Repeated at least four times. Borders of interlocked step frets and stripes on both long edges of each fragment. Blue yarn used to sew two panels together for a short distance. Remnants of more blue yarn on both outside edges of the panels. Many holes and unraveled yarns. One panel discoloured. Parts of all selvedges of both panels are present. Z-spun, two plied s yarn, however there are some z-spun single wefts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A string of 429 disc shaped shell beads ranging in hue from orange to white. There is a golden pendant made from a strip of metal with rounded ends which is folded across the transverse centre so that the two halves are open above the other. The surface of the pendant has some black discolouration and small areas of green deposit.
Skirt made of black gathered wool with horizontal bands of red, blue, white, yellow, blue-green, light green, dark green and light red embroidery of butterflies, diamonds, flowers, zigzags, separated by horizontal pleats. The waistband is of red, white, and green plaid fabric with ties at the ends and two side plackets outlined in light red. There is an orange embroidered ribbon at the bottom with birds and flowers in purple, yellow, grey, and green. A narrow green band at the hem is embroidered with repeated circles in white. The hem is finished with off-white wool facing on the reverse.
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.
Two convex metal circles, one above the other, are connected by a folded strap of the same metal. A hole in the fold of the strap secures a handspun cotton yarn on which nineteen stone and shell beads are strung. The beads vary in size and shape. The colour range includes blue-green, yellow and red-purple. The metal object has traces of red pigment over the entire surface, inside and out.
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.