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KnifeSe145

Small knife with short metal blade. Blade is flat and curved with interior curve and rounded end sharpened. Blade is inserted into groove in handle bound with coated cord. Curved wooden handle tapering towards blade is rectangular in cross section. Handle has small point at base and it is decorated with a faded woven band tied to the point and back of the handle. Several small braided strands fall below point with threads of tan, red, blue, and brown.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
iron metal, wood and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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KnifeSe144

Flat curved metal blade with inward curve and round end sharpened. Blade inserted into handle which has a flattened oval shape in cross section and a groove at end for blade with butt end having small point. Blade bound in place with coated cord. Handle decorated with long woven band in green, yellow, white, and red, tied to point and back of handle with green thread. At handle end, four braided and beaded strings fall forward (beads yellow, red, green, and black).

Culture
Shipibo
Material
iron metal, wood, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSe141

Rectangular band of woven cloth; one end sewn finished, the other ends in several green and brown twisted strands with shell noisemakers. The band is made of three parts: a central band of complex geometric weaving in green and brown in the supplementary weft, and edged with thin brown, green and pink bands. The noisemakers are halved shells of nuts or seeds.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cotton fibre, metal, shell, glass, seed and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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BookEd5.2327

Rectangular book with crinkled paper covers; pages have folded edges to outside; free edges and cover are bound in Japanese style with yellow thread through four holes. Cloth reinforcements at bound corners. White label printed in black and red characters on front cover for Japanese text (opening from left). Inside covers are red-brown; white scalloped 'lacy' paper on Japanese text side. Opening on right reveals English text.

Culture
Japanese
Material
mulberry paper, ink, dye, fibre, paste adhesive and paper
Made in
Tokyo, Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HeadbandSe140

Faded rectangular band of woven cotton with geometric pattern of brown diamonds in supplementary weft; edges are woven in five bands of tan, red, brown, blue, and yellow. Ends bound together with strands from weaving. Excess binding is braided and strung with large seeds and metallic bells at each end. The bottom of the band has numerous strands of transparent beads of blue and red, along the entire length.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
cotton fibre, glass, metal, seed and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSe139

Two near identical beadwork tassels with seed endings. Tied together at top with excess strands. Each is woven in a like manner: six strands in white, purple and orange beads are woven into a cylinder with geometric patterns (diamonds and x's) in black, yellow, green, and red. The six strands then re-emerge from the cylinder, each ending in two seeds. A seventh strand, in green, purple, and red, and also ending in two nutshells, descends from the top of the tassel, through the cylinder, and hangs between the other strands at the bottom.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
glass, cotton fibre and seed
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSe138

Rectangular band of woven beads in a geometric pattern: a central motif of two green chevrons extending from the edges with points meeting in the centre is repeated one and a half times. The chevrons are flanked by a yellow pattern proceeding from the centre to an alternating edge. White field; black edging. Nine strands (one black, eight orange) extend from the joined ends, with shell endings and large wooden black beads. The shells appear to be from crab legs.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
glass, cotton fibre and shell
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSe137

Band of beadwork joined by binding ends of strands together. Geometric pattern in beads: extreme edges are black, followed by a triangular pattern of alternating green, white, and blue beads, followed by an orange stripe. The rest of the band has a complex pattern mirrored around a vertical line slightly off centre, in yellow diamonds and red, blue, white, black, and orange beads in field.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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OrnamentSe136

Rectangular strip of intricately woven beads. Ends finished with eleven strands of beads: nine black, two (central) green. Strip edged with black beads. Major component of bead pattern is diamonds, alternating blue and green with white and yellow surrounding. Blue, white, and yellow chevrons at edges.

Culture
Shipibo
Material
glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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TunicSe135

Poncho style tunic made of two square piece of dark brown fabric sewn together at the sides. A small area was left open for the arms; slit opening for the neck. Back a has faint black geometric design. Front has an elaborate embroidered geometric pattern in white, yellow, green and green bordered by white appliqué bands on all sides. Majority of motif is a repeating cross-like form. Bottom edge has two strips of white appliqué around circumference.

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