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Shawl2946/48

Woven black mantle, or shawl, with bands of red, white and black designs. Four thick black and white bands feature depictions of llamas, birds and other animals. The other bands have repeating geometric designs in white and red. Several have period stretches of dark green. Thin dark blue borders at top and bottom. Made with alpaca and angora(?) wool.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2946/40

Dark brown textile with three pink stripes along the top and bottom edges. The middle stripe is thicker than its flanking stripes and fades to light pink near the centre. There is pink stitching along the edges.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
cotton fibre and wool fibre
Made in
Cojata, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Ceremonial Shawl2946/31

Small woven ceremonial mantle, made of wool. One third of the shawl is black with no decoration on either side. The remaining two thirds are covered in small detailed embroidery, mainly in white, showing birds, sheep, llama, winged horses, and people in both plain and ceremonial dress. Areas of embroidered motifs are interspersed, as are areas of embroidered colours and white lines. The shawl is bordered on three sides by a thin edging of purple, green and white squares.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2878/2 a

Light brown shawl made of two pieces of textile sewn together. There are several lines of geometric designs on the bottom of the textile next to the fringe, which include: “zyak chot” or line dance design, “mun-gu-zyeek chot” or fly design, “bir-ra kum-ba chot” or male goat (or markhor/wild goat) crossed horn, “o-si-chin gam-bu-ri chot” or sallow tree flower design (which is found in the centre), and "mishari chot" or mixed design. The designs are woven from several different colours of wool. The reverse side shows the loose thread ends from the designs. (Part b is a needle used for fastening).

Culture
Kalash
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Northwest Frontier, Pakistan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2960/33

Heavy wool recangular mantle consisting of two identical panels sewn together down the middle. The colours are, from outside to centre: red brown, a strip of coloured lines running vertically, a vertical panel in a circle motif of red and white with a grey line running down the centre, dark brown, a wider panel in a diamond motif of red and white with a yellow line running down the middle, a second strip of coloured vertical lines, a thick line of red brown. This arrangement continues in the opposite to the edge.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2946/32

Small woven everyday mantle or shawl. Rectangular with undecorated black upper half and a central band of geometric patterns flanked by rows of animal designs on the lower half. Images of figures and insects. The animal patterns mirror each other across the linear design in the centre of the bottom portion. There are green, blue and purple stripes running horizontally across the lower half. All four sides have a white border with green and purple dots.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2946/42

Long woven shawl. Dark brown with thick dark red bands at top, middle and bottom. There are green and red bands with white geometric patterns above the bottom band, on both sides of the central band and below the top band. These patterned bands are framed at top and bottom by a set of thin, plain rainbow-coloured bands. The edging has a pink, green and white zigzag pattern.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Cuyocuyo, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2946/35

Medium long woven shawl. Brown with orange, red and green bands. Rectangular shawl with a thick, horizontal, orange stripe across the middle. The stripe has geometric patterns in shades of orange and red. It is framed with an orange-lined dark green line at top and bottom.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl2011-67/3

The wool cloth is white. The fringe is white.

Culture
USA
Material
wool cloth
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Shawl2833/14

Fringed cloth with bands of red and yellow woven in at both ends. Two large stains in centre.

Culture
Maya ?
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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