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Fragment: Sling3263/57

Fragment of a sling. Cradle is brown and has a central split with a diamond pattern on either side. Diamonds alternate between plain and concentric. All are outlined in black. Tapering sides have vertical stripes, done in black and dark brown. Right handle has alternating pattern of light brown and black diamonds across entire surface. Left handle is missing.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/64

Fragment of a sling. Consists of cradle and small section of right handle. Cradle has design of five zoomorphic figures, over a plain background, done in geometric style. Figures have two legs and feet, an oval eye and bulbous head. Three figures and their backgrounds on right side alternate between red and brown. Figures on left side appear unfinished. They are outlined in dark brown and missing their eyes. Both are on brown backgrounds. Entire back of cradle is coloured light brown. Left tapering section is light brown, right tapering section is red. Both sections have transverse stripes done in dark brown and brown. Portion of right handle is brown with concentric diamond pattern throughout. Diamonds done in red and dark brown. Thick light brown strands extend from where the left handle would be.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/67

Fragment of a sling. Consists of part of the cradle and part of the left handle. Portion of cradle is light brown and has a two-toed zoomorphic figure, outlined in dark brown with a light red interior. Tapering section, where cradle meets handle, has vertical stripes and a repeating triangle pattern. Stripes and pattern done in light brown, dark brown and light red. Handle splits in two where it meets the cradle before converging again and becoming a thick rectangle. Rectangle and split strands covered in concentric diamond pattern. Done in red, light brown and dark brown.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/66 a-b

Two fragments of a sling. Consists of cradle (part a) and section of one of the handles (part b). Cradle is light brown with a repeating pattern of a bird profile, on a plain background, done in geometric style. Pattern alternates between dark brown, light brown and light orange. Sides where the cradle would meet the handles are bordered with thin vertical stripes, done in dark brown and black. Handles extending from cradle and handle fragment (part b) are light brown and are wide flat braids. Have rows of black and red diamonds along them.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/65

Fragment of a sling. Cradle is light yellow-brown with a repeating pattern of a bird profile, on a plain background, done in geometric style. Pattern alternates between dark brown and light purple. Sides where the cradle meets the handles are bordered with thin light purple stripes and one thick dark brown band. Handles are tightly woven braids, done in light brown with dark brown diamond patterns. Ends of both handles are missing.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/63

Sling with two splits in cradle centre. Dark brown pyramids, with brown-red lines between them, on the top and bottom edges of the splits. Strand between the two splits have repeating rectangles of brown-red and dark brown, bordered in white. Tapering sections have vertical stripes, done in dark brown, white and yellow-brown. Handles are thick interlocking strands with vertical stripes of dark brown and white. Tight braids are attached at the end of the handles. Braids have a chevron pattern, done in dark brown and white.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3263/60

Unfinished sling. Cradle is white and has a short split in the centre. Handles are solid braids. Sections of the handles closest to the cradle are white and have a black diamond pattern. Diamonds alternate between solid and outlines. Rest of handles are plain black braids. Left handle ends with unbraided black strands. Right handle ends with unbraided white strands.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sling3263/58

Complete sling. Cradle is white and has a short split in the centre. Handles are solid brown braids. Sections on both braids, closest to the cradle, have red-purple diamond designs outlined in white. White yarn worked into ends of both handles. Right braid handle ends with two white strands extending out. The left handle has two white strands tied together at the end, making a thumb loop.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/55

Fragment of a sling. Cradle is light brown and has a central split. Edges of cradle are dark brown. Stitches for border clearly visible and move inward, towards the split. Right handle is a thick light and dark brown braid. Has repeating diamond pattern. End of handle is a tight dark brown braid. Left handle is missing.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Sling3263/69

Fragment of a sling. Cradle and handles all trimmed in dark brown-black. Cradle is dark yellow-brown with an inner dark brown-black border. Inside of the border there is a plain line through the middle and has alternating brown and red triangles on either side of the line. Split in middle of cradle. Triangle pattern extends into handles. End of right handle is missing. Left handle extends into tightly woven brown-black braid.

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