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Vest3083/15

Vest made of woolen plain-weave cloth and adorned with white buttons, embroidery bands, pockets and colourful fabric appliqués. Rectangular pockets with embroidery bands at borders of geometric motifs forming large roses. Curved woven strips in the interior forming an inverted triangle with one button. Two bands in the centre front of red fabric and curved strips on pink and green in interior. Two protruding ties are hanging from front with embroidery bands of large rose designs. Pink curved vertical strips in the middle of ties.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, plastic ?, aluminium metal, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3083/14

Round embroidered hat with straw in the interior. The top has a green background and an embroidered off-white band forming different sewn motifs: (1) two bands in "Y" shape with protruding yellow triangle decorations at borders and purple triangles at base, (2) two triangular designs with red triangle at base, band of orange-red, green, pink, purple and yellow squares above; protruding yellow triangles at borders. A hole at the centre of the hat has fabric in the interior with an embroidered cross that rises when the hat is worn. Protruding triangles at rim, red fabric at the bottom and non-dyed fabric in the head area.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, grass and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hat3083/13

Round wool hat with shaped crown in the middle and straw in the interior. Top of hat has different embroidered motifs surrounded by sewn metal sequins and small plastic beads: four tall trees, two circular designs with leaf decorations, two triangular designs with three geometric motifs. The crown has four geometric designs in each quarter and a high pompom in the middle with five coins of five cents each sewn with metal threads. Ring band at rim with geometric sewn designs and protuded serrated decoration; red fabric background and light red cushion in the interior.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, dye, metal, plastic and plant fibre
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3083/12

Knitted bag. Strap in light brown and yellow dyed threads, with pink and yellow pompoms at edges. Three pouches; two at front, one on either side. Peruvian, Bolivian, Argentinian, Spanish and Chilean coins from the late 1700's to early 1900's have been sewn with cotton threads on front side (left pouch: 18 small, right pouch: 11 medium and front: 13 large coins). The most common phrase on the coins is: "Libre por la constitucion" (free by the constitution). Six bands of geometric motifs (from top to bottom): flowers, triangles, waves, circles and diagonal lines.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3083/11

Square woven bag with three vertical bands of geometric motifs, three square pouches, multicoloured fringes and a strap with wave decorations. Peruvian and Bolivian coins from the 1800's have been sewn with cotton threads on the front side. The most common engraved phrase on the coins is: "Libre por la constitucion" (free by the constitution). Plain weave textile technique.

Culture
Andes
Material
cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre, metal and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3083/10

Knitted bag with narrow opening, square shape in the middle, triangular at end (diagonal decoration), five bands and pompons around the edge in green, yellow, red, pink and orange dyed wool. Three pockets (two in one side and one in the other side) are rectangular in top body and triangular at ends with geometric designs forming a potato flower. Pockets have three pompons on each triangular end: (1) red and pink, (2) green and yellow and (3) yellow and orange (other side). Five bands with different motifs: eight circles around a main circle, wavy black design, humans holding hands with birds, birds in profile, and curved lines crossing each other.

Culture
Andes
Material
camelid wool fibre, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Spinning Ball3083/9

Oval spinning ball, covered in brown woven fibre with a loop at one end and round opening at the other end. Ball is filled with raw off-white cotton(?) in the interior.

Culture
Andes
Material
fibre and cotton fibre ?
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bow3077/31

Bow and four wooden arrows tied together in a round bundle. Three arrows are made of reed with long sticks inserted into one of the ends, black and grey-white feathers on shaft and grey stone points sunk into the wood at tip. Black twine used to secure joins. One of the arrows is made of cane and has a pointed tip inserted into one of the ends. Wooden bow has a twisted plant fibre string tied to each end.

Culture
Lower Amazon ?
Material
feather, reed grass, plant fibre and wood
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Rattle3077/30

Basketry rattle woven of bark strips; halved gourds in the interior. Twisted handle is tied with three cotton cords.

Culture
Lower Amazon ?
Material
bark, cotton fibre and gourd fruit
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Pipe3077/29 a-b

Long gourd pipe with narrow tube and hole in globular body to attach pipe stick (part a). Small clay bowl (part b) with everted sides, incised triangular decoration near flat rim; ring band below.

Culture
Lower Amazon ?
Material
grass, gourd fruit and clay
Made in
Venezuela
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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