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Poncho3097/6

Dark brown, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. The stitch that connects the panels is a zigzag made up of long sections of red, turquoise, and purple yarn. Weave texture is tight with two horizontal red stripes across the top and bottom of each of the front and back rectangular panels. The red stripes are about 6 cm wide and have a dark blue line through the centre. The outer edge is a separately woven red strip with a red yarn fringe, stitched on with red yarn.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pacajes, La Paz, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3097/1

Striped, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. Weave texture is tight and un-patterned, with decoration consisting of a series of horizontal lines of varying widths in dark red, dark blue, black, orange, light beige, dark brown, yellow-brown, and light brown. The outer edge is a separately woven strip with red, orange, and light brown stripes, stitched on with light beige and red string. The edge has a short, uneven fringe made of red, orange, brown, and light beige fibres. Corners are rounded by folding back.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/147

Woman’s shawl (lliklla) composed of two panels of 4-selvedge cloth that are sewn together on a long edge; tubular woven edging. Shawl is plain brown with multiple patterned bands along the central edge and seam; other side of brown field, along edge of garment, has a series of colourful stripes. Patterned bands depict a human on a horse, zigzags, and floral motifs; hooks against a background of squares are also present.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Pocoata, Potosi, Bolivia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho3486/153

Small woven poncho made of 2 loom widths with 4 finished edges. The plain purple field (pampa) is flanked by stripes in each half and narrow design bands centred within them.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/151

Woman’s shawl (lliklla) composed of two panels of 4-selvedge cloth sewn together on a long edge. The pampa (fields) are natural grey and are flanked by bright stripes and pattern bands on both sides of each panel. There is one more pattern band in the centre of each pampa. The designs include geometric shapes and schematic birds.

Culture
Aymara
Material
wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and analine dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3486/148

Woman’s shawl (lliklla) composed of two panels of 4-selvedge cloth that are sewn together on a long edge. Shawl is black with multiple patterned bands along the central edge and seam; colourful stripes along outer edge of garment. A cat or monkey design repeats throughout the patterned bands. A long-eared creature with a long fluffy tail repeats in one narrow band; diamond pattern repeats in another.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre, sheep wool fibre ? and dye
Made in
Pocoata, Potosi, Bolivia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3486/124

A short wide belt (chumpi or waka) with braided ends that are joined together. The centre panel has figures of birds, horses and combinations of geometric figures, including a hexagon.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying Cloth3486/143

A carrying cloth (inkuña or tari) made of a single loom panel with four selvedges and fragments of an exterior edging. It has two narrow pattern bands that are flanked by a series of colourful stripes on either side of the wide, red field. The designs include interlocking S or Z shapes and a doubled triangle.

Culture
Aymara
Material
camelid wool fibre and dye
Made in
Lake Titicaca, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Bag3486/68

Bag for sowing seeds with a broad, patterned panel in the centre. A variety of birds are repeated on both faces, flanked by bands of natural black and white.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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