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Textile1067/7

The woven textile has a light and dark brown geometric motif twisting together in a step pattern. The motif begins along the finished edge of the textile as a border and then moves diagonally in the step pattern. To one side of the diagonal pattern the textile is brown without design. To the other side of the diagonal the textile is red with a brown zigzag and dot design.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/5

Tapestry fragment. Square of off-white woven textile with a design beginning in the corner, arranged in diagonal rows. The design is a serpent head with three spikes on the body. The pattern is repeated in a row in one colour, with the exact negative image filling the background in another colour. The colours include red, pink, brown, blue and yellow. The end of the textile has a horizontal border of red and white negative image swirls. Attached to the border is a thick, flat woven fringe.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/14

The textile is striped with shades of brown. The stripes alternate between off-white, light brown, off-white and dark brown. All lines are outlined in dark blue. One of the edges is finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/20 a-b

Two pieces (part a and b) of a dark brown woven textile, approximately the same size. Each rectangular piece has a string fringe at both ends, one finished edge and one frayed edge.

Culture
Chancay
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/3

The woven textile is striped with shades of brown and blue. The thin stripes alternate between dark brown, light blue, light brown and light blue again. All the lines are outlined in dark blue. None of the edges are finished.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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SpindleH1.193 b-f

Set of five spindles, each a long segment of wood tapered at the ends with a brown finish. Part b: painted with a black and off-white geometric design at the centre and has light brown string wound around one end; part c: has a series of thin bands incised into the wood towards one end; part d: has light brown thread wound around the centre; part e: has a series of alternating off-white and reddish-brown bands at the centre; part f: has light brown yarn and red string wound around it; part g: a coil of light brown thread that tapers at the ends.

Culture
Chancay ?
Material
fibre, dye, paint and wood
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/15

Square of red and yellow woven textile with two designs arranged on alternating diagonal rows. The first design is three diamonds clustered together. The second is a bent line resembling the letter 'P'. Each pattern is repeated in a single row in red, with the exact negative image filling the background in yellow.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, dye and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/13

The textile is woven cotton with thick brown and white stripes. On both sides of the thick brown stripes there is a thin white stripe. On both sides of the thick white stripes there is a brown and white woven border of circles, triangles, lines and dots. There are two finished edges, partially intact.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/9

A long cotton textile with rows of a bird-headed figure looking over its pointed triangle tail. The figures alternate two yellow and one red on a yellow background. A pair of double red lines form a border at the ends. In between the red lines is another, smaller bird-like figure with a hooked bill. This figure also alternates two yellow and one red. There are two finished edges, one only partially intact.

Culture
Chancay
Material
cotton fibre, dye and wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Textile1067/8

The woven textile is striped with shades of brown and blue. Thin blue stripes separate thicker, pin-striped bands of light and dark brown. Towards one edge, the brown bands become much thinner without the pin-striping. Two edges are finished. One corner is gathered and tied.

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