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Pitchfork2813/45

Agricultural implement made from a tree branch. The two forks of the tool have been secured with leather strapping. The wood has been finished with a type of lacquer. The wood shaft of the pitchfork is cracked in several places.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, leather skin and lacquer
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2813/42

A necklace strung on cotton string with Coumbian coins, green beads, blue beads, black beads, five crucifixes, and at least one Peruvian coin. The crosses for the two larger crucifixes have been created as wooden inlays. Figures of Jesus Christ have been nailed to these wooden inlays at the hands and feet.

Culture
Quechua
Material
metal, glass, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Necklace2813/41

A necklace composed of Ecuadorian coins, religious tokens, crosses, and a larger brass-coloured crucifix that are interspersed with blue, green, and black glass beads. There is also a single red bead. The necklace looks to have been strung with cotton twine.

Culture
Quechua
Material
metal, glass and cotton fibre
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/37

The front of the belt displays beige text on a red background, and the back of the belt is a mirror image of the front. Animal imagery has been woven into the belt, along with the corresponding names of the animals. The images are divided with alternating red, beige, red vertical stripes. The text reads, from left to right: "UN BENADO, EL LON, CAMARIA, EL INCA, LA CHIBA, UN TORO, GALLO, EL CABALLO, LA OUEJA". The animals include a lion, a rooster, a bull, a horse, a goat, and a deer. There is also a human figure. There is a fringe on both ends of the belt. The fringe is 3.5 cm in length.

Culture
Canari
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Canar, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/33

A narrow woven belt with the front displaying yellow text and figures on red, and the back displaying red text and figures on yellow. The edges of the belt are black. Each end contains alternating stripes in red and yellow and is finished with a 0.5 centimeter fringe. The design on the belt consists of text and a llama image on each end. The text reads "Republica . del . Ecuador Noblembre XXII DEL ANO 1975".

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Cotopaxi, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/29

Narrow belt with a white base. One side displays a pattern woven in red and the other side displays a pattern woven in blue and black. The top edge is comprised of alternating rows of white, green, red, and green yarn. The bottom edge is comprised of alternating rows of white, black, red, and black yarn. The pattern down the centre of the belt is composed of vertical stripes, alternating solid red with narrow lines of white, red, white, red, white. The reverse side is the same down the middle but with a blue and black colour scheme instead of red and white. The belt has a fringe on one end.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Otavalo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/28

The belt has a white base colour that has been decorated with figures and geometric patterns. The edges display alternating orange, red, orange stripes. The front side of the belt contains two bird images and two abstract symbols in red. The back of the belt is mostly white, but it does show the mirror images of the patterns and figures woven into the front of the belt. There is a twisted fringe on one end of the belt.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Otavalo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie2813/27

Tightly woven hair tie with unequal length fringe at both ends. Yellow-white base colour with horizontal stripes running length of tie. Thin bordering stripes in dark blue and red, followed by a row of green dots interspersed with white, then three thin lines of yellow alternating with two rows in a pattern of red and blue short diagonal lines.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Majipamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt2813/26

Long tightly woven belt with braided finge at each end. Base colour is greyish white, bordered with horizontal stripes of green and purple, followed by a row of black and white offset triangles, then green, dark yellow and black stripes. Centre of belt has animal imagery woven in purple, interspersed with sections of abstract design; some of the animals appear to be deer, llamas, rabbits and birds. Centre of images has a thin green stripe running the full length of the belt.

Culture
Quechua
Material
cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Poncho2813/16

Two heavy, tightly woven rectangular pieces of fabric that have been sewn together length-wise, with a space left in the middle as a neck opening. Dark blue in colour with no collar, this poncho has been finished with a fringe along the bottom, created from the same blue wool as the rest of the garment.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Majipamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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