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Carrying Cloth3097/10

Rectangular brown cloth with wide patterned bands along the vertical edges. The brown ground has a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with dark brown string. The edging of the cloth is rounded with a pink and white diamond pattern, stitched on with dark brown thread. The patterned bands along the edges are made up of dark red stripes separating three bands containing figures of birds. The bands on the left are black and purple, those on the right are red and pink.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3097/38

Multicoloured woven coca bag with an open top and a broken orange-red strap. The border (which excludes the bottom edge) is green. Following the border are a thick red stripe and a thin yellow stripe. In the centre are burgundy and pink designs. One side depicts four burgundy sideways bird-like animals on a pink background, while the other depicts two pink quadrupedal animals standing on curly designs on a burgundy background. Along the bottom edge are alternating orange and pink tassels, with a larger tassel consisting of green (primarily) and yellow in the centre, and only green in the upper corner. Two threads are longer than the rest of the purse and hang from the bottom edge.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/11

Rectangular black shawl with wide patterned bands along the vertical edges. The black ground has a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with black string. The edging of the right half is red, the other half is not edged. The patterned band on the right side is much thicker than the left. Both bands are made up of dark red stripes separating thinner patterned bands with zigzags, flowers, and bird motifs. The bands on the left are black and purple, those on the right are red and pink.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Carrying Cloth3097/12

Rectangular black and dark pink cloth. The left and right edges have a dark pink vertical patterned band. The outside vertical thirds, inside the stripes, are black panels, the centre third is patterned and dark pink with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with brightly coloured thread, alternating colours along the seam. The patterned bands along the edges are edged with a thin orange stripe, and patterned with bands of zigzag and bird motifs in black. The central pink bands, separated by the multicoloured seam, are also patterned with bird motifs in black.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Potolo, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/9

Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The left and right edges have a 5 cm vertical band of thin stripes. The outside vertical thirds, inside the stripes, are brown panels, the centre third is colourful and patterned with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with orange thread. The patterns in the centre panel are made up of vertical dark red, yellow, orange, and green stripes, along with thin checkered stripes and thicker stripes made of rectangles with bi-colour animal figures on a white ground.

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