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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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Sash3097/18

Dark brown and off-white sash with long brown and off-white fringe with colourful tips. The fabric has a plaid pattern with squares of dark brown, off-white, and squares with a fine dark brown and off-white pattern. The rows alternate between rows of off-white and patterned squares, and rows of dark brown and patterned squares. The patterned squares are made up of a 6 by 6 grid of small squares with diagonal stripes, where the direction of the diagonal stripes alternates with each square which appears as a fine X or diamond pattern. The top horizontal row ends halfway up the squares. Most vertical rows have either one or two vertical lines up the centre of the squares, in off-white in the dark brown rows and dark brown in the off-white rows. The fringe is made up of dark brown and off-white strings, alternating with four strings in each row. The top row is half the height, so only has two strings. The strings are either dark brown or off-white, depending on the row colour. The fringe strings have short pieces of brightly coloured yarn tied around the knotted ends with a contrasting colour of yarn and white thread. The sets of dark brown and off-white strings are mostly finished with the same bright colour, a few are mixed.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
dye and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/13

Rectangular brown shawl with a wide striped band along the left edge and a wide stripe along the right edge. The brown ground has a seam in the centre where the two halves are stitched together with brown thread. The left two thirds of the bottom edge, the left edge, and the left third of the top edge are finished with orange and light brown diamond shaped edging, while the other areas are un edged. The wide band along the left edge is striped with alternating orange, red, and purple-grey. A thick stripe towards the left edge is made of alternating blocks of pink and light tan, patterned with swirls, and with thin red, pink, and purple stripes along the edges with wave motifs. The stripe along the right edge is a light brown band with thin stripes of light tan, orange, and grey along the edges.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre, dye and aniline dye
Made in
Bolivar, Cochabamba, 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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Shawl3097/8

Colourful, patterned, woven wool shawl. The outside vertical thirds are bright patterned panels, the centre third is black with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together. The colourful panels have similar patterns in different colours. The patterns are primarily pink, orange, and red, made up of vertical stripes of varying widths, some of which are patterned with vertical swirls, horizontal zigzags, wave motifs, and checkers. The widest stripe on each panel has a checkered background and a pattern of diamonds with swirls inside.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
dye and alpaca wool fibre
Made in
Macha, Potosi, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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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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Hair Tie3486/18

Wasa watana (hair tie). A hair tie that is made in a mixture of techniques: oblique interlaced bands with zigzag embroidery for the main band and woven bands made in complementary warp weave that intersect with the main band. Each end has two intersecting bands, and two of those also have intersecting bands. Each end has three tassels made of three bands. Most of the secondary intersecting bands are braided. Combination of techniques used: braiding, weaving and embroidery.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3486/15

Wasa watana (hair tie) woven in a complementary warp weave. Tassels formed by adding intersecting warps that are woven as separate bands. Warp fringes. Each end has one intersecting warp band, which makes a tassel with three woven bands. Alpaca and sheep’s wool, finely spun.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3486/13

Wasa watana (hair tie) woven in a complementary warp weave. Tassels formed by intersecting warps that are woven as separate bands. The added bands also have intersecting warps that are woven, but the two ends do not have identical numbers of bands. Warp fringes. Alpaca and sheep’s wool fibre. Spinning is fine and hard twist.

Culture
Quechua
Material
alpaca wool fibre and sheep wool fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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