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Painting2862/42

Painting shows an angel in human form, wings slightly spread behind him. The angel’s face is rosy, with a slight smile, and the hair is long and curled. The dress is colonial in style, with an elaborate red, green and gold tunic, edged on the visible arm and bottom with lace. A long red and gold cape falls to the angel’s right. Tall boots reach nearly to the knees and are topped with bows. A helmet sits on the head and is adorned with several colourful feathers. The angel holds a large round shield with a spike emerging from the centre. The background is dark brown and green and the edges of the painting are lined with foliage and painted flowers in red and gold.

Culture
Peruvian
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting2862/41

Painting shows an angel in human form, wings slightly spread behind him. His face is rosy, with a slight smile, and his hair is long and curled. He is dressed in colonial style clothing, with an elaborate blue and gold coat that falls to the knees and has lacy cuffs and collar, and a red and gold cape. Below the knees he is clothed in stockings and small black shoes with ribbons. On his head is a wide hat with feathers and ribbons. The angel holds a rifle ? in his left hand. The background of the painting shows a dark sky, foliage at the lower left, and water on the lower right.

Culture
Peruvian
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape2862/40

Rectangular cape, with repeating woven “W” design, used in weddings. Cape has groups of decorative woven lines and motifs running vertically at the middle and both ends. At centre point is a line of embroidered triangle motifs in an array of colours. Along the outside edges are small red and green embroidered ‘knobs’.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Paratia, Puno, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape2862/38

Rectangular cape used in ceremonies. Cape has woven into it a strip of red in the centre, and two thinner strips of diamond patterns to each side. Close to the top and bottom are thin strips of colour and triangle patterning. Around the perimeter of the entire cape on the edge are woven small diamond shapes.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Capachica, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape2862/37

Brown, rectangular cape, may have been used to carry babies and objects on one’s back. It has woven into it vertical strips of patterning consisting of brown, light brown and tan strips of colour, and strips of patterns in swirls, lines, diamond shapes, and triangles. The cape has been sewn together down a centre seam.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Paratia, Puno, Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape2862/35

Rectangular cape, may have been used to carry babies and objects on one’s back. Cape has wide vertical strips of red, brown and orange, amongst a background of extensive diamond patterning. The cape has been sewn together down a centre seam.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre
Made in
Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Cape2862/33

Rectangular cape, may have been used to carry babies and objects on one’s back. The cape has vertical bands of diamonds and triangles woven into it, interspersed by bands of solid colour in pink, green and blue. Along one edge is a thin strip of nylon folded over and sewn onto both sides of the cape. The cape has been sewn together down a centre seam.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wool fibre and nylon fibre ?
Made in
Lauromarca, Cuzco, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Retablo Altar2862/31

Retablo of St. Marcos. The altar is rectangular, topped by a painted pediment. Two long vertical doors open on the front, and are attached to the altar by leather hinges. The doors are painted on the outside with a cross and swirled patterns, and on the inside with flowers, leaves, circles and lines. Inside the altar are two sets of plaster figures. The top set consists of four saints: St. Paul, St. Ines, John the Baptist and an unidentified saint holding a book and staff. Smaller figures stand in front of the saints and include animals and humans. In the bottom set of figures are a group of musicians, several sheep and goats, shepherds, and a woman with pottery.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, plaster, skin, paint and metal
Made in
Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Retablo Altar2862/30

Small retablo altar of St. Anthony. Altar has a door attached by metal pins, opening on the left where it can be secured by two pieces of braided fibre rope at the mid-point. The outside is painted with designs: curved orange lines and green dots on the long sides, and the outline of a cross on the front. A painted pediment sits atop the altar. The interior side of the door is painted with a flower and leaves. Inside the altar are several plaster figures. The central is St. Anthony holding a child and a branch, and beside him is a skull and cross bones. On the side wall is another figure of St Anthony, also holding a child and branch. The third figure, standing on the bottom of the altar, is a shepherdess with two small animals.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood, plaster, fibre and metal
Made in
St. Marcos, Ayacucho, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Painting2862/29

Small rectangular painting on tin of the archangel St. Michael. The angel is elaborately dressed in short green and orange pants, a blue shirt, and decorative boots. He has shoulder-length wavy brown hair upon which sits a blue helmet topped with green, red and white poms. A flowing red scarf surrounds his shoulders. Wings extend from his back and have black, red, white and blue feathers. He balances on his right leg, standing on a blue mount. In his right hand, which is held above his head, the angel carries a flaming branch, while in his left is a scale. The background of the painting is coloured brown, orange and yellow.

Culture
Peruvian
Made in
Arequipa, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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