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Hair Tie3097/61

Fibre hair tie composed of a thin orange and grey-green cord with several multicoloured wrapped tassels on either end. Each end has a dark brown pom pom, from which extend four black and dark yellow-brown wrapped tassels. Each tassel has a dark brown fibre pom pom at the bottom, from which extend two long black and light brown wrapped tassels. These tassels have small multicoloured sections 3/4 of the way down and at the bottom. Below the multicoloured sections at the bottom of the tassels are dark brown fibre pom poms, from which extend one or two short multicoloured wrapped tassels (one pom pom has no tassels). One end has a total of 25 tassels and 13 pom poms, while the other end has 26 tassels and 13 pom poms.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Belt3097/52

Multicoloured woven belt with fibre cords on either end. The belt is decorated with a multicoloured geometric pattern that extends to one end of the belt; this end has three hot pink cords that connect and attach to a longer, multicoloured cord. The other end of the belt consists of several multicoloured fibre cords stitched together; a long, multicoloured cord extends from this end. The pattern consists of triangles (or diamonds ?) and spirals, alternating between rectangular sections of green and red and red and yellow; opposite order on the other side of the belt. The pattern is bordered above and below by alternating white, red, and dark blue stripes. These stripes are bordered above and below by alternating black and dark purple-brown stripes.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3097/67

Knitted doll in a brightly coloured dress. The dress is red with purple, green, and yellow details, a yellow and pink skirt, an orange hem, yellow cuffs, and a yellow belt. Yellow and blue yarn strands are looped through the neckline of the dress. Yellow and purple cords of yarn are loosely attached to the top of the neckline. A long green strap is attached to the purple strand and the neckline. The doll has a red hat, blue-black hair in two braids, an orange right shoe, and a pink left shoe. Two smaller humanoid figures are attached to the doll's dress, below the belt. The figure on the doll's right side is wearing an orange shirt, green pants, and a light blue hat with dark blue stitches. The figure on the doll's left side is wearing a red dress with orange details and a green hat with dark blue stitches.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Doll3097/69

Knitted doll in a brightly coloured dress. The dress is hot pink with yellow, purple, red, and green details, orange sleeves, and a red belt. Yellow and blue yarn strands are looped through the neckline of the dress. Red and green cords of yarn are loosely attached to the top of the neckline. The green cord extends from the back side of the doll as a long strap. The doll has a yellow hat, pink shoes, and blue-black hair in two braids. Two smaller humanoid figures are attached to the doll's dress, below the belt. The figure on the doll's right side is wearing a red shirt, brown pants with a single pink stitch, and an orange hat with blue stitches. The figure on the doll's left side is wearing a green shirt, a pink skirt with green details, and a yellow hat with blue stitches.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia ? or Peru ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Shawl3097/15

Patterned woven wool shawl with vertical coloured stripes and wider bands on a black ground. The shawl is made up of two panels sewn together at the vertical centre with dark brown thread. The centre of the shawl along the seam is a wide band of black ground, with solid stripes across the outer sections. The stripes are pink, purple, yellow, brown, and white, with orange stripes only on the left side of the shawl. The wide bands are patterned with wide zigzags or chevrons with concentric circle patterns inside. The right edge is patterned with checkers and the left edge with triangles. The edging is tubular and pink, patterned with yellow and blue lines.

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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Headband3097/19

Brightly coloured patterned headband with beaded edges and long twisted ties at each end. The surface of the headband is off-white with multicoloured patterns, with two horizontal strips of purple, blue, off-white, and green along the top and bottom edges. These strips are patterned with a complex zigzag shape with diamonds in between the corners. The main pattern of the surface is in a wide horizontal band of red, purple, pink, and green stripes in the centre with animal, bird, triangle, and diamond motifs in off-white. The right end of the headband is made up of rows of multicoloured tubular twists of fibre, with alternating colours across the rows and three columns. The edges of the headband are made up of small white beaded loops, and clear beaded loops on the right edge and along the bottom of the tubular loop panel. The twisted ties are thin flat woven strips, with a white diamond pattern filled with green along the centre. The ground of the tie on the right is red, the left is pink. On the end of each tie there are three small loops of beading at the base of two long tubular beads with three more small loops of beading and a worn Republica de Bolivia coin at each end of the long beads. The beaded loops on the left side are red, pink, and yellow at the base and blue at the ends of clear tubular beads, with one large coin and one much smaller coin. The beaded loops on the right side are clear at the base and red and clear at the ends of blue tubular beads, with two similar sized coins.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre, dye, glass and metal
Made in
Bolivia ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Vest3097/16

Long woven vest with a colourful patterned centre panel and black sides. The vest has a deep cut rounded neckline, no fastenings on the front edges, and 28 cm slits up the sides at the bottom edge. The central panel is split in two in the front to form the vest opening, and sewn together in the back with sections of string in alternating bright colours. The front left side of the vest has a wide red stripe near the centre, with thinner patterned stripes along the left side of the panel. The front right side has a wide purple stripe near the centre, and thinner patterned stripes along the right side. The colourful patterned panel on the back of the vest is made up of red, yellow, and pink stripes with bands patterned with swirls, waves, and zigzags. The bottom edge and opening edges are finished with bright pink tubular edging.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
alpaca wool fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3097/59

Fibre hair tie composed of a long, braided cord with several wrapped tassels on either end. Each end has three black and brown wrapped tassels, with small sections at the bottom of white and either pink, yellow, or green. Below these coloured sections are dark brown-black fibre pom poms, which each lead into two black and brown wrapped tassels, with small multicoloured sections at the bottom. Below these multicoloured sections are slightly smaller dark brown-black pom poms, each of which leads into three short multicoloured wrapped tassels. Each end has a total of 27 wrapped tassels and 9 pom poms.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Coca Bag3097/33

Multicoloured woven coca bag with a long thin woven strap and an open top, with a small flap on the front. Made of two woven panels sewn together to form the front and back of the bag. The strap is woven in yellow, orange, and red with an off-white pattern of lines, sewn into the inside seams of the bag. The front panel has a light tan ground with a column of red, pink, orange, and green stripes in the centre creating a pattern of repeating horse figures with a line connecting to a small rectangle above their backs. The horse figures are bordered by peach coloured vertical stripes. There is a small flap with the same pattern as the central column connected at the top of the flap, and open on the inside of the bag creating a small pocket. The bottom edge of the flap is made up of loops of wrapped threads, in shades of red, pink, orange, and yellow. Each bottom corner of the flap has a long tubular wrapped string with a small elongated ball made of the same wrapped threads at the end. Outside the striped column are two wider columns patterned in dark red with a wide zigzag made up of two thin dark red lines with thin dashes across. There is a conical plant-like motif with mirrored spirals connected to a central line with blocks at each end within each triangle created by the zigzag. The outside of these wide columns is a stripe of alternating blocks, pink and peach coloured on the left and pink and green on the right. The back panel has a dark red ground with a matching green, orange, pink, and red striped column in the centre, with off-white patterns. There is a row along the top of the panel with a horizontal line with circles spaced along it, a narrow row of vertical squiggles, and the rest of the panel is patterned with thin horizontal off-white lines. Both panels are bordered in yellow and connected at the right and left edge with an alternating green and pink edge. The bottom edge of the bag is made up of loops of wrapped threads in shades of green, white, tan, yellow, orange, red, and pink with a wrapped thread ball at each corner and one in the centre. Each ball has two tubular wrapped strings with a ball at each end.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
wool fibre and dye
Made in
Tarabuco, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Hair Tie3097/64

Three piece hair tie. Three are tied together: two appear to be a pair; the other is similar but different. The two matching pieces are composed of thin black cords that separate at the bottom and lead into black fibre pom poms with dark orange undersides that are secured with dark yellow fibre. Each pom pom leads into two multicoloured wrapped tassels, with black pom poms with dark orange undersides, and secured with dark yellow fibre on the bottom. Each pom pom leads into two multicoloured wrapped tassels with black pom poms with dark yellow undersides, secured with neon pink fibre. The other, different piece is composed of a slightly thicker dark brown cord that separates at the bottom and connects to dark pink, light pink, and white wrapped fibre balls. There is another, short dark brown cord with frayed ends attached to the other cord where it separates. The balls at the bottom connect to dark red, light orange, blue-grey, or red wrapped tassels, with multicoloured wrapped fibre balls at the bottom. The blue-grey and red tassels are tied in two knots. The balls at the bottom lead into white, dark red, light green, pink, red, or light yellow wrapped tassels, with multicoloured wrapped fibre balls at the bottom.

Culture
Quechua and Aymara
Material
fibre and dye
Made in
Bolivia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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