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Textiles3
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sheep1
wool industry1

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Peru4
Lima3

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Textile

woven sash

c.1980

A long strip of decorative hand weaving with ten plaited tassels. It is composed of symmetrical geometric patterning of white motifs (diamonds, zigzags, crosses, lozenges) on red, brown and blue warp...

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blanket
Textile

blanket

early 20th Century

A hand woven textile in green and red broad stripes, with small geometric patterns in black, white, yellow and pink on the red sections. The motifs in the stripes are similar to those found in Peruvi...

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poncho or mantle
Textile

poncho or mantle

19th-mid 20th Century

A hand woven poncho or mantle in black with plain and geometric-patterned stripes in red, yellow and white. Patterning includes zig zags, crosses and birds. A early 20th century museum label calls t...

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The prospective development of Peru as a sheep-breeding and wool-growing country

Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964)

[1927]

Includes textile samples.

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