Band Item Number: Sf846 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular piece of plain weave cotton with painted designs. The major figure is a human with two pronged headdress holding a plaque-like object. A profile bird hovers by the figure. Step frets fill adjacent registers. Red background, now very faded, and blue figures are outlined in thick brown lines with interior detailing in white. Parts of one warp and weft selvedge remain. The other edges are cut. The backside of the band is undecorated.
History Of Use
From the arrangement of the pattern bands, this appears to be a vertical strip cut from a poncho shirt. The large size of some painted poncho shirts suggests they were made to the proportions of the mummy bundle, not a living person. The technical features of the fabric are typical of Chancay (Rowe).
Item History
What
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 900 and 1476
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 0711/0348