Shawl Item Number: Sf847 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Fragment of painted, plain weave cotton. The major motif is a frontal human with crescent shaped headdress. This figure is repeated in diagonally arranged squares. Adjacent diagonally stepped registers contain zigzags. A secondary motif of repeating profile birds occurs in a wide diagonal register between registers with zigzags. The original colours appear to have been red, blue and several shades of brown.
History Of Use
Mantles are found enshrouding the body in mummy bundles. The technical features of the fabric are typical of Chancay (Rowe). The crescent headdress on the frontal figure is a Chimu trait (Rowe). This suggests the fragment dates to the later part of the Late Intermediate Period when the Chimu Empire spread to the central coast.
Item History
What
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 1200 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
- Accession Number
- 0711/0349