Border Item Number: Sf851 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Piece of yellow (originally) slit tapestry border. Detailed bird forms, with a long hooked beak and comb-like tail feathers are attached to step triangles and repeated in alternating shades of reds and yellows. The bird has an outlined eye and this same form is repeated in the corners of the triangles. Narrow red borders outline the bird pattern band. The tapestry figures are not outlined. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns; a few red threads z-spun.
History Of Use
Possibly a border fragment from a poncho, shirt or loincloth. The extended use of the outlined eye form is found on a number of fabrics from Pachacamac (Schmidt, p.497). The yarn spin of warp and weft is consistent with central coast tapestry.
Item History
- Made in Pachacamac, Peru ? between 900 and 1476
- Collected between 1949 and 1966
- Owned by Anonymous before May 4, 1981
- Received from Anonymous (Donor) on May 4, 1981
What
- Name
- Border
- Identification Number
- Sf851
- Type of Item
- border
- Material
- alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, woven, dyed and plied
- Overall
- height 37.0 cm, width 8.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Pachacamac, 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
- Accession Number
- 0711/0353