Carrying Cloth Item Number: Sf413 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Carrying cloth of warp faced plain weave with aniline dyed stripes (red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and black) interspaced with grey bands and strips of pick up weave in a rose design (red and green, or red and blue alternating on a yellow background). The outside side edges are finished with a woven band with a multi-coloured diamond design.
History Of Use
The uncuna is used by women for carrying a baby or a burden. The tradition of regionally distinctive dress is still a feature of some of the remote villages of highland Peru. The costumes are a mixture of Spanish influence with surviving indigenous aspects and materials.
Cultural Context
used by women for carrying
Item History
- Made by Gerardo Gusman Ramos (Maker) in Tinta, Cuzco, Peru before 1978
- Collected by Kate Gibson, Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent and Mary Frame during 1978
- Owned by Mary Frame, Kate Gibson, Maureen Maitland and Janet Macquarrie-Kent before October 10, 1978
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller), Kate Gibson (Seller), Janet Macquarrie-Kent (Seller), Maureen Maitland (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on October 10, 1978
What
- Name
- Carrying Cloth
- Identification Number
- Sf413
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- sheep wool fibre and aniline dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and sewn
- Overall
- height 108.0 cm, width 128.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Creator
- Gerardo Gusman Ramos (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Kate Gibson, Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent and Mary Frame
- Previous Owner
- Mary Frame, Kate Gibson, Maureen Maitland and Janet Macquarrie-Kent
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller), Kate Gibson (Seller), Janet Macquarrie-Kent (Seller), Maureen Maitland (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tinta, Cuzco, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1978
- Collection Date
- during 1978
- Ownership Date
- before October 10, 1978
- Acquisition Date
- on October 10, 1978
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0490/0017