Skirt Item Number: Sf414 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Skirt made of green wool pleated at the waist with a narrow cotton waistband of grey, orange, white and black stripes that has a tie at each end. The hem is finished with a light purple and pink cotton hem facing, stitched in white. A band of green wool runs horizontally around the skirt midway between the waist and hem and is embroidered with a curvilinear, floral design stitched in orange, blue, and white. Waistband cotton, grey, orange, white and black stripe.

History Of Use

Worn with several other skirts, and as an underskirt at fiestas. 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.
The green wool material may be bayetilla, a commercially woven product similar to the hand woven bayeta.

Cultural Context

worn by women

Item History

What

Name
Skirt
Identification Number
Sf414
Type of Item
skirt
Material
cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
Manufacturing Technique
machine woven and machine embroidered
Overall
height 54.0 cm, width 176.0 cm, depth 3.5 cm

Who

Culture
Quechua
Field Collector
Mary Frame, Janet Macquarrie-Kent, Kate Gibson and Maureen Maitland
Previous Owner
Maureen Maitland, Janet Macquarrie-Kent, Kate Gibson and Mary Frame
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
fair
Accession Number
0490/0018