Textile Item Number: Sf841 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A cut section of a red tapestry band with single feline ? with crescent headdress. The feline has a blue body with red dots and wide, brown outlines. The outline is serrated along the back and the tail ends in three stacked triangles. Three birds in red, black and dark yellow form a line below the tail area. The tapestry background is yellow in this area.
History Of Use
The animal with the crescent crest is a standard Chimu motif. It is repeated 12 times on a large hanging in King, fig. 35. The warp and weft spinning are consistent with north coast tapestry practices (Rowe).
Iconographic Meaning
The crescent headdress occurs in many Chimu representations of important or mythical personages (Rowe). The stacked triangles at the tail are a feature of the Chimu Style but the meaning is not apparent.
Item History
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- Sf841
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- alpaca wool fibre ? and cotton fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, plied, woven, dyed and sewn
- Overall
- height 17.0 cm, width 10.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 900 and 1200
- 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
- 0711/0343