Textile Item Number: Sf842 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plain white woven cotton with two birds and geometric motifs which are brocaded in red to resemble tapestry. The birds have hooked beaks, large tail and head feathers. The wing is very small. The birds alternate vertical position; one bird is right-side up, the second is up-side down. There is a border of hooks on two sides and a solid thick line on the third side. One finished edge is partially intact. Some z-spun cotton yarns and z-spun, two plied cotton and camelid.
History Of Use
Coastal textiles in this period frequently imitate the official Wari Style. Here a brocade weave imitates the effect of tapestry found in the official garments. The restricted use of wool and the casually rendered condor suggest it was made at a coastal site, away from Wari administration centres.
Iconographic Meaning
The hooked-beak bird may be the condor, which is frequently depicted in the official style of Wari tunics (Sawyer).
Item History
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- Sf842
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, woven and plied
- Overall
- height 20.0 cm, width 14.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 550 and 900
- 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
- 0711/0344