Border Item Number: Sf878 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Piece of finely woven border in many colours; red, green, pink, purple, white, gold and grey. Has parts of seven rectangles, each with separate images; a monkey, two birds, two humans, a crustacean and one indiscernible shape. The right side of the fabric is double cloth with substituting warps and wefts. The underside is a mass of warp floats. The one intact edge has a scalloped border of woven fringes. Z-spun, two ply s yarns.
History Of Use
This fragment may be from the edge of a mantle or tunic. The range of colours and the presence of certain elements like the forehead ornament suggest the dates given. Quite an unusual fabric. One of similar appearance, but different structure is in Bird and Bellinger (pl. 100). It also has speckled birds and a crustacean.
Iconographic Meaning
The 2 humans, who carry paraphernalia in each hand, may be related to the figures carrying plants in the 'Harvest Festival' hanging (Sawyer). One wears a fox pelt headdress (Sawyer, fig. 20) and the other wears a forehead ornament (Sawyer, fig. 2). The detail of what is actually carried is lost, although it could be crop plants. The bent knee stance may indicate a dancing posture.
Item History
What
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 301 BCE and 2 BCE
- 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
- 0711/0380