Hanging Item Number: Sf881 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Green hanging with gold pattern and fringe. The pattern repeats gold floral and spiraling green and gold leaf motifs on green ground. The hanging has a rectangular shape with scalloped sides and straight ends. There is a thick gold fringe on the scalloped sides. The cloth is machine stitched together from six pieces of fabric. The backside is lined with yellow cotton.
Narrative
Sewing machine stitching indicates it is less than 100 years old.
Item History
What
- Name
- Hanging
- Identification Number
- Sf881
- Type of Item
- hanging
- Material
- silk fibre, cotton fibre and gold metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and machine stitched
- Overall
- height 150.6 cm, width 105.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 1966
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0711/0383