Textile Item Number: Sf826 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A slit-tapestry plaque with an interior frame of reed and a five layer multicoloured fringe surround. Tapestry on both sides of the plaque, each with a multicoloured human figure standing in a frontal stance, each dressed differently, on a yellow background. A flexible tapestry section with a row of red spirals on yellow and a geometrically rendered face in yellow on brown is attached to the top of the plaque. Yellow, gold and red are the major colours; white, black, green, pink and brown are accents. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.
History Of Use
Appears to be a fragment of a giant sash-like fabric. Complete ones are illustrated in Sawyer and Tsunoyama. No grave context is recorded for this type of object, so use is uncertain. Sawyer suggests it is a sash or altar hanging.
Iconographic Meaning
The 2 human-like figures resemble Chancay effigy vessels in the stance, the hat and the comb-like teeth. The contrasting costumes may indicate gender difference, a feature explicitly rendered in ceramic effigy vessels.
Item History
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- Sf826
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- alpaca wool fibre ?, grass ?, cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven, bound, stitched and dyed
- Overall
- height 36.0 cm, width 22.0 cm, depth 3.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 900 and 1476
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 0711/0328