Strap Item Number: Sf829 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The white textile is long, narrow and unfinished with flaring ends. The two ends are dissimilar in colour and pattern. One end has four woven bands of triangles and diamonds in red, yellow and black. The other end has seven narrow bands of yellow, green and red interspaced with seven dark red bands. The bands show zoomorphic designs in black. The ends are woven in combination weft faced plain weave, complementary and supplementary weft weaves using camelid. Except for the ends and the unwoven section, the cotton warps are plain woven with cotton wefts. Z-spun, 2 ply s yarn.
History Of Use
The fabric is purposefully flared at both ends through changing the weave structure and grouping warps. This is probably an unfinished tie from an apron or breechcloth (Van Stan).
Iconographic Meaning
Serpents, felines, birds and stepfrets appear in the pattern bands.
Item History
What
- Name
- Strap
- Identification Number
- Sf829
- Type of Item
- strap
- Material
- cotton fibre, alpaca wool fibre ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven and dyed
- Overall
- height 125.0 cm, width 14.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 600 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
- 0711/0331