Textile
Item number Sf854 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Sf854 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Small, striped fabric with 4 selvedges. Yellow, brown, white, blue, red-brown, green and red stripes are repeated 3 times. One colour is completely deteriorated between the red and yellow stripes, exposing the warp threads. The spinning and weaving are very uneven. One third of the fabric, the area of terminal weaving, is very loosely beaten. All selvedges are complete and there are no signs of sewing to another fabric. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns.
Function uncertain; possibly a small carrying cloth. Alan Sawyer suggested it may be Nasca related. The wide range of deep colour dyes on the cotton is quite unusual for any period.
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Small, striped fabric with 4 selvedges. Yellow, brown, white, blue, red-brown, green and red stripes are repeated 3 times. One colour is completely deteriorated between the red and yellow stripes, exposing the warp threads. The spinning and weaving are very uneven. One third of the fabric, the area of terminal weaving, is very loosely beaten. All selvedges are complete and there are no signs of sewing to another fabric. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns.
Function uncertain; possibly a small carrying cloth. Alan Sawyer suggested it may be Nasca related. The wide range of deep colour dyes on the cotton is quite unusual for any period.
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