Shawl Item Number: Sf857 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red and yellow brocaded fish alternate on natural grey-brown plain weave cotton. Rows of fish point in alternate directions. Two weft selvedges are present. Warp edges are cut. Fragment is cut from a narrow loom width. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.
History Of Use
This patterned fragment of narrow cloth may be pat of a shawl. Brocaded cloths composed of narrow loom widths pieced together are sometimes shawls (Tsunoyama, fig. 122). The plain weave ground cloth and the yarn spin have the characteristics of central coast utilitarian fabrics (Rowe). The style and structure of the brocade also fits central coast fabrics (Rowe).
Iconographic Meaning
Fish quite often appear in the mouths of birds also they are found as solitary, repeating motif like this one.
Item History
What
- Name
- Shawl
- Identification Number
- Sf857
- Type of Item
- shawl
- Material
- alpaca wool fibre ?, cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, dyed, plied and woven
- Overall
- height 21.5 cm, width 16.5 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
- poor
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 0711/0359