Textile Item Number: Sf839 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A small square of light brown woven cotton half fitted with a brocaded step triangle. Blue diamond shapes branching off oblique lines fill the step triangle in a regular way. The exact negative image fills the background space. One warp selvedge with green heading wefts and one weft selvedge are present. There are two cut edges. Z-spun, 2 plied s yarns.
History Of Use
Appears to be a corner of a type of rectangular cloth that is decorated with step triangles in each corner. Complete cloths of this type often have central, deteriorated areas that are consistent with wrapping organic material. The corner ornamented cloth is a standard type and occurs from the Middle Horizon (Period ?) to the Late Horizon (Period ?). The yarn structure and the order of interlacing in the brocade are consistent with central coast fabrics of the Late Intermediate Period (Rowe), but similar cloths come from the Chincha area as well (O'Neale).
Item History
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- Sf839
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun, woven, dyed and plied
- Overall
- height 7.9 in, width 6.0 in
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
- 0711/0341