Textile Item Number: Sa306 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Pattern consists of sets of stripes on a red ground. Interspersed with double thin yellow stripes are: turquoise floating weft diamonds with purple and white ikat floating weft purple and white ikat stripes; two blue bands with turquoise supplementary weft squares; white diamond pattern with yellow and turquoise stripes and detail. White adhesive tag has '30A' written in black pen.
History Of Use
This sample is from a plain weave textile, woven on a commercial treadle loom. Men operate these looms in co-operative or factory enterprises. These textiles are produced mainly for skirts, shawls, and shirts. Although textile patterns were formerly distinguishable between towns, adaptation of patterns from town to town, makes establishing the origin of a modern commercial textile virtually impossible (Anderson).
Cultural Context
textile sample
Item History
- Made in Guatemala before 1976
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Inge Ruus before August 5, 1977
- Received from Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on August 5, 1977
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- Sa306
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven
- Overall
- height 31.3 cm, width 4.6 cm
Who
- Culture
- Maya ?
- Previous Owner
- Inge Ruus
- Received from
- Inge Ruus (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Guatemala
When
- Creation Date
- before 1976
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before August 5, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on August 5, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0404/0083