Textile Item Number: Sa277 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular textile of woven cotton; striped fabric sample with pinked edges. Stripes vary in width. Repeating stripe sets on a red ground; yellow, light brown, yellow, black, yellow; black, light brown, red, yellow; red, light brown and black. Red weft runs through all. White adhesive tag has '8' written in black felt.
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
- Sa277
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven
- Overall
- height 29.1 cm, width 5.5 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
- 0404/0054