Belt Item Number: Sf910 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Red, wool belt with figurative, pick-up patterns in a central band flanked by green and blue stripes and a three colour band with squares. The warps at one end are grouped and made into six braids. Re-plied cords are attached to each end.
History Of Use
Warp-faced fabrics with three or four selvedges are woven by women but the fabrics the techniques, structures and some of the motifs have pre-Conquest antecedents. This type of textile conveys the most information about an individual's ethnicity, sex, age, status and particular history. Are used by both sexes.
Cultural Context
everyday wear
Narrative
This type of belt can be worn by men, women or children. It is frequently hidden by another belt if an adult is wearing it.
Iconographic Meaning
The range of motifs refers to local geography and landmarks, ecology, fecundity as well as luck. The six part circle refers to the division of land into six sections on Taquile and the rotation of crops and fallow periods. The striated 'x' represents the tilled fields.
Specific Techniques
Weave structures are the following: 1-plain colour areas are warp-faced plain weave. 2-figurative designs; complementary-warp weave with 3-span floats aligned in alternating pairs with an irregular (abbabaab) warping order (3/1 horizontal colour changes and diagonals of 2-span floats). 3-stripe with squares; float weave derived from turned 2/1 horizontal herringbone with floats forming squares.
Item History
- Made by Josepha Huatta Yucra (Maker) in Taquile, Puno, Peru between 1981 and May 13, 1982
- Collected by Mary Frame during 1982
- Owned by Mary Frame before February 10, 1983
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on February 10, 1983
What
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Creator
- Josepha Huatta Yucra (Maker)
- Field Collector
- Mary Frame
- Previous Owner
- Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Taquile, Puno, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 1981 and May 13, 1982
- Collection Date
- during 1982
- Ownership Date
- before February 10, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on February 10, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0861/0007