Hip Cloth Item Number: Sf1100 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Square shaped hip cloth with repeating stripe pattern made from hand-spun wool and coloured yarn. Detailed are thin bands of red, yellow, blue and green on a black ground. There is brown fringe on four sides, made of alpaca wool?
Cultural Context
Worn by men; mourning.
Item History
- Made by Valentina Flores Vargas (Maker) in Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia before 1983
- Collected by Mary Frame during 1983
- Owned by Mary Frame before October 27, 1983
- Received from Mary Frame (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) on October 27, 1983
What
- Name
- Hip Cloth
- Identification Number
- Sf1100
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- sheep wool fibre, dye, cotton fibre and alpaca wool fibre ?
- Overall
- height 56.7 cm, width 58.2 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Creator
- Valentina Flores Vargas (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
- Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1983
- Collection Date
- during 1983
- Ownership Date
- before October 27, 1983
- Acquisition Date
- on October 27, 1983
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0948/0013