Textile Item Number: 1067/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
The textile is roughly a rectangular shape, woven with two natural shades of brown. The lighter brown forms a wide band along the top, a partial triangle at the bottom and serves as background in the middle section. In the middle of the textile the darker shade of brown is woven in double lined diagonals with a repeated motif in the centre of the lines. The top edge is finished, the other three edges are frayed.
Narrative
Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.
Item History
- Made in Peru
- Owned by Rosita LeSueur Tovell before November 28, 1985
- Received from Rosita LeSueur Tovell (Donor) on November 28, 1985
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 1067/4
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 48.0 cm, width 28.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chancay
- Previous Owner
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell
- Received from
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 28, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on November 28, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 1067/0004