Textile Item Number: 1067/9 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A long cotton textile with rows of a bird-headed figure looking over its pointed triangle tail. The figures alternate two yellow and one red on a yellow background. A pair of double red lines form a border at the ends. In between the red lines is another, smaller bird-like figure with a hooked bill. This figure also alternates two yellow and one red. There are two finished edges, one only partially intact.
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
- 1067/9
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre, dye and wool fibre
- Overall
- height 86.0 cm, width 25.0 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
- 1067/0009