Fragment: Textile Item Number: 2787/38 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Small fragment of purple and brown hand spun, hand loomed, double woven cloth with a few pink and black stripes in the centre field. One long edge is finished with a cord-like brown border, the other long edge is frayed, one side edge is hemmed back, the other is hemmed near the finished corner but remainder has loose fibres.

Narrative

Mieneke Mees collected cloth while in Peru on a study tour.