Blouse Item Number: 2813/13 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Undyed and coarsely woven cotton fabric with embroidered neck panel, shoulders, bottom, and seam edges. There is a depiction of an abstracted dog figures, a symbol, and a geometric pattern along the bottom of the blouse. There are two rectangles outlined in red-orange on either side of the neck with four vertical stripes of coloured embroidery. The colour scheme within the left rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: dark purple, green, light purple-pink, and yellow. The colour scheme within the right rectangle reads as follows, from left-to-right: light purple-pink, green, dark purple, yellow, and light purple-pink. There is a zigzag pattern in green and light purple-pink on the shoulders. There is also a thin vertical line of dark purple towards the ends of the sleeves. Two short horizontal rows of green and red-orange embroidery have been applied to the centre of the blouse, below the neck opening.

Narrative

Purchased by donor in Riobamba market.