Textile Item Number: 1067/10 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

The textile is a deep red with a centre panel of woven figures. The centre panel has three complete squares and three partial squares. Each square has a background colour of deep red, light brown, dark brown or blue. The figure within the square has a triangular head with an appendage to each side, large eyes, extended arms and square feet. The figures are woven in blue, red, white, light and dark brown.

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.