Breastplate Item Number: H2.112 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Jaguar hide breastplate consisting of feathers and bordered with grey seeds. The front is decorated with two gourd cups attached forming the breasts that are encircled with grey seeds as well as red and yellow feathers. The below the gourds are two circular patterns of seeds and feathers on either side of a black beetle horn and a semi-circle of seeds and feathers. Running along the bottom is a fringe of grey and brown seeds in between a piece of bone or a reed.
Item History
- Made in Ecuador before 1927
- Collected between 1920 and 1927
- Owned by Frank Burnett before 1927
- Received from Frank Burnett (Donor) on July 25, 1927
What
- Name
- Breastplate
- Identification Number
- H2.112
- Type of Item
- breastplate
- Material
- jaguar skin, seed, gourd fruit, feather, fibre and bone
- Manufacturing Technique
- cut, sewn and tied
- Overall
- height 52.2 cm, width 40.7 cm, depth 7.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Andes ?
- Previous Owner
- Frank Burnett
- Received from
- Frank Burnett (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ecuador
When
- Creation Date
- before 1927
- Collection Date
- between 1920 and 1927
- Ownership Date
- before 1927
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 1927
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2191/1545