Banner Item Number: E166 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Embroidered stylized animals, figures, and other symbols in red, orange, blue, green, and yellow on dark blue ground, with narrow red stripes. Long hot pink fringe at both ends.
History Of Use
Handwoven house banner
Iconographic Meaning
Represents a family's symbolic guardian animals.
Narrative
Collected by Robert Richards while travelling in the Guatemalan highlands.
Item History
- Made in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
- Owned by Robert Richards before April 20, 1972
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Robert Richards (Seller) on April 20, 1972
What
- Name
- Banner
- Identification Number
- E166
- Type of Item
- banner
- Material
- cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- woven
- Overall
- height 50.5 cm, width 132.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quiche
- Previous Owner
- Robert Richards
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Robert Richards (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
When
- Ownership Date
- before April 20, 1972
- Acquisition Date
- on April 20, 1972
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0190/0002