Doll Item Number: 3111/24 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Textile doll wearing a yellow dress with horizontal red bands and one band of geometric spiral waves. Upper body has a beige band with brown geometric spirals (waves and step patterns). Hands of three fingers are up and made of a reed grass. Covered with light red dyed camelid threads. Rhomboid eyes with red and white circles in interior, light yellow face, two front red tassels as braids with two yellow knots each. Headdress with vertical bands in light blue, brown, white and black, cream coloured cotton and camelid threads. Interior textile at back of head has bird and geometric decorations, lower body interior has brown cloth with zigzag motif. Upper body has textile made of white wool and gauze.

Specific Techniques

Dress and upper band have open weave technique in which certain sections of warp are left unwoven to give a semi-translucent effect.

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.

Item History

What

Name
Doll
Identification Number
3111/24
Type of Item
doll
Material
cotton fibre, reed grass, dye and camelid wool fibre
Overall
height 28.8 cm, width 12.0 cm, depth 4.2 cm

Who

Culture
Chancay
Previous Owner
Rosita LeSueur Tovell, Susan Moogk, Patricia Skahan, Peter H.M. Tovell and Rosemarie L. Tovell
Received from
Susan Moogk (Donor), Rosemarie L. Tovell (Donor), Peter H.M. Tovell (Donor) and Patricia Skahan (Donor)

Where

Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
Made in
Lima, Peru

When

Creation Date
between 1000 and 1476
Collection Date
during 1964
Ownership Date
before May 21, 2015
Acquisition Date
on May 21, 2015

Other

Item Classes
textiles
Condition
good
Accession Number
3111/0024