Fragment: Textile
Item number 2990/905 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Three pieces of embroidered textile with cactus flowers on blue ground. Flowers have rectangular body, triangular ending on one side and long line on the other. Part a is a large band with three types of flowers: yellow-brown, blue and light blue squares on body, yellow-brown and green squares and blue and yellow-brown squares in cream weft. Other band fragments are small and have the same flower design; one with a red-brown ground (b) and the other (c) with yellow-brown and green squares on weft.
Item History
- Made in Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
- Collected between 1950 and 1975
- Owned by Alan R. Sawyer
- Owned by Erika H. Sawyer before January 15, 2013
- Received from Erika H. Sawyer (Donor) on January 15, 2013
What
- Name
- Fragment: Textile
- Identification Number
- 2990/905 a-c
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre, camelid wool fibre and dye
- Part A
- height 25.5 cm, width 2.8 cm
- Part B
- height 6.1 cm, width 3.0 cm
- Part C
- height 6.2 cm, width 2.7 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cordero Alto, Ica, Peru
Who
- Culture
- Paracas
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from
- Erika H. Sawyer (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 901 BCE and 201 BCE
- Collection Date
- between 1950 and 1975
- Ownership Date
- before January 15, 2013
- Acquisition Date
- on January 15, 2013
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 2990/0905 a-c
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