Textile Item Number: 3133/31 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Woven wool textile. Textile is rectangular in shape, with a tight, patterned weave. Decoration is dense, in a series of parallel lines of varying widths in tan, red, dark yellow and grey-purple. Motifs include birds, human figures, four legged animals and a variety of shapes and linear devices done mainly in light tan thread. A thin band of dark tan cotton is sewn to the long sides of the piece.
Narrative
This collection (3133/1-35) was brought to Vancouver by the donor's father's family, when they moved here from Bolivia in the 1940s.
Item History
- Made in Bolivia before 1950
- Owned by Elspeth Webster
- Owned by Catherine Webster before October 2, 2015
- Received from Catherine Webster (Donor) on October 2, 2015
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 3133/31
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- wool fibre, dye and cotton fibre
- Overall
- height 89.0 cm, width 69.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua ?
- Previous Owner
- Elspeth Webster and Catherine Webster
- Received from
- Catherine Webster (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bolivia
When
- Creation Date
- before 1950
- Ownership Date
- before October 2, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on October 2, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3133/0031