Fragment: Textile Item Number: 2990/904 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Triangular piece of thick textile. Design shows male in profile, holding a long stick with both hands at the lower right corner. The same male design is present at the front in an eight-sided figure which is surrounded by geometrical protrusions. Protruding geometrical borders are forming stepped designs in red-brown and in yellow-brown on a brown ground. Red-brown, yellow-brown, cream, blue and brown dyed wool. Worn and incomplete.
Specific Techniques
Design formed by weaving colored weft threads in an open tapestry technique, where some sections of the warp are left unwoven to give a semi-translucent effect.
Item History
- Made in 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
- 2990/904
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- camelid wool fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 16.0 cm, width 14.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Paracas
- Previous Owner
- Alan R. Sawyer and Erika H. Sawyer
- Received from
- Erika H. Sawyer (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Ica, Peru
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
- 2990/0904