Textile Item Number: 3256/6 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Open-work, rectangular textile. Fine white thread has been twisted to create a mesh grid, with patterning appllied by in-filling squares of the mesh across large areas. Patterns include lines, zigzags, collections of squares, and key patterns. What remains of the edges has been finished.
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
- Made in Chancay, Lima, Peru between 1000 and 1476
- Collected during 1965
- Owned by Rosita LeSueur Tovell
- Owned by Susan Moogk before July 25, 2017
- Received from Susan Moogk (Donor) on July 25, 2017
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 3256/6
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- wool fibre ?
- Overall
- height 66.0 cm, width 54.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Chancay
- Previous Owner
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell and Susan Moogk
- Received from
- Susan Moogk (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Chancay, Lima, Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 1000 and 1476
- Collection Date
- during 1965
- Ownership Date
- before July 25, 2017
- Acquisition Date
- on July 25, 2017
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3256/0006