Fragment: Band Item Number: 3263/3 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a band. Rectangular in shape and coloured light cream. Alternating thin rows of plain bands and gauze weave across entire surface. Textile stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.
Done in plain and 2/2 gauze weaves.
Collected in Peru before the 1970s by Ina VanStan, a Professor of Textiles and Clothing at the Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) from the 1940s to c. 1966. VanStan later gifted her collection to the donor. A large amount of the donation was used for teaching at the University of Alberta while others were mainly small study fragments.