Fragment: Band Item Number: 3263/14 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Three fragments of a band from a set of matched male garments. All band fragments are pink with groupings of three stripes- dark yellow, dark blue, dark yellow- along the entire length. Stripes are trimmed in dark red. Tiered, pendant tassels hang from each band. Tassels are predominantly dark red with pink, dark blue, yellow and light green throughout. Largest fragment (part a) has three tassels; second largest fragment (part b) has two tassels; smallest fragment (part c) has one tassel. Largest fragment stitched to grey coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.
Fragments were likely from either a sleeved shirt, loincloth or head wrap.
Fragments done in tapestry weave with some looped wefts. Areas of bare wefts where the tassels attached. Tassels are needle constructed.
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.