Fragment: Tunic Item Number: 3263/22 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a garment. Square in shape with a vertical stripe pattern across surface. Maroon stripe along left side. Wide dark blue stripe, with mirrored star and ovals inside it, towards left side. Designs done in white and golden brown. Alternating thin, olive green and dark blue stripes across rest of garment. Dark blue stripes have alternating white and maroon triangles inside them. Light blue thread attached to bottom left corner, tucked underneath textile. Fragment is stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.
Textile is likely from a large tunic.
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.
Main body of textile done in warp-faced plain weave. Patterns and figures done in complementary warp weave.