Fragment: Tunic Item Number: 3263/25 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Irregularly shaped fragment of a garment. Jagged zigzag pattern across entire surface. Lines primarily alternate between brown-grey and red. Small section of yellow and dark brown zigzags towards the top edge of the fragment. Textile stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.
Fragment possibly from a large tunic.
Done in plain weave with discontinuous warps and dovetailed joins.
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.