Fragment: Garment Item Number: 3263/51 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a garment's border. Red rectangular band with short golden brown fringe stitched to the bottom edge. Repeating golden brown wave pattern across entire surface, along bottom edge.
Main body of textile done in a tapestry weave. Fringe band is done with a weft-faced plain weave with weft loops. Warps done in cotton, wefts done in camelid wool.
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.