Fragment: Garment Item Number: 3263/51 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

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.

Specific Techniques

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.

Narrative

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.