Fragment: Belt Item Number: 3263/52 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a belt. Rectangle-like in shape, with a tapering right side, and coloured golden brown. Plain red border on top and bottom edges. Curvilinear designs across entire length, done in dark brown and yellow. Dark brown designs along top edge, yellow along bottom edge.
Designs done in complementary warp-patterned weave. Borders done in plain weave. Faded designs appear to be zoomorph heads of feline-serpents.
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.