Fragment: Band Item Number: 3263/86 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Two fragments of a band. First (part a) is much longer than the second (part b). Both are thin, rectangular in shape and dyed red. Dye fading to light orange throughout.
Very long bands of this type were worn coiled around the head. Likely used in both life and death.
Done with braid technique (oblique interlacing).
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.