Fragment: Garment Item Number: 3263/34 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Incomplete fragment of decorative panels from a garment. Rectangular in shape and made up of two panels with the same design. Ground cloth is cream coloured. Entire surface of both panels covered in design of concentric diamonds with bird figures inside them. Diamonds and birds done in dark yellow. Step and geometric style wave patterns throughout with the same diamond and bird motifs inside them. Steps and waves done in dark red, pink and black. Raised lines throughout first panel, on left side, outlining where more step and wave motifs would have been added. Panels stitched together at centre of fragment with cream coloured thread.
Garment was a possibly a loincloth, tunic, mantle or head cloth.
Designs done in brocade (supplementary weft). Ground cloth made of cotton, designs made of 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.