Fragment: Sling Item Number: 3263/64 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a sling. Consists of cradle and small section of right handle. Cradle has design of five zoomorphic figures, over a plain background, done in geometric style. Figures have two legs and feet, an oval eye and bulbous head. Three figures and their backgrounds on right side alternate between red and brown. Figures on left side appear unfinished. They are outlined in dark brown and missing their eyes. Both are on brown backgrounds. Entire back of cradle is coloured light brown. Left tapering section is light brown, right tapering section is red. Both sections have transverse stripes done in dark brown and brown. Portion of right handle is brown with concentric diamond pattern throughout. Diamonds done in red and dark brown. Thick light brown strands extend from where the left handle would be.
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.
Cradle done in tapestry weave. Handle is made of a vertical wrapping on a spiralling foundation element.