Fragment: Strap Item Number: 3263/78 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Brown strap fragment. Has large dark yellow-orange diamond outlines across entire surface. Interior of diamonds filled with dark green, light green and red abstract designs. Dark green diamond outlines across back of strap with no interior decorations.
Similar straps have slightly wider pieces added to each end, and were likely worn as belts.
Done in Late Nasca style. Strap made of double cloth with substituting warps and wefts.
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.