Fragment: Garment Item Number: 3263/23 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a garment. Textile is golden brown and rectangular in shape. Has geometric patterns in diagonal rows across entire surface. Designs done in dark red. Patterns include steps, groupings of three small cubes and bent lines. Textile stitched to cream coloured fabric, secured to off-white matboard.
Fragment done in a plain weave with designs done in supplementary wefts. Design material is camelid wool, main body is made of cotton. The pattern is identical to that of MOA object #1067/15.
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. Note: the pattern on this textile appears to be identical to MOA textile 1067/15.