Fragment: Bag Item Number: 3263/80 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Fragment of a bag. Top third of body is plain light brown. Bottom portion of bag is brown with zigzag pattern done in light and dark brown. Light brown fringe(?) along bottom centre edge of body. Two damaged strap portions on front side of bag, along top edge. Strap on right extends into a checker patterned light and dark brown handle. Straps on back of bag are missing.
Lower half of bag done in tapestry weave and upper half done with weft-faced weave. Bag mouth is separate woven band done in plain weave with multiple 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.