Fragment: Sling Item Number: 3263/48 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Two fragments of a brown sling. Largest fragment (part a) consists of the left half of the cradle and a small section of the handle. Smaller fragment (part b) is a portion of the right half of the cradle. Cradle, on both parts, has a repeating design of zoomorphic figures on a plain background, outlined in black. Figures done in geometric style and have two legs, angular heads and angular tails(?). Eyes are oval shaped and dark turquoise. Figures and backgrounds alternate between brown-red and brown-grey. Tapering section on left side of part a is brown-red with intermittent black stripes. Extends into brown-red handle, with plant fibre(?) interior, with concentric black diamond pattern. Right side of part b bordered with thin black stripes.
Cradle done in tapestry weave. Small section of handle done with warp-wefting on spiralling yarns.
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.