Over Dress
Item number 3486/139 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
An over dress (aksu) with designs of hooks, diagonal lines, offset triangles and a dimaond combined with hooks.
History Of Use
The aksu is an asymmetrical garment that is worn over top of a full dress made of bayeta. The lower panel generally has more coloured and patterned bands than the upper panel. The upper panel is worn folded over the bodice and pinned at one shoulder. The aksu wraps only partly around the woman’s body with the seam at the waist, over which a belt is worn. It displays the typical patterns and colours of the community where it was woven and worn.
Narrative
Purchased by the donor in 1983 in Sucre, Bolivia from the shop of Elizabeth Rojas.
Specific Techniques
Woven in a complementary warp weave on an Indigenous loom, probably a staked-out ground loom.
Item History
- Made in Bolivia
- Collected during 1983
- Owned by Mary Frame before March 23, 2021
- Received from Mary Frame (Donor) on March 23, 2021
What
- Name
- Over Dress
- Identification Number
- 3486/139
- Type of Item
- dress
- Material
- wool fibre, alpaca wool fibre and analine dye
- Overall
- height 160.0 cm, width 86.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bolivia
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Previous Owner
- Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1983
- Ownership Date
- before March 23, 2021
- Acquisition Date
- on March 23, 2021
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Accession Number
- 3486/0139
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