Carrying Cloth
Item number 3486/137 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
A small carrying cloth (unkuñita) with clusters of tassels on the four corners. Red and off-white yarn form the compressed diamond (cocha) motif of the central band, accented with pink, green, greyish-purple, and yellow across the horizontal centre. Thick solid bands in shades of brown and grey flank the central band, bordered by thin bands in off-white, pink, dark red, and greyish-purple. Tubular woven edging surrounds the cloth. The tassel clusters on the corners including one main tassel and two smaller tassels attached by the same tubular weaving as the edging.
History Of Use
A type of carrying cloth used by men for sheltering offerings after they were prepared and before they were burned.
Narrative
Purchased by the donor in the Pisac market in 1982.
Iconographic Meaning
The cloth has animal attributes (legs, eyes and heart) that suggest it is conceptualized as a living being.
Specific Techniques
The pattern is woven in a supplementary warp weave that the weavers call “ley”. Woven with four finished edges on an Indigenous loom.
Item History
- Made in Quispicanchis, Cuzco, Peru ?
- Collected during 1982
- Owned by Mary Frame before March 23, 2021
- Received from Mary Frame (Donor) on March 23, 2021
What
- Name
- Carrying Cloth
- Identification Number
- 3486/137
- Type of Item
- cloth
- Material
- camelid wool fibre, wool fibre ? and dye
- Overall
- height 28.0 cm, width 25.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Quispicanchis, Cuzco, Peru ?
Who
- Culture
- Quechua
- Previous Owner
- Mary Frame
- Received from
- Mary Frame (Donor)
When
- Collection Date
- during 1982
- Ownership Date
- before March 23, 2021
- Acquisition Date
- on March 23, 2021
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3486/0137
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