Shawl
Item number 3486/155 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Woman’s shoulder shawl (lliklla) composed of two fabric widths that are cut from a single, 4-selvedge cloth. It has maroon fields flanked by a rainbow progression of stripes along the sides and the central seam. The central seam is stitched with an arrowhead pattern in figure-8 stitch in a rainbow series of colours. The orange ribete that edges the lliklla has a diamond pattern.
History Of Use
A lliklla (Quechua) or manta (Spanish) is worn as a shawl that is fastened around the shoulders with a pin, but it can also be worn as a cloth for carrying things on the back. The warm colour range indicates it was worn for ordinary days; a cool colour range (green, blue, black) would indicate it was a luto (mourning) garment.
Specific Techniques
The shawl was woven in warp-faced plain weave on a continuous warp. The loom was indigenous and oriented obliquely because the loom bars were lashed to long poles that rested on a wall. The oblique loom is a rare type in Andean villages. The diamond pattern on the ribete was woven with diverted warps, and was woven and sewn to the shawl with the weft threaded through the eye of a needle.
Narrative
Purchased by the donor in Candelaria, Bolivia in 1983.
Item History
- Made in Candelaria, Chuquisaca, Bolivia
- Collected during 1983
- Owned by Mary Frame before March 23, 2021
- Received from Mary Frame (Donor) on March 23, 2021
What
- Name
- Shawl
- Identification Number
- 3486/155
- Type of Item
- shawl
- Material
- wool fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 105.0 cm, width 122.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Candelaria, Chuquisaca, 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
- 3486/0155
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