Over Skirt Item Number: 3097/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
A rectangular black cloth with a wide patterned band lengthwise across the lower half. The side and bottom edges of the cloth are hemmed in black and red, with a white zigzag stitch along the edge. The band has five horizontal rows, three of which are patterned with white thread and some red in the background, and two of which are black with two horizontal white lines through them. The top and bottom row have a double zigzag pattern. The rest of the row is patterned with diamond shapes. The middle row has a repeating diamond pattern, with smaller diamonds inside the larger ones. The top, middle, and bottom rows have a space in the pattern towards the right edge where the background colour is visible without pattern.
Mourning aksu (overskirt). Also referred to as a carrying cloth. The contrast of black and white creates characteristic features of this type of cloth.
Supplementary warp with fine handspun black alpaca wool and white cotton, "S" and "Z" spun yarns.
The diamond "inti" represents the sun.