Carrying Cloth Item Number: 3097/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Rectangular black and dark pink cloth. The left and right edges have a dark pink vertical patterned band. The outside vertical thirds, inside the stripes, are black panels, the centre third is patterned and dark pink with a seam down the centre where the two halves were stitched together with brightly coloured thread, alternating colours along the seam. The patterned bands along the edges are edged with a thin orange stripe, and patterned with bands of zigzag and bird motifs in black. The central pink bands, separated by the multicoloured seam, are also patterned with bird motifs in black.

Specific Techniques

Supplementary warp technique, decorative bright coloured ancient stitch joining the two halves.

Iconographic Meaning

Phantasmal birds in flight.