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Fragment: Garment3263/42

Fragment of a garment. Two pieces of cloth sewn together along the top edge. Front cloth is rectangular in shape, brown and has a three by eight square grid across centre. Square backgrounds are all light brown-red. Designs in each square alternate between birds and pairs of stepped ladders with dots in their centres. Ladders are same brown as background of overall fragment. Birds are black. White semi-circles, with upside down black-brown triangles inside them, along top edge of front cloth. Back cloth is triangular in shape and plain white-brown.

Culture
Chancay
Material
dye, cotton fibre and camelid wool fibre
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Fragment: Headband3263/73 a-b

Two fragments of a tubular headband. Both have alternating bands of red and yellow yarn along their lengths. Left side of largest fragment (part a) curves downwards slightly and has a short brown yarn strand extending from it. Right side has three yarn strands extending from the fragment. Two are short, straight and brown. The third is long, spiraling and has alternating red and yellow tufts along it. Smallest fragment (part b) curves upwards slightly at both ends. Left side of part b has three straight strands of brown yarn extending from it. Right side has three strands of yarn extending from it. Two are straight and brown, one is spiraling and has red tufts along it.

Culture
Andes
Material
dye, camelid wool fibre and plant fibre ?
Made in
Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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