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Loincloth

MOA: University of British Columbia

3059/1

Loin cloth made of strung seeds. Unbleached cotton fibres make a grid for the oblong grey and brown tururri seeds to be tightly strung onto, in vertical rows. Woven fibre borders hold the grid together, and a short, thick fringe of the same material hangs from the bottom. Long twisted ties dangle from the corners of the cloth, and small red and brown feathers are attached to the short sides by red and white beaded strands.

  • Narrative

    Collected by an Alcan employee, Otto Jurany, in Guyana in the early 1970s.

  • Type of Item loincloth
  • Culture Wai-Wai
  • Material tururri seed, cotton fibre, feather, plastic
  • Measurements height 41.0 cm, width 41.0 cm, depth 1.5 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Deborah van der Horst
  • Received from Deborah van der Horst
  • Made in Guyana
  • Creation Date between 1950 and 1970
  • Ownership Date before April 23, 2014
  • Acquisition Date on April 23, 2014
  • Item Classes textiles
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 3059/0001

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