Bag
MOA: University of British Columbia
3133/7
Woven bag. Wool bag is a tall rectangle in shape, with a short, loosely woven black wool strap attached at each top corner. Bag is decorated with vertical stripes, brown and tan in thick stripes on the back, with the addition of thin lines in red, purple and green on the front. A small diamond shaped motif interspersed with dots lies along the edges. Interior is unlined.
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Narrative
This collection (3133/1-35) was brought to Vancouver by the donor's father's family, when they moved here from Bolivia in the 1940s.
- Type of Item bag
- Culture Quechua
- Material wool fibre, dye
- Measurements height 43.0 cm, width 30.5 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Elspeth Webster, Catherine Webster
- Received from Catherine Webster
- Made in Bolivia
- Creation Date before 1950
- Ownership Date before October 2, 2015
- Acquisition Date on October 2, 2015
- Item Classes textiles
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3133/0007