Textile
MOA: University of British Columbia
3133/28
Woven wool textile. Dark brown piece consists of two separate but identical pieces sewn together at midpoint, in a tight and un-patterned weave. Decoration consists of a series of parallel lines of varying widths in red, yellow-green, and light tan. Several patterned lines are incorporated.
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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 textile
- Culture Quechua
- Material wool fibre, dye
- Measurements height 91.0 cm, width 101.5 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 3133/0028