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.

  • 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