Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3133/29

Woven wool textile. Small textile is rectangular in shape, with a tight and un-patterned weave. Decoration is a series of parallel lines of varying widths along the two long edges in shades of tan, red and dark brown, with several patterned lines in brown and red incorporated. At centre of textile is a wide panel of dark brown.

  • 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 104.0 cm, width 52.5 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 fair
  • Accession Number 3133/0029