Textile

MOA: University of British Columbia

3133/30

Woven wool textile. Small textile is nearly square in shape, with a tight and un-patterned weave. Decoration is a series of parallel lines of varying widths along two long edges in shades of dark green, orange and black, with some patterned lines in red and tan incorporated. Background colour is red. A thin cording decorated with red and green diamond shapes has been sewn to the edges.

  • 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 77.5 cm, width 73.5 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 3133/0030