Woven wool textile. Textile is rectangular in shape, with a tight, patterned weave. Decoration is dense, in a series of parallel lines of varying widths in tan, red, dark yellow and grey-purple. Motifs include birds, human figures, four legged animals and a variety of shapes and linear devices done mainly in light tan thread. A thin band of dark tan cotton is sewn to the long sides of the piece.

• 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.

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• Type of Item textile
• Culture Quechua
• Material wool fibre, dye, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 89.0 cm, width 69.0 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Elspeth Webster, Catherine Webster
• Received from Catherine Webster

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• Made in Bolivia

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• Creation Date before 1950
• Ownership Date before October 2, 2015
• Acquisition Date on October 2, 2015

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition fair
• Accession Number 3133/0031