Textile
Item number 1067/12 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
A piece of red tapestry with two frontal humans in a vertical row. They are yellow, red, blue, green, black and white but in varying proportions. They wear an elaborate headdress and a flaring tunic. Feet are splayed and arms and hands are raised. The background for the first figure is red, the background for the second is green. Multicoloured squares attached with a common line make up the border on two sides of the figures. At the finished end of the textile, there is a yellow fringe attached to the red tapestry.
Narrative
Rosita Tovell's father was a collector of Peruvian pre-Columbian ceramics. Rosita moved to Peru in the early 1960s, while her husband served as ambassador to Peru and Bolivia. During this time Rosita began to study and collect pre-Columbian Peruvian ceramics and textiles.
Cultural Context
Coast-Wari style
Item History
- Made in Peru
- Owned by Rosita LeSueur Tovell before November 28, 1985
- Received from Rosita LeSueur Tovell (Donor) on November 28, 1985
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- 1067/12
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- cotton fibre, wool fibre and dye
- Overall
- height 29.0 cm, width 12.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
Who
- Culture
- Wari
- Previous Owner
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell
- Received from
- Rosita LeSueur Tovell (Donor)
When
- Ownership Date
- before November 28, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on November 28, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 89
- Accession Number
- 1067/0012
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