Shawl Item Number: 3097/15 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Patterned woven wool shawl with vertical coloured stripes and wider bands on a black ground. The shawl is made up of two panels sewn together at the vertical centre with dark brown thread. The centre of the shawl along the seam is a wide band of black ground, with solid stripes across the outer sections. The stripes are pink, purple, yellow, brown, and white, with orange stripes only on the left side of the shawl. The wide bands are patterned with wide zigzags or chevrons with concentric circle patterns inside. The right edge is patterned with checkers and the left edge with triangles. The edging is tubular and pink, patterned with yellow and blue lines.
History Of Use
Worn by women as a shawl (ahuayo; mantle).
Specific Techniques
Incomplete tubular edge, complementary warp in double-weave, ancient stitch joining the halves. Natural dyes with a small quantity of hot pink analine dye.
Item History
- Made in Bolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia between 1850 and 1899
- Collected during 1978
- Owned by Joanna Staniszkis before February 5, 2015
- Received from Joanna Staniszkis (Donor) on February 5, 2015
What
- Name
- Shawl
- Identification Number
- 3097/15
- Type of Item
- shawl
- Material
- alpaca wool fibre, dye and aniline dye
- Overall
- height 84.8 cm, width 132.1 cm
Who
- Culture
- Quechua and Aymara
- Previous Owner
- Joanna Staniszkis
- Received from
- Joanna Staniszkis (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Bolivar, Cochabamba, Bolivia
When
- Creation Date
- between 1850 and 1899
- Collection Date
- during 1978
- Ownership Date
- before February 5, 2015
- Acquisition Date
- on February 5, 2015
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3097/0015