Fragment: Shirt
About this object
Narrative
Collected in Peru before the 1970s by Ina VanStan, a Professor of Textiles and Clothing at the Florida State College for Women (Florida State University) from the 1940s to c. 1966. VanStan later gifted her collection to the donor. A large amount of the donation was used for teaching at the University of Alberta while others were mainly small study fragments.
Specific techniques
Designs done in brocade (supplementary weft).
Physical description
Fragment of a lower edge of a shirt. Rectangular in shape and coloured white with dark brown designs overtop. Central row of zoomorphs- with bird, deer and feline(?) attributes- across entire surface. Row is trimmed with wave patterns on both the top and bottom. Short fringe along bottom edge of fragment.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
1200-1550
Date Acquired
17 Aug 2017
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 8 cm x 21.2 cm
Object Number
3263/49