Scarf made from a complete four-selvage textile

Collection type: Object
Description: Scarf made from a complete four-selvage textile
Long description: Scarf made from a complete four-selvage textile. Ground of warp-faced plain weave in grey with central band of two-colour complementary-warp weave in red and white flanked by narrow warp stripes in black, red, yellow, green and pink; similar narrow stripes at borders. A length of woven red fringe is stitched to each end. Natural colours and chemical dyes. Probably sheep's wool and camelid fibre. Warp spin Z2S weft Z2S; warp count 52 epi (21/cm); weft count 20 ppi (8/cm).
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru; Cuzco Dept Pisac
Cultural groups: Quechua
Person: Field collector Robin Woodhouse; PRM source Robin Woodhouse; PRM source Paula Woodhouse
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1975
Date collected: 1974 - 1975
Acquisition information: Donated: 1996
Materials and processes: Material Camelid Wool Textile Animal, Material Wool Textile Animal, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length x Width 1920 x 235 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1997.2.24 Other numbers: K1
Research and responses: For a list of the works consulted by Linda Mowat while cataloguing this collection, see RDF. [JC 26 8 2013]

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