1997.2.35

Collection type

Object

Description

Woman's rectangular shawl

Long description

Woman's rectangular shawl made from two complete textiles stitched together edge to edge, with the terminal areas at opposite ends of the garment. Each textile has a dark brown ground of warp-faced plain weave, bordered with pink and yellow warp stripes and narrow bands of complementary warp patterning ('pebble weave') in white, pink and yellow. Designs include birds and chevrons. One outer border of the shawl is pink, the other yellow: both incorporate lluq'i (backward spun) yarn, giving a subtle herringbone effect. This has a protective function in some areas (Meisch 1986:249-250); used in the selvage it can also help a garment to lie flat (Meisch 1997: 41). Dark brown weft. Probably natural dyes. Probably alpaca. Warp spin Z2S, S2Z; complementary warp Z2S; weft Z2S; warp count 80 epi (32/cm); weft count 22 ppi (9/cm).

Geographical reference

Peru

Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru

Apurímac region Cotabambas Province

Cultural groups

Quechua

Person

Field collector Robin Woodhouse

PRM source Robin Woodhouse

PRM source Paula Woodhouse

Date / Period

Date made: 1800-1899?, uncertain Date made: 1800-1809?, uncertain

Date collected

1974 - 1975

Acquisition information

Donated: 1996

Materials and processes

Material Alpaca Wool Camelid Textile Animal, Process Woven

Dimensions

Length x Width 990 x 1080 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1997.2.35 Other numbers: L27

Research and responses

For a list of the works consulted by Linda Mowat while cataloguing this collection, see RDF. [JC 26 8 2013]

Search terms: Clothing, Shawl