Ornamental woven belt with stripes of blue, red and green and chevron design in white. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Ornamental woven belt with stripes of blue, red and green and chevron design in white. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 20/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Peru
Latin America and the Caribbean > South America > Peru
Person: Field collector Henry Martin Gibbs; PRM source Henry Martin Gibbs
Date / Period: Date made: Circa by 1875
Date collected: circa 1875?
Acquisition information: Donated: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven
Dimensions: Length: max 1320 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.30.65 Other numbers: 1
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter to Tylor from John A. Gibbs, dated 16 April 1900: "... I am staying here with my cousin Henry Martin Gibbs and he has been showing me a collection of Peruvian articles which he made about 25 years ago... They consist for the most part of modern articles such as harness, carved stirrups, saddlery, shawls & ponchos, pottery, maté gourds dit dit, but there are also some ancient pieces of pottery & [illegible word] taken from old graves. Some of the harness and ponchos' are of very great value in their own country... I may mention that you possibly know my cousin's name as having been one of the chief benefactors of Keble College...". The letter seems to indicate that the Peruvian items in the collection were sent per John A. Gibbs. [CF 22/10/2001]

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