Shirt (Unca)

Name/Title

Shirt (Unca)

Entry/Object ID

1983.07.10

Description

Fiber, alpaca. Large shirt or unca in warp face pick-up with discontinuous warp panels.  Designs include the Inca eight-pointed star and geometrics in red, gold, blue, and white.

Collection

May Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1983.07

Source or Donor

Mike D. May, David C. May

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mike D. and David C. May

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Shirt

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Notes

Former Purdue Galleries number

Dimensions

Height

41-5/16 in

Width

55-1/8 in

Material

Alpaca

Color

Red, Gold, Blue, White

Exhibition

Shrouds, Masks, And The Floating World: Selections From The Permanent Collection (2009)