MVC-0247 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Baby wrap; 70 centimeter x 82 centimeter.; natural white weave; lower edge scalloped with embroidery; multi-colored form motifs embroidered across lower part of wrap; hemmed with overcast stitches; stiffening agent (starch?) applied to back of embroidered area.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
6.1 Cradles and Swaddling
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Note: baby is wrapped in the wool, then a faja or belt is wrapped many times around to immobilize the baby. fide Kathleen Vitale.