MVC-0188 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; woman’s, ikat; 158 cm x 60 cm including fringe; fringe is longer on one end than the other, and is still attached to continuation of the weaving; white ground with three blue ikat central stripes; 2 outer bands of ikot are bordered by very thin, paired indigo lines. One end of fringe cut and knotted for 9.3 cm of width; 4 rows of knots in 1 cm.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Cuenca market, Cuenca, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Cuenca market
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Note written by KMV and affixed to the textile indicates the origin was "Salsado" (Salsedo?). Worn by women as shawl and carrying cloth.