MVC-0052 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Blanket; 147 x 175 cm; large Ecuadorian wedding blanket, grey with red, green and blue embroidery; flower and leaf design;heavy woven brushed wool base.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
“always called a wedding blanket” by Ecuadorians: fide K. Vitale