Blouse

Museum number:
3-30231
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Alternate number:
MVC-0106 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
RGM unfinished blouse with side seams sewn, but neck not cut out; blouse measures 19" from shoulder to lower edge, and is made up of 3 pieces of 14" wide textile sewn together; main color is black with multicolored design that include an animal that could be a llama; pattern bands do not match from one piece of textile to another; weaving seems crude.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Guatemala
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30231, described as RGM unfinished blouse with side seams sewn, but neck not cut out; blouse measures 19" from shoulder to lower edge, and is made up of 3 pieces of 14" wide textile sewn together; main color is black with multicolored design that include an animal that could be a llama; pattern bands do not match from one piece of textile to another; weaving seems crude.

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