MVC-0249 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Wall hanging; 73 x 110.5 centimeter, plus 2 centimeter fringe; tapestry; wool; four multi colored animal figures: deer, 2 birds, man on horse; geometric patters on bottom
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Salasaca, Tungurahua, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Salasaca
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Synthetic, Wool (textile), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Wall hangings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Tourist item. Bird designs are traditional to Quechua speaking Native people. Man on horseback is a recent addition. fide Kathleen Vitale.