Pillow cover

Museum number:
16-20250
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Alternate number:
MVC-0257 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Pillow cover; 36 x 38 centimeters; blue green ground of brushed wool; embroidered with yellow green and purple wool yarn embroidery in leaf pattern on one side; 5 centimeter yellow green tassels on each corner; opening. two squares stitched together
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
OCEPA Cooperative, Quito, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Quito; OCEPA Coop.
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pillowcases
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
tourist item
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 36 centimeters and length 38 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: like new as purchased
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pillow cover, accession number 16-20250, described as Pillow cover; 36 x 38 centimeters; blue green ground of brushed wool; embroidered with yellow green and purple wool yarn embroidery in leaf pattern on one side; 5 centimeter yellow green tassels on each corner; opening. two squares stitched together

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