Shawl

Museum number:
16-20191
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Alternate number:
MVC-0196 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 146 x 80 cm; fringe 30 cm; warp in continuous loop with end loops over circle of string; indigo allover ikat pattern, variation near end borders, fringe.
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:
1965-1967
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:
woman’s shawl and carrying cloth
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 146 centimeters and width 80 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20191, described as Shawl; 146 x 80 cm; fringe 30 cm; warp in continuous loop with end loops over circle of string; indigo allover ikat pattern, variation near end borders, fringe.

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