MVC-0268 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho; 119 cm square; 2 panels sewn together seamed at top; striped with multicolored bands (12) with bird motif; edge turned up tomake rounded corners; trimmed with 2.5 cm woven band and 4.5 cm twisted fringe.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Peru
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Synthetic and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ponchos
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
man’s garment “typical of men’s ponchos in Cuzco area” fide Kathleen Vitale.