MVC-0205 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; woven cloth 71 x 67.5 cm; knotting 14 x 60 cm; unknotted fringe 20 cm; white ground with blue ikat; overall ikat pattern of warp-wise narrow and wider stripes. 11 cm wide blue band with white ikat pattern; knotted band of 2 rows of flowers/diamonds 6 at one end; 8 at other end.
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 71 centimeters and width 67.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Blue cast overall from bleding of dye; staining and soiling overall.