Shawl

Museum number:
16-20184
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Alternate number:
MVC-0189 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl, woman’s; 134 x 65 cm, excluding fringe; fringe 17 cm still attached; white ground; multi striped in indigo; 2 borders have indigo stripes 7 cm,; 6 narrow stripes and one 2.25 cm stripe in middle of shawl.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Cuenca, Azuay, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Cuenca
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
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:
Worn by women as shawls and carrying cloths
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 134 centimeters and width 65 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Excellent condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20184, described as Shawl, woman’s; 134 x 65 cm, excluding fringe; fringe 17 cm still attached; white ground; multi striped in indigo; 2 borders have indigo stripes 7 cm,; 6 narrow stripes and one 2.25 cm stripe in middle of shawl.

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