MVC-0281 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Equadorian procession banner or part of costume for Corpus Christi celebration. Blue ground, embroidered floral motifs w/ birds; piece is padded w/ burlap and backed with a similar but worn out embroidery. Foil embroidered into the design. Overall, 23.5cm x 94cm.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Quito, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
Equador; purchased at Olga Fisch’s in Quito, Ecuador
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1965-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Paper (fiber product), Synthetic fiber, and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Note: this piece has been embroidered on a paper pattern, som of which shows through.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 23.5 centimeters and length 94 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Tattered in spots dirty, very used & decrepit