Skirt

Museum number:
10-3423
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0321 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
skirt; 105.5 cm x 71 cm; cloth sewn from 3 panels; plain weave; navy blue, red and white striped background; 5.5 cm rows of supplemental weft stripes and red, navy and yellow blocks at warp ends; embroidered designs cover seams of adjoining panels; rows of lozenge shaped decorations of mother-of-pearl, seed, and cylindrical beads on 2 of the 3 panels; embroidered columns in undulating design with “y” shapes coming off to the sides; hemmed warp ends;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Kalinga Province, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon Island
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippine Islands (Kalinga ?)
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 71 centimeters and length 105.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: very good
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Skirt, accession number 10-3423, described as skirt; 105.5 cm x 71 cm; cloth sewn from 3 panels; plain weave; navy blue, red and white striped background; 5.5 cm rows of supplemental weft stripes and red, navy and yellow blocks at warp ends; embroidered designs cover seams of adjoining panels; rows of lozenge shaped decorations of mother-of-pearl, seed, and cylindrical beads on 2 of the 3 panels; embroidered columns in undulating design with “y” shapes coming off to the sides; hemmed warp ends;

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