Poncho/blanket

Museum number:
16-20174a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211620174a@2cb
Alternate number:
MVC-0074 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho; 147 x 142 cm (excluding fringe) 7 cm. Fringe on each end; made of two panels ca. 71 cm wide; one side alternating bands of shades of blue, brown, natural, and indigo; reverse side, sold cranberry red. b) 73.5 cm x 10 cm including fringe (2 cm). Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Otavalo market, Otavalo, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Otavalan market
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ponchos
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
b— length 73.5 centimeters, a— width 142 centimeters, b— width 10 centimeters, and a— length 147 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Good condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Poncho/blanket, accession number 16-20174a,b, described as Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho; 147 x 142 cm (excluding fringe) 7 cm. Fringe on each end; made of two panels ca. 71 cm wide; one side alternating bands of shades of blue, brown, natural, and indigo; reverse side, sold cranberry red. b) 73.5 cm x 10 cm including fringe (2 cm). Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.

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