Poncho

Museum number:
16-20602
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4116
Description:
woven llama (and alpaca) wool - brown, very dark brown, and cream in perpendicular stripes of varying width. brown stripes divided by narrow (3cm) dark brown and cream bands woven in wide triangles and 0.5cm bands of black and cream. bordered on all 4 sides with dark brown band. neck slit is bound with cotton fabric (purplish-brown).
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Peru
Collector:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Materials:
Alpaca (wool), Cotton (textile), Wool (textile), and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ponchos
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 174 centimeters and width 176 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Poncho, accession number 16-20602, described as woven llama (and alpaca) wool - brown, very dark brown, and cream in perpendicular stripes of varying width. brown stripes divided by narrow (3cm) dark brown and cream bands woven in wide triangles and 0.5cm bands of black and cream. bordered on all 4 sides with dark brown band. neck slit is bound with cotton fabric (purplish-brown).

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