Shawl
- Museum number:
- 16-20211
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160020211
- Alternate number:
- MVC-0216 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4734
- Description:
- Shawl; 76 x 145 cm, excluding knotting and fringe; ikat; black ground with blue ikat figures; starched royal blue knotting 35 cm l. with warp fringe plus added threads; embroidered flowres, leaves, and butterflies throughout knotted area in bright blue, turquoise, and white; silver sequins french knotted to flowers, leaves and butterflies;
- Donor:
- Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
- Collection place:
- Cuenca market, Cuenca, Ecuador
- Verbatim coll. place:
- South America; Ecuador; Cuenca market
- Collector:
- Rachel Gould Mossman
- Collection date:
- 1965-1967
- Materials:
- Cotton (textile)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Embroidery (visual works), Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
- Function:
- 2.1 Daily Garb
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2006
- Context of use:
- “used by woman as shawl and carrying cloth” fide Kathleen Vitale
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Dimensions:
- length 145 centimeters and width 76 centimeters
- Comment:
- Conservation: Good condition
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