Shawl

Museum number:
16-20211
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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:
width 76 centimeters and length 145 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Good condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 16-20211, described as 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;Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 16-20211, described as 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;

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