Textile

Museum number:
16-20292
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0299 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Hand-spun, natural off-white single ply wool;.a) in ball , 38 cm circum.; b) one skein, partially wound .
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Otavalo, Imbabura, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America;Ecuador; Otavalo
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
used for weaving
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
circumference 38 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-20292, described as Hand-spun, natural off-white single ply wool;.a) in ball , 38 cm circum.; b) one skein, partially wound .Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-20292, described as Hand-spun, natural off-white single ply wool;.a) in ball , 38 cm circum.; b) one skein, partially wound .

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