MVC-0204 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 74.5 x 147 cm, main textile; 1.5 cm knotted warp; 12 cm fringes with looped ends;uniform pattern to 26 cm of each end; warp faced textile; blue ground; uniform pattern to 26 cml each end; two stripes across textile at ends of off-white patterned area, one with a definite zigzag pattern.
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:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s shawl and carrying cloth
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 147 centimeters and width 74.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: one end split and frayed, one hole at other end