MVC-0386 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Textile stamp; irregularly shaped with handle on back. Abstract floral band patterns along bottom and top; central scene of floral design around a shrine.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
textile manufacture
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters and width 11 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Well worn edges; some edges around shrine are broken off