Blanket

Museum number:
16-20245a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0252 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho/blanket; a) 148cm l.,x 136 centimeter excluding fringe; fringe 6 centimeter l.; double faced poncho; solid red on one side; warp stripes of blue and various shades of tan and brown on other side; woven in 2 pieces and sewn together with slit for head; complementary warps with floats, 2 wefts, one brown; twisted fringe with terminal knots. b) , collar , 64 x 8.5 centimeter;double faced weave as in “a” with one red side, one side with warp stripes of brown and tan; finished edges.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Otavalo market, Otavalo, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Otovalan market
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
clothing for men and as bed cover
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
b— length 64 centimeters, a— width 136 centimeters, a— length 148 centimeters, and b— width 8.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: good condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Blanket, accession number 16-20245a,b, described as Poncho/blanket; a) 148cm l.,x 136 centimeter excluding fringe; fringe 6 centimeter l.; double faced poncho; solid red on one side; warp stripes of blue and various shades of tan and brown on other side; woven in 2 pieces and sewn together with slit for head; complementary warps with floats, 2 wefts, one brown; twisted fringe with terminal knots. b) , collar , 64 x 8.5 centimeter;double faced weave as in “a” with one red side, one side with warp stripes of brown and tan; finished edges.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Blanket, accession number 16-20245a,b, described as Poncho/blanket; a) 148cm l.,x 136 centimeter excluding fringe; fringe 6 centimeter l.; double faced poncho; solid red on one side; warp stripes of blue and various shades of tan and brown on other side; woven in 2 pieces and sewn together with slit for head; complementary warps with floats, 2 wefts, one brown; twisted fringe with terminal knots. b) , collar , 64 x 8.5 centimeter;double faced weave as in “a” with one red side, one side with warp stripes of brown and tan; finished edges.

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