MVC-0076 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Basket, cargo; ca. 106 cm opening; height 52 cm; hemp (?) geometric patterns woven into basket, colors (all faded) pink, brown, green dark purple. Bottom of basket has original coloration; four braided handle/ties 58 cm, 38 cm, 100 cm, 96 cm.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Hemp (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
large carrying bag
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
height 52 centimeters and circumference 106 centimeters