Blouse

Museum number:
3-30228
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Alternate number:
MVC-0103 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
RGM unfinished blouse (?), 37" wide by 50 1/2 inches long; made up of two lengths of textile sewed together; neck has not been cut out, ends have not been finished off; selvages are red and purple; purple predominates in the women pattern bands with bands of multicolored designs added in; the front and back of this piece would not match because one end has a multicolored zigzag band that is not matched on the other end. Reverse shows large spot.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Guatemala
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blouses (main garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blouse, accession number 3-30228, described as RGM unfinished blouse (?), 37" wide by 50 1/2 inches long; made up of two lengths of textile sewed together; neck has not been cut out, ends have not been finished off; selvages are red and purple; purple predominates in the women pattern bands with bands of multicolored designs added in; the front and back of this piece would not match because one end has a multicolored zigzag band that is not matched on the other end. Reverse shows large spot.

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