MVC-0193 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 150 x 74 cm; fringe uncut 17 cm; indigo ground with white ikat of diamonds covering in uniform pattern, bordered with ikat bands 5 cm wide with gray and pale blue.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Pujili market, Pujili, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; purchased in Pujili market
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1965-1967 or 1978
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 used for carrying.
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 74 centimeters and length 150 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: sheds indigo dye on hands; some brown staining