Textile

Museum number:
16-20281
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0288 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Textile; 47 x 4.5 cm; multicolored warp; warp patterning in pink, black (or dark blue) red green and white; warp loops woven over string at one end; at other end warp ends, looped, braided into 6 3strand braids; light and dark brown weft ca. .5 cm loops of blue (one lavender); beads sewn onto selvedges; human figure, animal figure and geometric patterns.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Bolivia
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Bolivia
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 47 centimeters and width 4.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation; section of beads missing
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-20281, described as Textile; 47 x 4.5 cm; multicolored warp; warp patterning in pink, black (or dark blue) red green and white; warp loops woven over string at one end; at other end warp ends, looped, braided into 6 3strand braids; light and dark brown weft ca. .5 cm loops of blue (one lavender); beads sewn onto selvedges; human figure, animal figure and geometric patterns.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-20281, described as Textile; 47 x 4.5 cm; multicolored warp; warp patterning in pink, black (or dark blue) red green and white; warp loops woven over string at one end; at other end warp ends, looped, braided into 6 3strand braids; light and dark brown weft ca. .5 cm loops of blue (one lavender); beads sewn onto selvedges; human figure, animal figure and geometric patterns.

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