Poncho/blanket

Museum number:
16-20171a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0071 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho 153 x 142 cm (excluding fringe) 4 cm fringe on both ends; made up of two panels approximately 70.5 cm wide; narrow stripes of alternating tan, medium brown, dark brown and indigo.panels sewn together. b). Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ponchos
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
garment and covering
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 153 centimeters and width 142 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: good
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Poncho/blanket, accession number 16-20171a,b, described as Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho 153 x 142 cm (excluding fringe) 4 cm fringe on both ends; made up of two panels approximately 70.5 cm wide; narrow stripes of alternating tan, medium brown, dark brown and indigo.panels sewn together. b). Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Poncho/blanket, accession number 16-20171a,b, described as Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho 153 x 142 cm (excluding fringe) 4 cm fringe on both ends; made up of two panels approximately 70.5 cm wide; narrow stripes of alternating tan, medium brown, dark brown and indigo.panels sewn together. b). Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.

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