Shawl

Museum number:
16-20195
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0200 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 152 x 74 cm; uncut fringe , 16 cm; Indigo ground with off-white or indigo rectangles in alternating pattern; edge pattern is ikat chevron design; fringe strings go from indigo to light blue to off white.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Cuenca market, Cuenca, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Cuenca market.
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
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 and carry cloth
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 152 centimeters and width 74 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: like new
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20195, described as Shawl; 152 x 74 cm; uncut fringe , 16 cm; Indigo ground with off-white or indigo rectangles in alternating pattern; edge pattern is ikat chevron design; fringe strings go from indigo to light blue to off white.

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