Garment

Museum number:
3-30253
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Alternate number:
MVC-0128 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
RGM cloth made by two panels measuring 14 1/2 " by 52 1/2 inches long that have been sewn together; reverse shows red and white stripes running lengthwise, face of cloth shows multicolored patterns; one end of the cloth has unwoven threads (on a back-strap loom where you can no longer weave with a shuttle?); RGM note paper-clipped to cloth says "San Lucas Toliman, Lake Atitlan".
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
San Lucas Tolimán, Sololá, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Main garments
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 3-30253, described as RGM cloth made by two panels measuring 14 1/2 " by 52 1/2 inches long that have been sewn together; reverse shows red and white stripes running lengthwise, face of cloth shows multicolored patterns; one end of the cloth has unwoven threads (on a back-strap loom where you can no longer weave with a shuttle?); RGM note paper-clipped to cloth says "San Lucas Toliman, Lake Atitlan".

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