MVC-0274 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Textile; 196x 74.5 cm, fringe 9 cm; camelid, brushed wool, white and tan; embroidered in orange “GOULD”
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America;Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Embroidered for collector’s father, Elmer Herbert Gould, Sr. Used as a laprobe in nursing home. Purchased in tourist market. “ I do not know who embroidered it” per KMV