Textile

Museum number:
16-20262
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Alternate number:
MVC-0269 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Cloth; 75 x 79 cm; wool, multicolored stripes on red ground; made from two rectangular pieces embroidered together; cut sides hemmed by hand; weft stripes
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Peru
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and 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
Context of use:
carrying cloth for general use
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 79 centimeters and width 75 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: like new, as purchased
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-20262, described as Cloth; 75 x 79 cm; wool, multicolored stripes on red ground; made from two rectangular pieces embroidered together; cut sides hemmed by hand; weft stripesHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Textile, accession number 16-20262, described as Cloth; 75 x 79 cm; wool, multicolored stripes on red ground; made from two rectangular pieces embroidered together; cut sides hemmed by hand; weft stripes

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