Pillow cover

Museum number:
16-20248
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Alternate number:
MVC-0255 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Pillow cover; 37 x 37.5 centimeters; blue-purple ground with gold yellow ,green yellow and blue embroidery on one side in floral pattern; edges embroidered in simple cross pattern; blue tassels on each corner; 15 centimeter opening on one end. Two squares stitched together.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
OCEPA Cooperative, Quito, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Quito; OCEPA Coop.
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textiles (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Tourist item
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 37.5 centimeters and width 37 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: new as purchased
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pillow cover, accession number 16-20248, described as Pillow cover; 37 x 37.5 centimeters; blue-purple ground with gold yellow ,green yellow and blue embroidery on one side in floral pattern; edges embroidered in simple cross pattern; blue tassels on each corner; 15 centimeter opening on one end. Two squares stitched together.

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