Poncho/blanket

Museum number:
16-20172a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm211620172a@2cb
Alternate number:
MVC-0072 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho/blanket 150 x 150 cm; 2 panels 75 cm each sewn together; fringe on each end 5.5 cm (some twisted); 12 alternating stripes: dark brown, light brown, olive green, teal blue, sage green, chocolate brown, chestnut brown, cranberry, dark purple medium blue, light blue. b) collar; 74 x 10 cm. Same colored stripes as poncho. edges bordered in dark brown. Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Otavalo market, Otavalo, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Otavalan market
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ponchos
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
garment and blanket
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
b— length 74 centimeters, a— width 150 centimeters, a— length 150 centimeters, and b— width 10 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Good
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Poncho/blanket, accession number 16-20172a,b, described as Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho/blanket 150 x 150 cm; 2 panels 75 cm each sewn together; fringe on each end 5.5 cm (some twisted); 12 alternating stripes: dark brown, light brown, olive green, teal blue, sage green, chocolate brown, chestnut brown, cranberry, dark purple medium blue, light blue. b) collar; 74 x 10 cm. Same colored stripes as poncho. edges bordered in dark brown. Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Poncho/blanket, accession number 16-20172a,b, described as Poncho/blanket and collar; a) poncho/blanket 150 x 150 cm; 2 panels 75 cm each sewn together; fringe on each end 5.5 cm (some twisted); 12 alternating stripes: dark brown, light brown, olive green, teal blue, sage green, chocolate brown, chestnut brown, cranberry, dark purple medium blue, light blue. b) collar; 74 x 10 cm. Same colored stripes as poncho. edges bordered in dark brown. Collar converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.

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