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)