Shawl

Museum number:
16-20190
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Alternate number:
MVC-0195 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 148 cm x 29.5 cm; uncut fringe; 18.5 cm; indigo ground with white ikat in diamond pattern; 5.5 cm vertical bands at edges; center of bands shaped like double arrows with line in between.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Cuenca market, Cuenca, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador; Cuenca market
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s carrying shawl and carrying cloth
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 148 centimeters and width 29.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: excellent condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20190, described as Shawl; 148 cm x 29.5 cm; uncut fringe; 18.5 cm; indigo ground with white ikat in diamond pattern; 5.5 cm vertical bands at edges; center of bands shaped like double arrows with line in between.

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