MVC-0070 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho/blanket and collar ; a) poncho; 166 x 144.5 cm; made of two panels approximately 73 cm wide; heavy wool; warp ikat; “V” patter from ikat alternates with solid or solid white stripes. weft threads mostly red. b) collar: converts blanket to poncho by opening seam at midpoint.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador;
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
Collection date:
1965
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 covering
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 165 centimeters and length 144.5 centimeters