Shawl

Museum number:
16-20196
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Alternate number:
MVC-0201 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 148 x 74 cm; fringe, 18 cm. Indigo ikat with pattern of isolated motifs, row of different motifs across center of warp; deep end; border pattern and side borders of stripes; fringe ends in 4 rows of plain weave where warp was wound in continuous loop.
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 shawl and carrying cloth
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 74 centimeters and length 148 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Good condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20196, described as Shawl; 148 x 74 cm; fringe, 18 cm. Indigo ikat with pattern of isolated motifs, row of different motifs across center of warp; deep end; border pattern and side borders of stripes; fringe ends in 4 rows of plain weave where warp was wound in continuous loop.

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