Shawl

Museum number:
16-20185
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21160020185
Alternate number:
MVC-0190 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; woman’s; 61 cm x 138 cm including fringe; fringe 13 cm; cut free on one end, other end still attached to continuation of the weaving; white field; six vertical stripes w/ varied indigo ikat design; dots and ampersand-like scroll bands at each edge are compound stripes w. ikat in 3.5 cm w indigo band; edged w/ natural white and threethin blue bands; outer band 5.5 cm stripes and another outer band make up the 6 ikat stripes.
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
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 used for carrying
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 61 centimeters and length 138 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: excellent condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20185, described as Shawl; woman’s; 61 cm x 138 cm including fringe; fringe 13 cm; cut free on one end, other end still attached to continuation of the weaving; white field; six vertical stripes w/ varied indigo ikat design; dots and ampersand-like scroll bands at each edge are compound stripes w. ikat in 3.5 cm w indigo band; edged w/ natural white and threethin blue bands; outer band 5.5 cm stripes and another outer band make up the 6 ikat stripes.

Tools