Serape

Museum number:
3-30215
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Alternate number:
MVC-0084 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
RGM yardage, 37 inches wide by 16 feet, fabric is very heavy cotton (?), ends of yardage are marked by bands of white and red or gold and red; color bands run width and are of Kelly green, royal blue or purple, between bands of ikot made with red/black threads; one of the ikot patterns appears to be of women.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Guatemalan
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Sarapes
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Serape, accession number 3-30215, described as RGM yardage, 37 inches wide by 16 feet, fabric is very heavy cotton (?), ends of yardage are marked by bands of white and red or gold and red; color bands run width and are of Kelly green, royal blue or purple, between bands of ikot made with red/black threads; one of the ikot patterns appears to be of women.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Serape, accession number 3-30215, described as RGM yardage, 37 inches wide by 16 feet, fabric is very heavy cotton (?), ends of yardage are marked by bands of white and red or gold and red; color bands run width and are of Kelly green, royal blue or purple, between bands of ikot made with red/black threads; one of the ikot patterns appears to be of women.

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