Shawl

Museum number:
16-20338
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Alternate number:
MVC-0660 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl/Poncho; Ikat woven, magenta and black. With knotted warp fringe at each end, 2 identical panels, stitched together lengthwise. Woven pattern is a diamond shape with four irregular figured in the center of each. Head opening left unsewn in center of long seam. Width: 120 centimeters; length 149.5 centimeters. Cotton weft, possibly wool warp.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Collector:
Kathleen Vitale
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
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 16-20338, described as Shawl/Poncho; Ikat woven, magenta and black. With knotted warp fringe at each end, 2 identical panels, stitched together lengthwise. Woven pattern is a diamond shape with four irregular figured in the center of each. Head opening left unsewn in center of long seam. Width: 120 centimeters; length 149.5 centimeters. Cotton weft, possibly wool warp.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 16-20338, described as Shawl/Poncho; Ikat woven, magenta and black. With knotted warp fringe at each end, 2 identical panels, stitched together lengthwise. Woven pattern is a diamond shape with four irregular figured in the center of each. Head opening left unsewn in center of long seam. Width: 120 centimeters; length 149.5 centimeters. Cotton weft, possibly wool warp.

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