MVC-0280 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho; 119 x 137 cm; red ground with blue ikat stripes; 2 panels basted together to form the piece. ; bordered with a woven tape with loops on one side;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Synthetic, Weft [reassign], Wool (textile), and Yarn
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:
man’s clothing;
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 119 centimeters and length 137 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: “perhaps done by inexperienced weaver as there are some weft threads are not woven in “