MVC-0212 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 63 x 151 cm, excluding knotting and fringe; 12.5 cm knotted warp threads; 30 cm fringe.multicolored stripes and alternating warp; ikat; elaborate knotted area with birds and flowers.
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) and Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
“made by rural poor and sold to middle class indigenous women; a sign of status” fide Kathleen Vitale.