Poncho

Museum number:
16-20257
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Alternate number:
MVC-0264 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Poncho; 140 cm x 140 cm; fuchsia colored, ikat dyed wool ground; 2 woven panels seamed with a decorative stitch bound by blue/black machine-made tape, sewn onto poncho and used around the neck ; narrow design bands of blue, green, purple and orange run the lengh of the piece.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador(?) Could be ceremonial poncho from northern Ecuador per KMV
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wool (textile)
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:
“not common market item” fide Kathleen Vitale
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 140 centimeters and length 140 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: slightly soiled
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Poncho, accession number 16-20257, described as Poncho; 140 cm x 140 cm; fuchsia colored, ikat dyed wool ground; 2 woven panels seamed with a decorative stitch bound by blue/black machine-made tape, sewn onto poncho and used around the neck ; narrow design bands of blue, green, purple and orange run the lengh of the piece.

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