Poncho
- Museum number:
- 16-20263
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21160020263
- Alternate number:
- MVC-0270 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4734
- Description:
- Peruvian childs poncho w/ separately woven fringe band sewn on all 4 sides. Made of 2 pieces of woolen textile sewn together. 6 wide woven rectangular pattern bands forming an “X” are separated by narrow warp stripes. Pink/black/whit/orange/red/green. Fringe band is red & white w/ multicolored fringe in 3cm colored sections. A 1 “ wide woven tape has been sewn around the edge of the poncho.Embroidered center seam. Overall 142 cm x 86cm. Woven segment 129.5cm x 71cm. Fringe band 8cm. Both pieces show mark of back strap loom.
- Donor:
- Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
- Collection place:
- Peru
- Verbatim coll. place:
- South America: Peru
- Collector:
- Rachel Gould Mossman
- Collection date:
- 1965
- Materials:
- Alpaca (wool), Weft [reassign], and 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:
- Child’s poncho
- Department:
- South America (except Ancient Peru)
- Dimensions:
- width 142 centimeters and length 86 centimeters
- Comment:
- Conservation: Dirty all around edges, especially at corners. Some bleeding on red fringe band.
- Images:
-