Textile

Museum number:
10-3424
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Alternate number:
MVC-0322 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
belt; 230 cm x 22 cm; navy blue warp- faced plain weave background; 28.5 cm patterned band of red and black or yellow and black at each end; patterned rows of weft- faced, two-faced weaving; plain weave uses paired warps and multiple wefts per row; warp threads bundled at each end and woven in 5cm macramed area; pink and red tassels or pom-pom fringe;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippine Islands
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Synthetic, and Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s belt of the Mountain People;
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 22 centimeters and length 230 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: excellent; as purchased;
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 10-3424, described as belt; 230 cm x 22 cm; navy blue warp- faced plain weave background; 28.5 cm patterned band of red and black or yellow and black at each end; patterned rows of weft- faced, two-faced weaving; plain weave uses paired warps and multiple wefts per row; warp threads bundled at each end and woven in 5cm macramed area; pink and red tassels or pom-pom fringe;

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