Shawl

Museum number:
16-20223
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Alternate number:
MVC-0228 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; 160 x 58 centimeter, excluding fringe; fringe 8 centimeters l. ; royal blue plain weave with symmetrical bands of multi-colored weft and supplementary weft patterning at ends,warpfringe; single knots; .5 centimeter piece of white thread sewn into selvedge on one end near fringe.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Weft [reassign] and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s shawl
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 58 centimeters and width 160 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Good condition
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 16-20223, described as Shawl; 160 x 58 centimeter, excluding fringe; fringe 8 centimeters l. ; royal blue plain weave with symmetrical bands of multi-colored weft and supplementary weft patterning at ends,warpfringe; single knots; .5 centimeter piece of white thread sewn into selvedge on one end near fringe.

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