MVC-0353 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
belt; 213 cm x 22 cm; warp- faced plain weave; deep red background with 5 varying width complimentary warp pattern red, white, and green bands; loom finished on one end; 11 cm fine loop-end braids gathered in two bundles with red yarn on other end; 90 cm x .5 cm complimentary warp woven tie with geometric figures and end tassel knotted to red yarn; small catch-overcast stitch along edge of cloth near braids; wide center stripe has red and green striped background with white geometric patterns; patterns include diamond with multiple rays and 6-segmented hexagon with bird in each segment; same patterns on 4 narrower stripes with birds and “x”’s; loom woven backstrap;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Taquile Island, Department of Puno, Southern Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Peru; Lake Titicaca; Taquile Island
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Alpaca (wool) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Belts (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
width 22 centimeters and length 213 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: wax on side with white design; dark spot (ink?); several braids are torn; worn section with broken warps and wefts on end tie;