Blanket

Museum number:
16-20169
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0069 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Blanket; 144 x 155 cm; medium blue background with mustard; green, purple and royal blue embroidery; trim overstitched with yellow; heavy brushed wool.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
South America; Ecuador
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965-1967
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Blankets (coverings)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
“wedding blanket”
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Dimensions:
length 155 centimeters and width 144 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: very good
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Blanket, accession number 16-20169, described as Blanket; 144 x 155 cm; medium blue background with mustard; green, purple and royal blue embroidery; trim overstitched with yellow; heavy brushed wool.

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