Bag

Museum number:
16-20313
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Alternate number:
MVC-0546 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
bag; (dimensions); 2 black suede handles and base; black and white fajas (supplemental weft brocade) with patterns of birds, deer, and human forms interspersed with lines; inside lined with black leather;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Quito, Ecuador
Verbatim coll. place:
Ecuador; purchased iat Akios in Quito;
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Leather, and Suede
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bags (generic containers)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman’s purse;
Department:
South America (except Ancient Peru)
Comment:
Conservation: slightly used/ worn;
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 16-20313, described as bag; (dimensions); 2 black suede handles and base; black and white fajas (supplemental weft brocade) with patterns of birds, deer, and human forms interspersed with lines; inside lined with black leather;

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