Poncho
About this object
Specific techniques
Warp-faced weave with natural red dye. Attached fringe with ancient decorative stitch joining the two halves.
Physical description
Dark brown, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. The stitch that connects the panels is a zigzag made up of long sections of red, turquoise, and purple yarn. Weave texture is tight and un-patterned, with two horizontal red stripes across the top and bottom of each of the front and back rectangular panels. The red stripes are about 6 cm wide and have a dark blue line through the centre. The outer edge is a separately woven red strip with a red yarn fringe, stitched on with red yarn.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
C. 1925-1974
Date Acquired
5 Feb 2015
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 149.7 cm x 144.3 cm
Object Number
3097/6