Poncho
About this object
Specific techniques
Warp-faced weave.
Physical description
Striped, rectangular, woven wool poncho with a neck slit in the centre. Constructed of two rectangular panels sewn together in the middle. Weave texture is tight and un-patterned, with decoration consisting of a series of horizontal lines of varying widths in dark red, dark blue, black, orange, light beige, dark brown, yellow-brown, and light brown. The outer edge is a separately woven strip with red, orange, and light brown stripes, stitched on with light beige and red string. The edge has a short, uneven fringe made of red, orange, brown, and light beige fibres. Corners are rounded by folding back.
Categories
Materials
Date Made
Before 1978
Date Acquired
5 Feb 2015
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
Measurements
Overall: 67.8 cm x 123.1 cm
Object Number
3097/1