bib; dance-costume

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Object Type: bib; dance-costume
Museum number: Am1981,03.26
Description: Bib for horse costume, part of dance. Main ground is blue silk on which are appliqued flowers and leaves, oversewn with metal thread and coloured cotton and syntheitc threads. Main ground is embroidered with silver sequins. At centre is image of head and shoulders of man wearing military hat and uniform. At bottom is writing in red sequins with yellow/ gold thread border reading 'Don Manuel Odria'.
Production date: 1968
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Huancayo
Materials: textile; metal; plastic; glass
Technique: woven; embroidered; appliqué
Dimensions: Length: 81 centimetres; Width: 49 centimetres
Bibliographic references: Carey 1991 / Collecting the 20th Century (p.24)
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Andrea Aranow
Acquisition date: 1981
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Am1981,03.26

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