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| Type of Object: | Ritual Object |
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| Materials: | Cloth with silver threads and semiprecious stones |
| Measurements: | 90 cm. x 55 cm. |
| Date or Period: | Colonial (1533-1825) |
| Maker: | Colonial |
| Designated List Section: | VII L Colonial and Republican Religious Art -- Liturgical Vestments |
| Date of Import Restriction: | 12/07/01 |
| Photograph: | Centro de Documentación y Catalogación - Viceministerio de Cultura |
| Copyright: | Centro de Documentación y Catalogación - Viceministerio de Cultura |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions: | |
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| Liturgical vestments are garments worn by the priest and/or other religious dignitaries made of fine cotton, silk, gold and silver thread. This category includes the chasuble, dalmatic, alb, stole, girdle, maniple, rochet, musette, miter, and bonnet. Size varies according to garment. This example of liturgical clothes is an vestment for the priest and bishop used during the mass. It is used over the alb (a white linen robe) and the soutane. It has the shape of a bell with a hole for the head. It is decorated with floral elements. | |
| Keywords: | |
| clothing, garment, liturgical object, vestment, |
