Ecclesiastical Vestment (back view) Rendered by Syrena Swanson (artist), c. 1940 watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper overall: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: 48" long; 144" wide Index of American Design 1943.8.3232

From the Tour: Folk Arts of the Spanish Southwest from the Index of American Design
Object 23 of 25

This ecclesiastical vestment was made from a Chinese embroidered, red silk shawl that was probably brought across the Pacific on a Spanish galleon to Acapulco, Mexico, and then shipped to California. Around 1890, an Indian woman at the Mission of San Buenaventura made it into a priestly garment, binding it with gold braid.

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