Cuello de Encaje
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: In Puerto Rico, the traditional center of lace making is the town of Moca. There, lace is made by hand on bobbins and is known as <i>mundillo</i>. Bobbin lace is a complicated process of weaving together different spools of thread held in place by pins. Lace making today is undergoing a resurgence of popularity among a new generation of lace makers on and off the island.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Moca constituye el centro tradicional del tejido de encaje en Puerto Rico. Allí se hace el encaje a mano en bolillo que se conoce como mundillo. El encaje de bolillos es un proceso complicado que consiste en el entretejido de diferentes bovinas de hilo que se sujetan mediante alfileres. El tejido de encaje está recuperando la popularidad gracias a una nueva generación de tejedores dentro y fuera de la isla.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Lace Collar
topic: label: Subject
content: Daily Life
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0156
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0156
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace collar
label: Object Name
content: lace, collar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile; lace (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 52 cm x 49.2 cm; 20 1/2 in x 19 3/8 in