Donor: Paul Vitale / Culture or time period: South Asian cultures / Function: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Sash, accession number 9-21520, described as Large, partially untied fabric bundle of bound-resist cotton gauze; L=146 cm. Cloth wrapped in rope-like bundle; rope end appears to be mostly green (probably last dye bath); one ended opened revealing resist dyed fabric in dark red w/ stripes of green, yellow, dark red, pink, blue, white with dark pink and white checks

Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 9-21545, described as Scarf; W=58 cm x L=128 cm (unpressed); sheer yellow and red “plangi” scarf; yellow background with 10 cm red border around all edges; many pink, blue, red, purple, and green raised dots with yellow tips on yellow background; white, blue, green, and yellow raised dots with red tips on red border; cloth was folded on its length and dots then wrapped for resisting; 2 quadrants on front and 2 quadrants on back.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21559, described as Shawl; L=195 cm x W=75 cm; with 3.5 cm fringe; plaid silk; 3/1 twill of silk, in magenta, purple, green, gold, white & blue; front shows warp dominant stripes, back is weft dominant.

Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21518, described as Shawl; off-white ground with deep,curviliniar, floral borders on four sides. Designs printed in red, turquoise, blue, caramel and pink; attached fringe 11 cm on all sides is. knotted to make tassels; selvedges rolled, warp ends hemmed. L=165.0cm: W=164.0 + 11.5cm fringe;

Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21668, described as Shawl: Green and black silk shawl with woven gold pattern at the ends; fringe.

Hearst Museum object titled Thread, accession number 9-21661, described as Thread bundle; black, tied for ikat dying.

Hearst Museum object titled Thread, accession number 9-21577, described as Cotton thread, tied and dyed in blue, stripes of natural white and blue.

Hearst Museum object titled Yarn, accession number 9-21578, described as Skein of yarn; untied ikat black with multicolored black with stripes of yellow orange, red and green.

Hearst Museum object titled Yarn, accession number 9-21576, described as Bundle of yarn; seven white cotton skeins joined by loops of cotton at top and bottom tied for ikat dying.