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Hearst Museum object titled Koran cover, accession number 9-15002, described as Koran cover. Cotton, silk, metal-wrapped yarns. Plain weave, embroidered. Natural ground, black, green, white, and yellow designs. Leaf, flower, Arabic calligraphy motives. 43 inches by 18½ inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21229, described as Shawl. 211 cm. long x 91.5 cm. wide; ecru (natural) hemp (?) (single-ply) plus some natural cotton warp on one selvedge only (3 cm. wide) + 2 double stripes. Yarn appears handspun (irregular in diameter). Cotton weft stripe 3.5 cm. at each end before fringe ends. Fringes are 6-7 cm. long. Scattered cotton embroidery all over: 3 lines forming a parallelogram, spaced 13 cm. apart (length) x 11 cm. apart (width), each motif measures 1.2 x 1.7 cm.; embroidery appears to be close running stitch.
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-15772, described as Shawl; wool, with silk warp for border panels; varicolored; floral, "pine cone", grometric motifs.

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