Shawl

Museum number:
18-383
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180000383
Accession number:
Acc.2170
Description:
Shawl; cotton âslendang;â warp stripe with multicolored embroidered designs on black, brown ground; narrow ends fringed. Worn by female guests at weddings. Worn over right shoulder. 69.5 x 204 cm including fringe.
Donor:
Nancy Tanner and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 18-383, described as Shawl; cotton âslendang;â warp stripe with multicolored embroidered designs on black, brown ground; narrow ends fringed. Worn by female guests at weddings. Worn over right shoulder. 69.5 x 204 cm including fringe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 18-383, described as Shawl; cotton âslendang;â warp stripe with multicolored embroidered designs on black, brown ground; narrow ends fringed. Worn by female guests at weddings. Worn over right shoulder. 69.5 x 204 cm including fringe.

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