Shawl

Museum number:
5-15858
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Alternate number:
4 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4619
Description:
Shirt. Netted short-sleeved shirt with tassels at neckline front, sleeve edges, around mid-chest, and at lower hem. Off-white yarn. Attached tag reads, “#4” and “1976 - AWP - cotton 'string shirt’ - netting with tassels - purchased in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta”. Neck at back of shirt to lower edge of tassels: 54cm. Across chest: 34cm.
Donor:
Ann Palmer
Collection place:
Burkina Faso
Verbatim coll. place:
Upper Volta. Ougadougou.
Collector:
Ann Palmer
Collection date:
1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 23, 1993
Context of use:
Shirt.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 5-15858, described as Shirt. Netted short-sleeved shirt with tassels at neckline front, sleeve edges, around mid-chest, and at lower hem. Off-white yarn. Attached tag reads, “#4” and “1976 - AWP - cotton 'string shirt’ - netting with tassels - purchased in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta”. Neck at back of shirt to lower edge of tassels: 54cm. Across chest: 34cm.

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