Shawl

Museum number:
5-16819
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Alternate number:
12 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
woman's sheer cotton shawl. ecru with narrow woven band on each end - black and yellow checker board alternating with bands (yellow and black) edged with a green inner and red outer band. finished with short warp fringe.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, possible Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 248 centimeters and width 142 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 5-16819, described as woman's sheer cotton shawl. ecru with narrow woven band on each end - black and yellow checker board alternating with bands (yellow and black) edged with a green inner and red outer band. finished with short warp fringe.

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