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.
Donor:
Mary C. Stoddard
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
purchased in Erzurum, Turkey
Culture or time period:
Persians
Collector:
Mary C. Stoddard
Collection date:
1986
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Hemp (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 17, 1996
Context of use:
The warp is measured long enough for two shawls, which are then woven and cut in half to wear. They are often sold by the two (pair?) (fide Mary Stoddard, from description)