Shawl

Museum number:
5-16821
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016821
Alternate number:
1 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
man's cotton shawl, 2 double thickness panels stitched together, finished with 14 narrow white-on-white bands and a narrow green band, and short fringes on each end.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, Gurage woven
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, worn by William Shack
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 164 centimeters and length 248 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 5-16821, described as man's cotton shawl, 2 double thickness panels stitched together, finished with 14 narrow white-on-white bands and a narrow green band, and short fringes on each end.

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