Mortuary towel. Cotton, silk, metal wrapped yarns. Plain weave, embroidered, some drawn work, lace edging. White ground, varicolored designs. 46 x 23 in. Variation of "mosque and cyprus" designs. Published: "At the Edge of Asia: Five Centuries of Turkish Textiles" #12 in catalogue
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
TURKEY
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Lace (needlework), and Towels
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 23 inches and length 46 inches
Loans:
S1982-1983 #21: Santa Barbara Museum of Art (November 24, 1982–April 14, 1983)