Shawl

Museum number:
9-21539
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0509 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; W=57 cm x L=185 cm; 6.0 cm warp fringe knotted once; black warp 5 cm borders on each end with bronze-like weft; bronze field printed in palmettes, flowers in vases, stylized crosses and random smaller floral and geometric motifs and turquoise, purple, red, orange scattered over the field; tied warp fringe in black; dye on back comes out white, red and light blue
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Handloom House
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 185 centimeters and width 57 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: excellent
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21539, described as Shawl; W=57 cm x L=185 cm; 6.0 cm warp fringe knotted once; black warp 5 cm borders on each end with bronze-like weft; bronze field printed in palmettes, flowers in vases, stylized crosses and random smaller floral and geometric motifs and turquoise, purple, red, orange scattered over the field; tied warp fringe in black; dye on back comes out white, red and light blue

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