Grave cloth

Museum number:
9-15022
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015022
Alternate number:
24 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Grave cloth. Silk? Plain weave, embroidered borders. Unbleached white ground, brown, green, white, yellow, gold and pink designs. Has irregular fringe. Gold wrapped yarn used. 18 inches by 42 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
TURKEY
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 32 inches and width 18 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Grave cloth, accession number 9-15022, described as Grave cloth. Silk? Plain weave, embroidered borders. Unbleached white ground, brown, green, white, yellow, gold and pink designs. Has irregular fringe. Gold wrapped yarn used. 18 inches by 42 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Grave cloth, accession number 9-15022, described as Grave cloth. Silk? Plain weave, embroidered borders. Unbleached white ground, brown, green, white, yellow, gold and pink designs. Has irregular fringe. Gold wrapped yarn used. 18 inches by 42 inches.

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