Shawl

Museum number:
5-16818
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Alternate number:
7 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
woman's sheer cotton shawl. white with 3 olive green and white woven bands at each end (2 narrow and 1 wide (4cm)). finished with short fringes at each end. width composed of two 83cm with pieces joined lengthwise with hand stitching.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, Gurage
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; everyday wear
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 219 centimeters and width 166 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 5-16818, described as woman's sheer cotton shawl. white with 3 olive green and white woven bands at each end (2 narrow and 1 wide (4cm)). finished with short fringes at each end. width composed of two 83cm with pieces joined lengthwise with hand stitching.

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