Shawl

Museum number:
9-23438
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
117 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4786
Description:
shawl or "pa biang" Black cloth with 12 stripes in white, maroon, orange, green and yellow in the weft. These stripes divide the ends into sections filled in with geometric embroidery in matching colors.
Donor:
Ann Yarwood Goldman
Collection place:
Laos
Culture or time period:
Lao
Collection date:
November 1997
Materials:
Textile materials
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
September 30, 2011
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 9-23438, described as shawl or "pa biang" Black cloth with 12 stripes in white, maroon, orange, green and yellow in the weft. These stripes divide the ends into sections filled in with geometric embroidery in matching colors.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 9-23438, described as shawl or "pa biang" Black cloth with 12 stripes in white, maroon, orange, green and yellow in the weft. These stripes divide the ends into sections filled in with geometric embroidery in matching colors.

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