Shawl
- Museum number:
- 9-21518
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090021518
- Alternate number:
- MVC-0469 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4734
- Description:
- Shawl; off-white ground with deep,curviliniar, floral borders on four sides. Designs printed in red, turquoise, blue, caramel and pink; attached fringe 11 cm on all sides is. knotted to make tassels; selvedges rolled, warp ends hemmed. L=165.0cm: W=164.0 + 11.5cm fringe;
- Donor:
- Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
- Collection place:
- Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
- Verbatim coll. place:
- India or Ceylon
- Culture or time period:
- Sinhalese
- Collector:
- Rachel Gould Mossman
- Collection date:
- 1960s
- Materials:
- Wool (textile)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2006
- Context of use:
- woman's garment
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 165 centimeters and width 164 centimeters
- Comment:
- Conservation: minor stains
- Images:
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