Altar cover

Museum number:
7-6699
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1197 (previous number) and 67 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.04
Description:
Altar cloth. Plain weave, embroidered; silk ribbon appliqué, weft fringe.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Henrietta F. Brewer
Collection place:
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Verbatim coll. place:
SPAIN: Seville
Culture or time period:
European
Collection date:
1906
Materials:
Linen (material) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Altar cloths
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Production date:
18th century
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
length 88 inches and width 29 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Altar cover, accession number 7-6699, described as Altar cloth. Plain weave, embroidered; silk ribbon appliqué, weft fringe.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Altar cover, accession number 7-6699, described as Altar cloth. Plain weave, embroidered; silk ribbon appliqué, weft fringe.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Altar cover, accession number 7-6699, described as Altar cloth. Plain weave, embroidered; silk ribbon appliqué, weft fringe.

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