Shawl: Very small black center with large curving designs radiating out to each corner, surrounded by smaller curving shapes including paisleys; border on all sides with small medallion shapes; red orange, black, green, gray; warp ends have additional border of rectangles and dome-shapeds filled with floral designs; remants of warp fringe at ends. L=175cm x W=171cm.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Weft [reassign] and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 171.5 centimeters and length 175 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: two holes in one end border; in one whole rectangular motif is gone; small holes and stains overall, fraying and holes along fold