Shawl

Museum number:
9-21538
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021538
Alternate number:
MVC-0508 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; W=55 cm x L=200 cm, including 65.0 cm knotted fringe on each end; plainweave; ikat warp stripes of yellow, fuschia, dark blue, purple, burgundy, orange, green and grey; white weft; hemmed on one edge; selvage on other edge.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India- Handloom House
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 55 centimeters and length 200 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21538, described as Shawl; W=55 cm x L=200 cm, including 65.0 cm knotted fringe on each end; plainweave; ikat warp stripes of yellow, fuschia, dark blue, purple, burgundy, orange, green and grey; white weft; hemmed on one edge; selvage on other edge.

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