Shawl

Museum number:
9-21527
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021527
Alternate number:
MVC-0478 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; L=86.0cm, W=82.5cm; Purple silk with 3 ivory & black warp stripes on each side, creating a central panel of supplenentary weft design using gold metalic threads to form scrolled “v’”s. Vertical side panels w/ green & purple stripes.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Gold (metal), Silk, and Weft [reassign]
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:
length 86 centimeters and width 82.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21527, described as Shawl; L=86.0cm, W=82.5cm; Purple silk with 3 ivory & black warp stripes on each side, creating a central panel of supplenentary weft design using gold metalic threads to form scrolled “v’”s. Vertical side panels w/ green & purple stripes.

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