Scarf

Museum number:
9-21238
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
22-I (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4684
Description:
Scarf.Brown silk crepe. Hand hemmed with brown silk oya, bordered in white silk. Design alternates “flower baskets and flowers” (fide Mary Stoddard). Square 156cmx156cm.
Donor:
Mary C. Stoddard
Collection place:
Turkey
Verbatim coll. place:
Turkey
Collector:
Mary C. Stoddard
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scarves (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 17, 1996
Context of use:
Scarf. Decoration. “Communication” : “Various motifs and colors of needlework embroidery signify different meanings and carry different messages”*
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scarf, accession number 9-21238, described as Scarf.Brown silk crepe. Hand hemmed with brown silk oya, bordered in white silk. Design alternates “flower baskets and flowers” (fide Mary Stoddard). Square 156cmx156cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scarf, accession number 9-21238, described as Scarf.Brown silk crepe. Hand hemmed with brown silk oya, bordered in white silk. Design alternates “flower baskets and flowers” (fide Mary Stoddard). Square 156cmx156cm.

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