Scarf

Museum number:
9-21545
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021545
Alternate number:
MVC-0515 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Scarf; W=58 cm x L=128 cm (unpressed); sheer yellow and red “plangi” scarf; yellow background with 10 cm red border around all edges; many pink, blue, red, purple, and green raised dots with yellow tips on yellow background; white, blue, green, and yellow raised dots with red tips on red border; cloth was folded on its length and dots then wrapped for resisting; 2 quadrants on front and 2 quadrants on back.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India- Gujarat or Rajasthan?
Culture or time period:
Gujarati people
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scarves (costume accessories)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 128 centimeters and width 58 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Scarf, accession number 9-21545, described as Scarf; W=58 cm x L=128 cm (unpressed); sheer yellow and red “plangi” scarf; yellow background with 10 cm red border around all edges; many pink, blue, red, purple, and green raised dots with yellow tips on yellow background; white, blue, green, and yellow raised dots with red tips on red border; cloth was folded on its length and dots then wrapped for resisting; 2 quadrants on front and 2 quadrants on back.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Scarf, accession number 9-21545, described as Scarf; W=58 cm x L=128 cm (unpressed); sheer yellow and red “plangi” scarf; yellow background with 10 cm red border around all edges; many pink, blue, red, purple, and green raised dots with yellow tips on yellow background; white, blue, green, and yellow raised dots with red tips on red border; cloth was folded on its length and dots then wrapped for resisting; 2 quadrants on front and 2 quadrants on back.

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