Shawl

Museum number:
9-21462
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Alternate number:
MVC-0416 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl: Very small black center surrounded by multi-colored paisley designs; single border of multi-colored floral designs; additional border of solid colored rectangles with modified niche and floral designs at warp ends; colors from borders continue through fringe; 6cm multi-colored fringe; twill weave; discontinuous supplemental weft. L=326cm x W=160 cm excluding fringe.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cashmere, Cashmere (textile), Wool, 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 160 centimeters and length 328 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: excellent, like new
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 9-21462, described as Shawl: Very small black center surrounded by multi-colored paisley designs; single border of multi-colored floral designs; additional border of solid colored rectangles with modified niche and floral designs at warp ends; colors from borders continue through fringe; 6cm multi-colored fringe; twill weave; discontinuous supplemental weft. L=326cm x W=160 cm excluding fringe.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 9-21462, described as Shawl: Very small black center surrounded by multi-colored paisley designs; single border of multi-colored floral designs; additional border of solid colored rectangles with modified niche and floral designs at warp ends; colors from borders continue through fringe; 6cm multi-colored fringe; twill weave; discontinuous supplemental weft. L=326cm x W=160 cm excluding fringe.

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