Shawl

Museum number:
9-21541
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Alternate number:
MVC-0511 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl: L=177 cm x W=55.7 cm; grey, green, and blue striped warp; irredescent deep pink weft; 8 cm knotted fringe; metallic (gold) double interlocking weft selvage on one side; other side hemmed with yellow warp and large band of medium blue, bright green, greenish-black, and medium grey stripes.
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:
length 177 centimeters and width 55.7 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: pink weft unraveling on one end;
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21541, described as Shawl: L=177 cm x W=55.7 cm; grey, green, and blue striped warp; irredescent deep pink weft; 8 cm knotted fringe; metallic (gold) double interlocking weft selvage on one side; other side hemmed with yellow warp and large band of medium blue, bright green, greenish-black, and medium grey stripes.

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