Shawl-like burial cloth

Museum number:
18-1001
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Accession number:
Acc.3083
Description:
Shawl-like âBurial cloth?â; dark red handspun cotton with blue and white lengthwise striped bands; insert panels top and bottom center are white with brown weft floats in pattern weave; three loom width sewn together. Compare with 18-384. Length 1.90 m. not including fringe. Width 1.18 m.
Donor:
Mrs. Earl M. Blair
Collection place:
Indonesia
Collector:
Earl M. Blair
Collection date:
1923-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl-like burial cloth, accession number 18-1001, described as Shawl-like âBurial cloth?â; dark red handspun cotton with blue and white lengthwise striped bands; insert panels top and bottom center are white with brown weft floats in pattern weave; three loom width sewn together. Compare with 18-384. Length 1.90 m. not including fringe. Width 1.18 m.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl-like burial cloth, accession number 18-1001, described as Shawl-like âBurial cloth?â; dark red handspun cotton with blue and white lengthwise striped bands; insert panels top and bottom center are white with brown weft floats in pattern weave; three loom width sewn together. Compare with 18-384. Length 1.90 m. not including fringe. Width 1.18 m.

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