MVC-0504 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; white with gold; paisley shaped areas of elephant hunters wearing pith helmets chasing tiger; 7 cm x 7.5 cm quadrants with central gold elephant and gold stripe border; 14 cm gold supplemental weft border at both ends; horizontal gold warp stripes; hemmed edges;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India Handloom House
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Paul Vitale and Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Gold (metal) and 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 181 centimeters and width 54.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: frayed edges; some worn gold threads;