Shawl; red-brown silk fully embroidered in gold-colored sequins; at long ends are 3 rows of botehs; large series of circles in center w/field of 6-petal floral design; Silk, gold-colored sequins, embroidery. India unspeakable.; acc. to Niloufer Hirschman (1981) n. India, possibly Agra, Delhi or Lucknow. Purchased in Burma for $1,500.00. Said to be from India. 1.2 M., w. 61 cm.
Donor:
I. B. Gold and Mrs. I. B. Gold
Collection place:
New Delhi, Delhi State, India
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
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1980-1981 #61: University of California, Davis/Pat Hickman (April 13, 1981–May 29, 1981)