Shawl

Museum number:
9-15770
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015770
Alternate number:
5123 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Shawl in wool and silk lining. Brocade with twill ground, piecing, embroidery. Reds, black, cream. Multicolor border. Black lining. Floral and pinecone motifs. Shall black central circle. Some worn spots.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Kashmir
Materials:
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:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-15770, described as Shawl in wool and silk lining. Brocade with twill ground, piecing, embroidery. Reds, black, cream. Multicolor border. Black lining. Floral and pinecone motifs. Shall black central circle. Some worn spots.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-15770, described as Shawl in wool and silk lining. Brocade with twill ground, piecing, embroidery. Reds, black, cream. Multicolor border. Black lining. Floral and pinecone motifs. Shall black central circle. Some worn spots.

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