Shawl

Museum number:
9-21526
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0477 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl: L=181.0cm, W=66.8cm; Burgundy silk w/ out fringe; brilliant gold pattern in geometric designs (diamond and zigzags)in supplemental weft. Backgrouns is burgundy cotton warp and weft with gold-like supplemental weft threads. End panel has long triangular shapes w/ plant-like motifs within other shapes (diamonds/ 8-pointed stars).
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Silk, and Weft [reassign]
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 66.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21526, described as Shawl: L=181.0cm, W=66.8cm; Burgundy silk w/ out fringe; brilliant gold pattern in geometric designs (diamond and zigzags)in supplemental weft. Backgrouns is burgundy cotton warp and weft with gold-like supplemental weft threads. End panel has long triangular shapes w/ plant-like motifs within other shapes (diamonds/ 8-pointed stars).

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