Shawl

Museum number:
9-11199
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
503 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2696
Description:
Shawl; cotton; red, yellow and blue warp stripes of varying widths on a black ground; Red, white, yellow and green warp bands at each end; embroidered motifs on body of shawl in yellow, blue and white; fringed ends; length 200 cm, width 100 cm. (Silk threat used for warp bands and motifs).
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund
Collection place:
Assam, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India, Assam
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Renaldo "Ronald" Maduro
Collection date:
1969-1970
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk (silk thread)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
November 11, 1970
Context of use:
Woven on the traditional Assamese backstrap loom.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 200 centimeters and width 100 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-11199, described as Shawl; cotton; red, yellow and blue warp stripes of varying widths on a black ground; Red, white, yellow and green warp bands at each end; embroidered motifs on body of shawl in yellow, blue and white; fringed ends; length 200 cm, width 100 cm. (Silk threat used for warp bands and motifs).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-11199, described as Shawl; cotton; red, yellow and blue warp stripes of varying widths on a black ground; Red, white, yellow and green warp bands at each end; embroidered motifs on body of shawl in yellow, blue and white; fringed ends; length 200 cm, width 100 cm. (Silk threat used for warp bands and motifs).

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