Shawl

Museum number:

5-16840

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050016840

Alternate number:

2a (previous number (donor's original number))

Accession number:

Acc.4729

Description:

woman's shawl; cotton shawl, white, fine open weave. purple and orange woven bands at each end (3.8cm width). diamond pattern bands. sparse fringe (2.5cm on ends. worn with dress 5-16841 (alternate number 2).

Donor:

Dorothy Shack

Collection place:

Ethiopia

Verbatim coll. place:

East Africa, Ethiopia, Gurage

Culture or time period:

Gurage

Collector:

Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack

Materials:

Cotton (textile)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Shawls and Textiles (visual works)

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

May 22, 2002

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 273 centimeters and width 172 centimeters

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