Shawl

Museum number:
9-21515
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021515
Alternate number:
MVC-0466 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; green ground; red, blue, pink, white 9 cm patterned band near each end of paisley shapes surrounded by floral designs bordered below by narrow floral border; narrow side borders along both selvedges; unfinished warp fringes;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India or Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
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 192 centimeters and width 71 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: excellent
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21515, described as Shawl; green ground; red, blue, pink, white 9 cm patterned band near each end of paisley shapes surrounded by floral designs bordered below by narrow floral border; narrow side borders along both selvedges; unfinished warp fringes;

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