MVC-0458 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl with 4 cm fringe; 2 x 2 twill weave; fine chainstitch, hemstitch, and decorative wrapped fringe work embroidery; light blue; biege, tan, and 2 shades of green floral pattern embroidery at each end; small flowers throughout; 1 row of wrapped and bundled warps form decorative holes 3 cm up from fringe
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
Kashmir, India
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1964
Materials:
Fleece and Wool (textile)
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 187.5 centimeters and width 58.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: several brown spots at one end near fringe.