woman's shawl, white cotton gauze with purple and black woven band and short fringes at each end. decorative band stylized flower blossoms separated by cross-stitch like background sections.
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
Context of use:
clothing, everyday wear
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 160 centimeters and length 221.5 centimeters