Shawl

Museum number:
9-12954
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012954
Accession number:
Acc.2910
Description:
Shawl; Priest’s natural colored crepe with floral embroidery in pastel shades, deep fringe; materials/techniques: silk, embroidered.
Donor:
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ready, Jr. Fund and Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 7, 1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-12954, described as Shawl; Priest’s natural colored crepe with floral embroidery in pastel shades, deep fringe; materials/techniques: silk, embroidered.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-12954, described as Shawl; Priest’s natural colored crepe with floral embroidery in pastel shades, deep fringe; materials/techniques: silk, embroidered.

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