Shawl

Museum number:
18-1000
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21180001000
Accession number:
Acc.3083
Description:
Shawl; handspun black cotton with design bands including standing humans, six pointed stars, diamonds; some twill bands; two wide bands with kilim slits; red, blue, yellow, pink yarns in brocade and embroidery. Length 2 m. excluding fringe. Width 75.2 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Earl M. Blair
Collection place:
Sumatra, Indonesia
Collector:
Earl M. Blair
Collection date:
1923-1938
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 18-1000, described as Shawl; handspun black cotton with design bands including standing humans, six pointed stars, diamonds; some twill bands; two wide bands with kilim slits; red, blue, yellow, pink yarns in brocade and embroidery. Length 2 m. excluding fringe. Width 75.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Shawl, accession number 18-1000, described as Shawl; handspun black cotton with design bands including standing humans, six pointed stars, diamonds; some twill bands; two wide bands with kilim slits; red, blue, yellow, pink yarns in brocade and embroidery. Length 2 m. excluding fringe. Width 75.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 18-1000, described as Shawl; handspun black cotton with design bands including standing humans, six pointed stars, diamonds; some twill bands; two wide bands with kilim slits; red, blue, yellow, pink yarns in brocade and embroidery. Length 2 m. excluding fringe. Width 75.2 cm.

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