MVC-0460 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; very fine brown kashmir wool, w/ medium blue single-flower embroidery over all, and band of floral embroidery across each end and along selvedges. 1.5 cm fringe at each end; embroidery is cobalt blue and alternating black and white along selvedges; flowers and leaves are off-white, indigo blue, medium blue and orange.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Verbatim coll. place:
India; Kashmir
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1960s
Materials:
Wool (textile) and Yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), 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 196 centimeters and width 101.5 centimeters