Scarf

Museum number:
9-21516
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0467 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Scarf; off-white wool ground with embroidered designs; square of serpentine in blue, encloses blue,red & dark red small leaf patterns scattered in the enclosed field; four large floral medallions in red, blue and black in corners within square.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
India or Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Scarves (costume accessories)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 88 centimeters and width 88 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: 2 small brown stains
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Scarf, accession number 9-21516, described as Scarf; off-white wool ground with embroidered designs; square of serpentine in blue, encloses blue,red & dark red small leaf patterns scattered in the enclosed field; four large floral medallions in red, blue and black in corners within square.

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