MVC-0531 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; blue-red, blue-purple, gold, beige, green, red and black; large grid of 9 squares and rectangles filled with designs of very small squares in diamonds and diagonals; patterned borders surrounding and between grid. L=95 cm x W=93 cm
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India /Ceylon
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Weft [reassign] and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 95 centimeters and width 93 centimeters
Comment:
Cconservation: excellent; slight soiling at corners