MVC-0412 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl: Predominately red orange with multicolor patterns; very large curving shapes radiating out from black, star-like, center to corners and sides, top and bottom; filled with small paisleys and floral designs; whole surrounded by 4 borders, two wide, two narrow; additional border of rectangles at warp ends; each solid ground color with curving floral designs; warp fringe in colors of solid ground, small embroidered inscription in center black field. L=191cm x W=188cm, plus 7cm fringe.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India or Ceylon
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Weft [reassign] and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), Shawls, and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
woman's clothing
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 191 centimeters and width 188 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: many small holes and staining overall; some larger holes