Shawl

Museum number:
7-5702
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21070005702
Accession number:
Acc.2675
Description:
Shawl; natural wool, handspun; white; gossamer lace knit; 44.5 x 136 centimeters.
Donor:
Ena Leslie and Valeska Bary
Collection place:
Shetland Islands, United Kingdom
Verbatim coll. place:
Shetland Islands; Unst Island
Culture or time period:
Scottish
Collection date:
Pre 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1970
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
Often used as wedding veils. See accession envelope.
Loans:
S1978-1979 #3: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (July 10, 1978–April 24, 1979)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-5702, described as Shawl; natural wool, handspun; white; gossamer lace knit; 44.5 x 136 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-5702, described as Shawl; natural wool, handspun; white; gossamer lace knit; 44.5 x 136 centimeters.

Tools