Shawl

Museum number:
7-5408
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
296 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2391
Description:
Veil (vale), black rayon. Gauze technique. Size 37cm x 31cm Worn by Moslem women to cover face. Not worn after World War II when it was prohibited by law. A large cotton scarf was worn over head and shoulders with this. Worn by women and maidens in public places.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William G. Lockwood
Collection place:
Planinica, Bugojno, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Verbatim coll. place:
Yugoslavia, Bosnia, Planinica near Bugojno. Moslem
Collector:
William G. Lockwood
Collection date:
February 1968
Materials:
Rayon
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-5408, described as Veil (vale), black rayon. Gauze technique. Size 37cm x 31cm Worn by Moslem women to cover face. Not worn after World War II when it was prohibited by law. A large cotton scarf was worn over head and shoulders with this. Worn by women and maidens in public places.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 7-5408, described as Veil (vale), black rayon. Gauze technique. Size 37cm x 31cm Worn by Moslem women to cover face. Not worn after World War II when it was prohibited by law. A large cotton scarf was worn over head and shoulders with this. Worn by women and maidens in public places.

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