MVC-0505 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; plainweave; sheer turquoise and purple with gold elephant motifs; 5 cm supplementary weft band of gold with elephant and plant motifs at bottom of both ends; 8 supplementary weft rows of gold elephant designs; 2 small rows of gold stripes on both ends; 1 cm gold stripe at both sides of warp.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Gold (metal) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 55.5 centimeters and length 173 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: weft at one area of gold warp stripe broken; one corner creased;