Textile

Museum number:
9-21523
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0302 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl: L=184 cm x W=75.5 cm including fringe; dark navy-blue ground w/ gold patterned borders of three, repeated, floral and leaf patterns at each end; cotton warp; silk supplementary weft brocade; 8.9 cm uncut cotton fringe at one end
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Cambodia
Verbatim coll. place:
Thailand or Cambodia
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Woman’s garment
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 184 centimeters and width 75.5 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Fringe damaged
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 9-21523, described as Shawl: L=184 cm x W=75.5 cm including fringe; dark navy-blue ground w/ gold patterned borders of three, repeated, floral and leaf patterns at each end; cotton warp; silk supplementary weft brocade; 8.9 cm uncut cotton fringe at one end

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