Shawl

Museum number:
9-21508
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090021508
Alternate number:
MVC-0459 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Shawl; Brown wool with double faced uneven twill, embroidered horizontal band top and bottom and floral motif scattered in brown field, with cotton (?) embroidery in stylized floral motifs; green, light blue, dark blue and brown , orange, white, pink and magenta on dark field; selvedge edge bound in green blanket stitch and multicolored floral pattern, plain warp fringe.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India and Ceylon
Culture or time period:
Indian
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1960s
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works), 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:
length 196 centimeters and width 96 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 9-21508, described as Shawl; Brown wool with double faced uneven twill, embroidered horizontal band top and bottom and floral motif scattered in brown field, with cotton (?) embroidery in stylized floral motifs; green, light blue, dark blue and brown , orange, white, pink and magenta on dark field; selvedge edge bound in green blanket stitch and multicolored floral pattern, plain warp fringe.

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