Wall hanging

Museum number:
9-15676
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090015676
Alternate number:
889 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032 and Acc.3032.09
Description:
Wall-hanging. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red border, green binding. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Made from sari. Several bad holes, spots, has been darned. 4 yards, 2 inches by 1 yard, 4 inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley) and Katherine Hooker
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
INDIA
Materials:
Silk
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Wall hangings
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 40 inches and length 146 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-15676, described as Wall-hanging. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red border, green binding. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Made from sari. Several bad holes, spots, has been darned. 4 yards, 2 inches by 1 yard, 4 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-15676, described as Wall-hanging. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red border, green binding. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Made from sari. Several bad holes, spots, has been darned. 4 yards, 2 inches by 1 yard, 4 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wall hanging, accession number 9-15676, described as Wall-hanging. Silk. Plain weave, embroidered, damask borders. Yellow ground, varicolored designs, red border, green binding. Floral, bird, human figure motives. Made from sari. Several bad holes, spots, has been darned. 4 yards, 2 inches by 1 yard, 4 inches.

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