Textile

Museum number:
10-3427
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Alternate number:
MVC-0325 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
shawl; 55.5 cm x 176 cm excluding fringe; warp- faced plain weave; royal blue background; 12 cm from each end are 19 cm wide single-faced, supplemental weft bands of yellow-gold, pink, and green with narrow rows of metallic thread; wider rows are chenille-like threads; center row of decorative bands is 2 cm wide, two- faced woven pattern of metallic thread; 23 cm twisted and knotted fringe;
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
Philippines
Verbatim coll. place:
Philippine Islands
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Synthetic, and Yarn
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
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 55.5 centimeters and length 176 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: good; as purchased;
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 10-3427, described as shawl; 55.5 cm x 176 cm excluding fringe; warp- faced plain weave; royal blue background; 12 cm from each end are 19 cm wide single-faced, supplemental weft bands of yellow-gold, pink, and green with narrow rows of metallic thread; wider rows are chenille-like threads; center row of decorative bands is 2 cm wide, two- faced woven pattern of metallic thread; 23 cm twisted and knotted fringe;

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