Kashmir shawl; black ground in center, varicolored elongated pine cone, floral designs. Multiple seams. Solid color patches with embroidery and fringe added. Side borders pieced and added. 323 cm x 139.5 cm without fringe.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Kashmir; India
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Loans:
S1984-1985 #14: University of California, Davis (October 2, 1984–October 9, 1984)