Cashmere shawl; fringed; wool; twill tapestry weave; made up of many pieces sewn together; embroidered borders; varicolored, floral, pine cone designs. 53 inches x 134 1/2 including 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:
S1987-1988 #17: Doe Library (UC Berkeley) (September 1987–November 16, 1987)