Shawl

Museum number:
3-28382
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3484
Object count:
1
Description:
Shawl; fuchsia rayon shawl w/ bundles of matching thread attached to all edges; w. w/out fringe 134 cm. Provenience (incl. craftsman): Mexico attr. Materials/techniques: Comm. rayon. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Shawl.
Donor:
Lesley Byrd Simpson
Collection place:
Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico, unspecified
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
Lesley Byrd Simpson and Marian Lorraine Hahn Simpson
Collection date:
1949-1979
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
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
length 126 centimeters, width 103.5 centimeters, and fringe— length 60 centimeters
Comment:
Special needs: lightweight; attachments (fringe)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 3-28382, described as Shawl; fuchsia rayon shawl w/ bundles of matching thread attached to all edges; w. w/out fringe 134 cm. Provenience (incl. craftsman): Mexico attr. Materials/techniques: Comm. rayon. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Shawl.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shawl, accession number 3-28382, described as Shawl; fuchsia rayon shawl w/ bundles of matching thread attached to all edges; w. w/out fringe 134 cm. Provenience (incl. craftsman): Mexico attr. Materials/techniques: Comm. rayon. Context of use (incl. role in trade): Shawl.

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