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Shawl

mid 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Woman's shawl; cotton, embroidered with floss silk with added beads


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Cotton, embroidered with floss silk with added beads
Brief description
Woman's shawl; cotton, embroidered with floss silk with added beads; Indus Kohistan, Pakistan; mid-20th century.
Physical description
Woman's shawl; cotton, embroidered with floss silk with added beads
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Colours of the Indus : costume and textiles of Pakistan / Nasreen Askari and Rosemary Crill. London: Merrell Holberton in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997 Number: 1858940443 p. 123, ill. pl. 195
Collection
Accession number
IS.2-1997

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2003
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