Shawl

Item number Sf857 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Red and yellow brocaded fish alternate on natural grey-brown plain weave cotton. Rows of fish point in alternate directions. Two weft selvedges are present. Warp edges are cut. Fragment is cut from a narrow loom width. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.

History Of Use

This patterned fragment of narrow cloth may be pat of a shawl. Brocaded cloths composed of narrow loom widths pieced together are sometimes shawls (Tsunoyama, fig. 122). The plain weave ground cloth and the yarn spin have the characteristics of central coast utilitarian fabrics (Rowe). The style and structure of the brocade also fits central coast fabrics (Rowe).