Shawl Item Number: Ei31 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Rectangular, hand-woven shawl made of fine hand spun silk and cotton mixed yarn, decorated with cotton threads woven into the natural colour ground. Border design repeated at both ends, is an open band of alternating figures: stylized humans one above the other in mirror image; and an elaborated geometric motif. Narrow stripes at borders. A small triangular motif covers ground at widely spaced intervals. Detailing in red and black.
History Of Use
Assam has been famous since ages past for the variety and beauty of its many textiles. They weave cloth for their personal use with a design and colour. Every household has its loom set up in a prominent location. The family is proud of their weaving and their traditional designs. Assamese design often displays qualities of an adaptation of tribal aesthetics associated with peoples living in areas surrounding the Assames Plains. Tribal designs have been taken into the core of Assames Style. This shawl is an example of this incorporation of tribal motifs.
Cultural Context
everyday
Item History
- Made in Gauhati, Assam, India
- Collected during 1976
- Owned by Stephen Inglis before December 2, 1977
- Received from Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller) on December 2, 1977
What
- Name
- Shawl
- Identification Number
- Ei31
- Type of Item
- shawl
- Material
- silk fibre, cotton fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- spun and woven
- Overall
- height 175.1 cm, width 90.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Assamese ?
- Previous Owner
- Stephen Inglis
- Received from
- Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) and Stephen Inglis (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Gauhati, Assam, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1976
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0411/0145