Textile Item Number: B659 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Large yellow rectangular with embroidery. Embroidered along the edges and corners is a predominantly red border with a paisley motif. The back is unlined.
History Of Use
Bed cover
Cultural Context
Probably a man's shawl, worn on ceremonial occasions, for instance as a bridegroom.
Item History
- Made in Jammu-Kashmir, India
- Collected during 1870
- Owned by Universal Art Gallery before March 1960
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Universal Art Gallery (Seller) during March 1960
What
- Name
- Textile
- Identification Number
- B659
- Type of Item
- textile
- Material
- silk fibre and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- embroidered
- Overall
- height 273.0 cm, width 124.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kashmiri
- Previous Owner
- Universal Art Gallery
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) and Universal Art Gallery (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Jammu-Kashmir, India
When
- Collection Date
- during 1870
- Ownership Date
- before March 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0024/0021