Kashmir style Long shawl; 1840; diplomatic gift
date: label: gifted
content: 1840
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Kashmir style rectangular shawl, Hindu name "doshalla," or long shawl. Body is of twilled scarlet cloth. Woven in one piece, ornamented with one row of large and one of smaller conventional palm leaves (also called Buta or boteh). Presented in 1840 to the U. S. Government by His Highness Sud Said, Imam of Muscat.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T08750
label: accession number
content: 18815
label: catalog number
content: T8750
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shawl
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 ft x 4 ft; 2.7432 m x 1.2192 m