Angkola Batak Blessing Shawl
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Oct 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1960
name: label: Collector
content: Katharine Z. Creane
label: Donor Name
content: Katharine Z. Creane
notes: label: Notes
content: ANGKOLA BATAK BLESSING SHAWL. ACCORDING TO PAUL TAYLOR, CURATOR OF ASIAN ETHNOLOGY, MOTIFS ARE MNEMONIC DEVICES FOR REMEMBERING THE TEXT OF A BLESSING. BASE FABRIC IS HAND WOVEN, WARP-PREDOMINANT PLAIN WEAVE COTTON. BLUE, WITH RED AND WHITE WARP STRIPES NEAR EDGES. BOTH ENDS HAVE WIDE AREA OF GEOMETRIC PATTERNS IN SUPPLEMENTARY WEFT PATTERNING AND ECCENTRIC WEFTS OR EMBROIDERY WITH RED, ORANGE, PINK, AND GREEN COTTON. ALL THREAD APPEARS TO BE MACHINE-SPUN AND DYED. WOVEN-IN PLASTIC BEADS. WIDE BAND OF BEADING AT ENDS AND STRING OF BEADS LOOSELY SEWN TO SELVAGES. 26 CM OF LOST BEADING ON ONE EDGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sumatra, Indonesia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370094
label: USNM Number
content: E430430-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shawl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object, Including Fringe
content: 237 cm
label: Length - Fringe
content: 19 cm
label: Length - Object, Including Fringe
content: 70 cm