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Naga

Shawl or Wrapping Cloth

1949-1955

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Naga

Shawl or Wrapping Cloth

1949-1955

Physical Qualities Cotton ground, cotton supplemental patterning wefts, 34 3/4 x 71 1/4 in. (88.3 x 181 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Thomas Thornton and Hanne Schulten, Baltimore
Object Number 2014.19
Rectangular shawl or wrapping cloth of black cotton ground ornamented within the ground at each end with small woven diamond patterns in various colors (red, white, yellow, green) and also a wider woven stripe of complex geometrical patterns composed only of supplemental white wefts. Two series of colored stripes, one composed of red and white only and a wider group of yellow, red, white, and red is located nearer to the warp fringe ends. The long edges are selvages.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2014; Thomas Thornton and Hanne Schutten, Baltimore, by puchase, 1956; Degal Industries, Calcutta

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