1855~, Nepal

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1855~, Nepal

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Identifier
05679(IS)
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592 cm (length)
100 cm (width)
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Intended for use as a garment, shawl. Textile, shawl (chadar), unbleached silk, Nepal, ca. 1855. Cream coloured self-striped eri silk, with horizontal bands at each end of woven red cotton. Fringes at each end. Made of unbleached endi silk, with two red stripes at ends, and fringing.